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	Writing handouts and quick guides Writing history papers: the short version (28.444 Kb) Avoid common mistakes on your history paper (27.397 Kb) Predatory reading (24.455 Kb) Writing advice powerpoint (1.03 Mb) Sample paper (with bibliography)
	Research basics These are accessible through the library gateway: Library online catalog (word search) Maine Info Net and NExpress. For when it's not at Bowdoin Online journals: Jstor Project Muse Academic Search Premier Sage journals History Cooperative America: History and Life. Comprehensive index Library guide to American History WorldCat Some useful reference sources
	Help with citations Citation basics (29.166 Kb) Advanced citation (29.399 Kb) Citing from online databases (56.672 Kb)
	Online guides for citing sources Research and Documentation Online (online guide from Bedford/St. Martin's Press) A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities Online! from Bedford's/St. Martin's Press (for electronic sources only) Citing Electronic Sources (from the Library of Congress) Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement (from Dartmouth College)
	Avoiding plagiarism "What is Plagiarism" in Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgment (Dartmouth) The American Historical Association's guide to understanding and avoiding plagiarism. Includes useful exercises. Defining plagiarism The St. Martin's Tutorial on Avoiding Plagiarism. An excellent online resource from Bedford/St. Martin's. Resources on Avoiding Plagiarism, Department of Political Science at Concordia University. Nice examples of types of plagiarism.
	My complete online writing guides
	Useful Bowdoin databases African American Song America's Historical Newspapers American Broadsides and Ephemera American History Research Guide (Bowdoin, Library) American Periodicals Series Online American State Papers Digital Sanborn Maps: Maine, 1867-1970 Early American Imprints. Series 1, Evans (1639-1800) Early American Newspapers, Series II & III. Historical Statistics of the United States Online House and Senate Journals, Series I, 1789-1817 New York Times Archive Periodicals Index Online Poole's Index to Periodical Literature Senate Executive Journals, Series I, 1789-1866 U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980