History Style Guide

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Part 1: Kinds of History Assignments

• Book Reviews
• Historical Papers
  • Short essays
  • Research papers
• Historiographical Essays

Part 2: Writing Style

• Thesis
• Structure
• Mechanics
• Style
• Focus on Sources
  • Primary sources
    • Secondary sources

Part 3: Writing Footnotes and Bibliographies

• Citations / Footnotes
  • How to create a footnote within Microsoft word
  • How to format a footnote according to Chicago style
• Bibliographies
  • Basic directions
  • Examples
• Mechanics
• Style
• Focus on Sources
  • Primary sources
    • Secondary sources