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Research Basics

• Library online catalog <http://library.bowdoin.edu/>
• Start with a word search <http://phebe.bowdoin.edu/search/w>
• Maine Info Net <http://130.111.64.9/>
• Online journals:
• Jstor <http://library.bowdoin.edu/ejournals/ip/jstor.cgi>
• Project Muse <http://library.bowdoin.edu/ejournals/ip/muse.cgi>
• Academic Search Premier <http://web1.epnet.com/search.asp>
• America: History and Life <http://library.bowdoin.edu/erl/ip/america.cgi>
• Library guide to American History <http://library.bowdoin.edu/rguides/amerhist/>
• Rael's guide to historical research at Bowdoin <http://www.bowdoin.edu/%7Eprael/sources.htm>
• WorldCat <http://library.bowdoin.edu/erl/ip/worldcat.cgi>
• Some useful reference sources <http://www.bowdoin.edu/%7Eprael/encyclopedia.htm>

Online guides for citing sources:

• Research and Documentation Online (online guide from Bedford/St. Martin's Press) <http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/history/footnotes.htm>
• A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities <http://www.h-net.msu.edu/%7Eafrica/citation.html>
• Online! from Bedford's/St. Martin's Press (for electronic sources only) <http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html>
• Citing Electronic Sources (from the Library of Congress) <http://memory.loc.gov/learn/start/cite/index.html>

Three books on writing every history student should own:

• Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, 3rd ed. (Boston: Bedford Books/St. Martin's Press, 2001). <D13.R295 2001> Contains much concise, useful advice, including a guide to Chicago-style citations.
• Kate Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). <LB2369.T8 1996> The standard source for college history writers.
• Diana Hacker, Rules for Writers, 3rd ed. (Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1996). <PE1408 .H277 2000> A standard grammar, useful for identifying and correcting mistakes.