History
Historical Associations
Professional associations and academic communities are often a good place to start for scholarly information and materials on methods and research.
- American Historical Association This link opens in a new windowThe professional and academic organization of academic historians, this organization has a wealth of information about careers in history as well as a directory of historians and historical programs
- H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online This link opens in a new windowH-Net "creates and coordinates Internet networks with the common objective of advancing teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences." Contains public discussion lists related to numerous disciplines.
- National Council on Public History This link opens in a new windowThe professional association for public historians, the NCPH serves practitioners by "building community among historians, expanding professional skills and tools, fostering critical reflection on historical practice, and publicly advocating for history and historians."
- Organization of American Historians This link opens in a new windowLess focused on academic history, the OAH nonetheless provides quite a bit of information about the profession, jobs, and current topics in history.
Professional Organizations
Professional associations and academic communities are often a good place to start for scholarly information and materials on methods and research.
Historical Research and Methods
Guides and Major Works
The following is a list of works on Historical methods, philosophy, and subfields of history. For specific ebooks on Historiography or research methods and theories, click on the sub tabs for this section.
Oral Tradition As History by Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 9780299102142Publication Date: 1985-07-15
The Information-Literate Historian by Call Number: D16.2 .P715 2007ISBN: 0195176529Publication Date: 2007
Writing Guide
A series of guides on reading, researching and writing history This link opens in a new window by Patrick Rael, professor of History at Bowdoin College.
Source: Patrick Rael, Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students (Brunswick, ME: Bowdoin College, 2004).
Research Methods
The Shapiro Library subscribes to the SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window database, a resource designed for those who are doing research or who are learning how to do research. Methods and practices covered include writing research questions and literature reviews, choosing research methods, conducting oral histories, and more.