Use
casahistoria if you know the
specific area or else go to the casahistoria
search page for
history search sites. Remember that each casahsitoria page has a search
box. These are now provided by
Clusty - groups your
search into categories: not just on casahistoria but also on the web.
Guide to history on the Web
Searchable and indexed database of more than 5,000 (mainly) US and world
history sites. See also from the same source:
Ask a Librarian
US Library of Congress site especially for researchers - allows you to
send an email on a topic of history with your query to a library
specialist
Using Information Resources--History
Stuart Frazer, Librarian, Old Dominion University. aimed at college
history students, but it provides a basic overview of types of evidence
as a starter. Aims to teach students how to find materials for college
essays, history papers and projects. Novelty: There is a short
quiz after each section - enter your name and you are able to print out
a Certificate of Completion after completing the full tutorial (which
takes about thirty minutes).
Student ShortcutsThe excellent site of the History
News Network. This includes useful sections on:
The following are
really useful tools to help you. Provided by
the
Center for History and New
Media and George Mason University's Technology Across the Curriculum
program. (requires you to register - doesn't take long!!)
Scribe A free
cross-platform note-taking program designed especially with
historians in mind. Allows you to manage your research notes,
quotes, thoughts, contacts, published and archival sources, digital
images, outlines, timelines, and glossary entries
iCyte Excellent web
add-on to help with keeping a record of useful web pages when doing research.
Right-click a Web page and create a 'cyte’ snapshot of that page to your online
iCyte account. You can choose to add the cyte to an existing project or use it
to start a new one, and you can also add tags and notes to the cyte. You can
easily retrieve valuable sites or share it with others. Needs Internet access to
get to your saved information works best with firefox as an add-on placing
itself clearly on the toolbar for really easy use. Well worth looking at for
when you need to use a bundle of sites for that project and need to find them
easily again.
Web Scrapbook
Think of it as a clipping file for the Internet. Into that file you
can place images, excerpts, and whole web pages that you find while
you surf the web or that reside on your computer. In addition, you
can annotate these items, sort them into folders, and add memos to
those folders. Unlike a bookmarks file or favourites list that is
stored by your web browser on your computer's hard drive, you can
access items you save to the Web Scrapbook from any computer
connected to the Internet.
Easily create and manage online surveys suitable for Internet-based oral
history projects, course evaluations, and other endeavours that involve
collecting feedback. You do not need to know how to build a Web page that
has forms, set up a database to store entries, or do any of the other
technical tasks that are normally required to produce interactivity on the
Internet. Survey Builder will take care of all of these elements for you.
Timeline Builder
allows you to easily create and manage
online timelines. You do not need to know how to build a Web page, set up a
database to store entries, or do any of the other technical tasks that are
normally required to produce interactivity on the Internet. Timeline Builder
will take care of all of these elements for you.
Zotero
is a free, easy-to-use research tool that helps you gather and organize
resources (whether bibliography or the full text of articles), and then lets
you to annotate, organize, and share the results of your research.
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and
Tools Basic guide for
students and other users of the web to analyze the usefulness and
reliability of sites. Includes links to examples of sites in order
to illustrate ways to distinguish scholarly journals and sites from
other types. Useful for students needing elementary guidance for
using the web to help with assignments.And what would it say about
casahistoria? by Michael Engle, Reference Division, Olin Kroch
Uris Libraries, Cornell University.
Evaluating Web Pages: Experience WHY
It's Important I like this
one. Not the most exciting to look at but it has all the clues
indicated to sift out the questionable from the useful: provides
guidelines (including a thorough explanation of seven important
areas to evaluate, from url, author, and institutional affiliation
to overall authenticity, integrity, and bias., questions, and
exercises for learning to evaluate material found on the Internet.)
Teaching Library Internet Workshops, University of California,
Berkeley.
Evaluation Criteria
As above but simpler and set out as a checklist...
by
Susan E. Beck,
Collection Development Coordinator, New Mexico State University
Library
Evaluating Internet Information
Presents websites in a textual context, comparing web with the
printed word. Discusses the criteria by which scholars evaluate
print information and shows how the same criteria can be applied to
information found on the Internet. By Elizabeth Kirk, Librarian,
Johns Hopkins University.
Making Sense of Oral History
Written by Linda Shopes, this guide presents an overview of oral
history and ways historians use it
Making Sense of Films
Written by Tom Gunning, this guide offers an overview of early
twentieth-century film.
Making Sense of Maps
Offers an overview of the history of maps and how historians use
them, a breakdown of the elements of a map, tips on what questions
to ask.
Making Sense of Numbers
Written by Gary J. Kornblith, this guide offers an overview of
quantitative methods, how historians use historical data
Making Sense of Letters and Diaries
This guide offers an overview of letters and diaries as historical sources
and how historians use them, tips on what questions to ask when reading
them.
Making Sense of Advertisements
This guide, written by Daniel Pope, offers an overview of advertisements as
historical sources and how historians use them. Includes a brief history.
Making Sense of Documentary Photography
In this guide, James Curtis helps students and teachers understand the
documentary images that often illustrate textbooks
From the same site, help with analysis from historians:
How to Cite Electronic Sources Very useful as it shows how to
cite by using clear visual examples. A US Library of Congress Web
site.
Basic Columbia Guide to Online Style (2nd
Ed)
By Janice Walker, University of South Florida, and Todd Taylor,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This is the official pdf
of key samples from the book. It offers guidelines (from the book) for citing electronic sources. It describes the
necessary primary elements for electronic citations as well as some
strategies for dealing with the often incomplete nature of
electronic sources. Specific examples explain the finer points of
citing various formats, including: websites; email, discussion
lists, and newsgroups; information retrieved through gopher, FTP, or
telnet protocols; synchronous communication sites; online reference
sources; electronic publications and databases; software programs;
and even video games.
Citing
Electronic Information in History Papers Rather dry but has many
examples of how to cite what you have found on the web. By Maurice
Crouse, Professor of History, University of Memphis.
and more for the perfectionist on online
style.....
Avoiding
PlagiarismDesigned to help
writers develop strategies for knowing how to avoid accidental
plagiarism. Available in printer friendly html and pdf versions.
Purdue Univ
Internet Archives and Copyright
I.Trotter Hardy, Law Professor, William and Mary School of Law,
Williamsburg, VA. A basic essay that provides an overview of
copyright law, Emphasis is on traditional copyright issues
rather than Internet (although New Media is included, but offers a
clear, readable introduction to copyright.
Copyright Crash Course
Georgia Harper, General Counsel, University of Texas. This
user-friendly, approachable site offers a crash course in copyright
law and its implications. The crash course tutorial was designed to
help faculty "learn Copyright basics, especially in the distance
learning context," and includes a test to assess copyright
knowledge. Harper covers fair use and ownership specifics as well as
details on creating multimedia, copyright in the digital library,
copyright management, licensing resources, and online presentations.
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