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Anthony Brundage has revised his popular book to render an even more detailed, practical and 'user friendly' tool for students faced with what can be a daunting task: the researching and writing of a research paper or historiographical essay. After an introductory chapter that describes the different schools of historical thought, Going to the Sources becomes a handy manual, helping the reader to identify and access the many sources -- both old and new -- available to historical researchers. Accordingly, this new edition includes a detailed discussion of electronic databases and a list of World Wide Web sites devoted to history.

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• Preface(p. XI)
• Chapter 1 The Ever-Changing Shape and Texture of the Past(p. 1)
• Static and Dynamic Concepts of History(p. 1)
• Revising Our View of the Past(p. 3)
• New Forms of Historical Consciousness(p. 4)
• Toward a "People's History"(p. 5)
• Minorities and Women Enter History(p. 6)
• The Annales School and Cliometrics(p. 8)
• Psychology and History(p. 11)
• Microhistory and Macrohistory(p. 12)
• Postmodernism(p. 12)
• A Multitude of Avenues to the Past(p. 14)
• Chapter 2 The Nature and Variety of Historical Sources(p. 16)
• Primary Sources(p. 16)
• Manuscript Sources(p. 17)
• Published Sources(p. 17)
• Secondary Works(p. 20)
• Books(p. 20)
• Essays(p. 22)
• Articles(p. 23)
• Dissertations and Conference Papers(p. 25)
• Chapter 3 Finding Your Sources: The Library Catalog and Beyond(p. 28)
• The Online Library Catalog(p. 29)
• Subject Headings, Keywords, and Title Words(p. 30)
• Creating and Using a Research Bibliograph(p. 34)
• Published Bibliographies(p. 36)
• Printed and Electronic Indexes and Abstracts(p. 37)
• Finding Scholarly Essays(p. 42)
• Other Important Databases(p. 43)
• Historical Research on the Internet(p. 44)
• Finding Useful Reference Materials(p. 46)
• Chapter 4 Exploring Changing Interpretations: The Historiographic Essay(p. 48)
• Selecting and Refining a Topic(p. 48)
• Research for a Historiographic Essay: A Case Study(p. 50)
• Writing the Historiographic Essay(p. 53)
• Alternative Approaches(p. 66)
• Chapter 5 Engaging with Primary Sources: The Research Paper(p. 68)
• Searching for a Viable Topic(p. 68)
• Finding Primary Sources(p. 69)
• Approaching Your Reading(p. 71)
• Notetaking(p. 72)
• The Outline and Structure of Your Paper(p. 75)
• Some Elements of Effective Writing(p. 76)
• An Open Mind and Intellectual Honesty(p. 79)
• Quoting(p. 80)
• Footnoting(p. 82)
• Editing and Revising(p. 84)
• One Final Look(p. 86)
• Chapter 6 Conclusion: The Open-ended Nature of History(p. 87)
• Appendix A Published Bibliographies(p. 91)
• Appendix B Major Databases for Bibliographic Searching(p. 92)
• Appendix C Footnote/Endnote Formatting(p. 93)
• Appendix D Bibliography Formatting(p. 98)
• Appendix E Commonly Used Abbreviations(p. 101)
• Suggestions for Further Reading(p. 103)
• Index(p. 105)

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CHOICE Review

As with earlier editions (e.g., 3rd ed., CH, Jan'03, 40-2548), in this fifth edition Brundage (emer., California Polytechnic Univ., Pomona) wants to foster excitement, allay apprehension, and make history enjoyable. He does this remarkably well. Starting with the "ever-changing shape" of the past and ending with the "open-ended nature" of history, he leads students through the nature and variety of available historical sources, and finding those sources in the online library catalog, printed and electronic indexes, and via abstracts, databases, and the Internet. He also stresses the use of additional media to complement textual sources. He pays particular attention to the historiographic essay. After providing information on source materials, he offers guidelines for writing a paper, covering topics such as note taking, structuring the paper, incorporating quotations, editing, and revising. Along with this structure, he includes several appendixes on bibliographies, major databases, and the use of endnotes and footnotes. He includes, as an example, an actual essay by one of his students, along with information on abbreviations used. This manual provides excellent assistance for beginners and more advanced students engaged in the research and writing process in history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. D. D. Siles Taylorville Public Library

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Anthony Brundage has a Ph.D. in History from UCLA and is a Professor of History at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. A specialist in modern Britain, he also teaches Irish History, US History, History Methods, History and Historians, and Senior Thesis