Making Sense of a History Monograph

Making Sense of a History Monograph 1March 2010

What is a History Monograph? • One author

What is a History Monograph? • One author • Primary-source research

What is a History Monograph? • One author • Primary-source research • Not a novel

What is a History Monograph? • One author • Primary-source research • Not a novel • Scholarly audience

What is a History Monograph? • One author • Primary-source research • Not a novel • Scholarly audience • Peer reviewed

What is a History Monograph? • One author • Primary-source research • Not a novel • Scholarly audience • Peer reviewed • Includes citations

Reading and Note-Taking Strategies • Read a scholarly review

Reading and Note-Taking Strategies • Read a scholarly review • Read the introduction and conclusion first

Reading and Note-Taking Strategies • Read a scholarly review • Read the introduction and conclusion first • Take notes!

Reading and Note-Taking Strategies • Look for: • Argument • Historiography • Sources • Main Evidence • Conclusions

Reading and Note-Taking Strategies • Read a scholarly review • Read the introduction and conclusion first • Take notes! • Learn how to skim

Reading and Note-Taking Strategies • Read a scholarly review • Read the introduction and conclusion first • Take notes! • Learn how to skim • See secondary sources as reference

Inserting Footnotes • Chicago Manual of Style Online http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html • Jules Benjamin’s A Student’s Guide to History (pp. 132-158, index inside back cover) • Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

Inserting Footnotes • Immediately after quotation or paraphrase

Inserting Footnotes • Immediately after quotation or paraphrase • Reference exact page number

Inserting Footnotes • Immediately after quotation or paraphrase • Reference exact page number • Not inserted manually into footer

Making Sense of a History Monograph

Making Sense of a History Monograph

Presentation Transcript

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