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A student's guide to history
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- Summary
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Presents step-by-step guidance for history students on studying, homework, tests, research, and writing, and includes exercises and annotated examples.
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- Creator
- Jules R. Benjamin
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 9th ed
- Boston, Mass. : Bedford/St. Martin's, ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0312403569, 9780312403560
- OCLC
- ocm53905858
- Includes index.
- 1. The Subject of history and how to use it: -- What history can tell you -- What historians are trying to do: history and the everyday world -- How historians work: Philosophies of history -- Historiography -- Changing directions of historical research -- Methods of historical research -- Promary and secondary sources of evidence -- Interpreting and organizing evidence -- The Computer and historical research -- How you can use history -- 2. How to read a history assignment, take notes in class, and prepare for and take exams: How to read a history assignment: Reading a textbook, reading a monograph, reading an anthology, reading a historical novel, examples of reading assignments -- How to read nonwritten materials -- How to take notes in class -- Classroom participation -- Communicating online -- How to study for and take exams -- 3. How to write history assignments: the importance of writing skills -- 4. How to research a history topic -- 5. How to write a research paper -- Appendix A: basic reference sources for history study and research -- Appendix B: Useful information for the historian