sample Bibliography

As do most historians, we'll be using Chicago Style to format footnotes and bibliographies.  This system is extremely precise and very complete which is why historians use it.  You can find elements of this style under Week 2 (Content) in Turabian on Chicago Style.  I've used my own book to access the parts you'll need for this course.  You may also find the entire manual at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html.

Begin to do your research by locating at least one book on your topic, one historical journal article on your topic, and one website on your topic -- all scholarly.  (To distinguish scholarly from non-scholarly sources, to to http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/courses/scholarly1.htm.)

Learning Objectives: Begin to develop an understanding of the need for scholarly sources in historical writing and how to distinguish scholarly sources from less factual sources.  Be able to format scholarly sources such as books, journal articles, and websites properly in the Chicago Style for bibliographies.