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HISTORY 366: Fascism Then & Now (Fall 2020) : Writing & Citing Resources
Citing Archival Material
- Remember that the purpose of citing a source is to tell your reader where you found a source in a way that will allow them to also find it -
General Format for Citing Archival Material
Description of Document, Date, Document Location Information, Collection Name, Name of Repository.
Examples
Burton to Merriam, telegram, 26 January 1923, box 26, folder 17, Charles E. Merriam Papers, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Memorandum by Alvin Johnson, 1937, file 36, Horace Kallen Papers, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York.
Los Internacionales, circa 1936, Image ID 148409, Spanish Civil War Posters 1936-1939, Wisconsin Historical Society. https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM148409
Writing Assistance
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History LabThe History Lab is a resource center for undergraduate students studying, researching, and writing about the past. It is staffed by experienced graduate students from the Department of History.
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Writer's HandbookThe Writer's Handbook was designed by the Writing Center as an online help guide to writing papers in college. The Handbook discusses how to improve your writing style, common college writing assignments, the stages of writing, grammar and punctuation, and how to cite references.
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Writing CenterThe Writing Center provides individual writing assistance to students by appointment at their main location in Helen C. White or by drop in hours at 8 satellite locations across campus, as well as online.
Citing Sources
Citations and Bibliographies
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Citing Sources Research GuideResources and examples for citing sources according to various citation styles.
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Citation ManagersCitation Managers are software applications that you can use to gather references automatically from article databases, create a personal research database of references and documents. and format citations and bibliographies instantly in a variety of styles in your paper.