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Multimedia
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Multimedia
The
History Channel
Features
information on "this day in history," a quiz, a history classroom, and
audio files of speeches by Kennedy, Hitler, Martin Luther King, and others.
Remembering
Yesterday
Catherine
Walker, Coordinator of the Humanities Electronic Media Project at Claremont
Graduate University, has created a site that profiles Martin Luther King,
John F. Kennedy, and Abraham Lincoln. The site features audio and
video interviews with those who knew King, a timeline for all three men,
an image bank, and a link to a presentation that discusses the use of digital
technology in historical research and writing.
Research
American
Studies Web
An
essential Internet research tool for American Studies scholars. The site
has numerous links to sources on American literature, history, art, material
culture, gender studies, performing arts, religion and psychology, legal
studies, race and ethnicity, economics, politics and social sciences.
Library
of Congress
Links
to legislative information on the Internet, an online gallery, and the
American Memory Project, "America's story in words, sounds, and pictures."
Starting
Points for Historical Research
Created
by UW Libraries' history subject librarian Teresa Mudrock, this page contains
links to article indexes, research guides, databases of primary sources,
electronic journals, and Web pages on history. Use this page to begin
research projects in English 198 and History of the Americas 201.
Thinking
Critically about World Wide Web Resources
Authored
by UCLA librarian Esther Grassian, this page offers criteria for evaluating
World Wide Web sites and links to another page on evaluating disciplinary
World Wide Web sites. Writers can use Grassian's list to help them
decide whether a particular web source is appropriate for an academic research
paper.
Voice
of the Shuttle History Page
Alan
Liu, a professor at UC Santa Barbara, has organized this page of history
research links by geographic era and topic. Liu has also included
a search function to help users find resources within the site.
World
Wide Web Virtual Library: U.S. History
The
materials on this page are organized by chronological period as well as
historical topic. The Virtual Library links to reference resources,
including databases, e-texts, journals and archive.
Writing
A
Sense of History: Some Components
Gerald
W. Schlabach, Assistant Professor of history at Bluffton College, offers
thirteen tenets for thinking historically.
Citation
Guidelines
Created
by libary staff at Concordia University, this page contains guidelines
for APA, MLA, and Turabian documentation formats. The page also includes
information on citing electronic sources in all three formats.
Reading,
Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
This
page features material on how to read primary and secondary sources, keep
a research journal, develop and structure arguments, work with evidence,
revise a first draft, and cite sources properly.
UW
History Writing Center
Click
on the buttons within the History Department frame to get to The Writing
Center. The Center's page contains information about hours, staff,
and upcoming workshops and electronic handouts on writing in history.
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Class:
MWF 10:30-11:20
Location:
Mueller 154
Contact:
K.
Gillis-Bridges
Office:
Padelford A-16
Phone:
543-4892
Hours: TTh
10:30-11:30
and
by appointment
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