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HIST 422: Advanced Research & Writing Colloquium (Hooper)

2024-2025

Collecting Research

NOTES

It's very important to keep track of your resources and findings throughout your research process. There are many ways to do this -- the most important thing is to find a process that works for you, and that allows you to share your findings with others. 

Whatever your process, make sure that you find a way to: 

  1. Keep track of which notes (and especially quotations) came from which source;
  2. Note detailed directions like page numbers, where included, so that you can find the information again later; and
  3. Record all of the information needed to cite each source that you consult, even if you aren't sure yet whether you will use it. 
     

 

CITATION MANAGERS 

(for traditional, "published" sources)

UNPUBLISHED/MEDIA SOURCES

For "non-traditional' sources like interviews, images, social media, websites, etc. -- traditional reference tools don't always work particularly well. However, there are other tools available which are better suited for storing and organizing these types of sources. As with note-taking, there are many possibilities beyond this list -- these are just a few suggestions.

As a note: it's generally a good idea to save screenshots of web sources that may be temporary, especially social media posts, since they can be deleted, edited or taken down at any time! 


Suggestions: 

And of course, you can also organize saved files in programs/apps like...

Chicago Manual of Style (Notes-Bibliography)

As of September 2024, Chicago Manual of Style has updated to the 18th edition. 
Consult with your professor to confirm whether you should use the 17th or 18th edition. 

Notes-Bibliography is the version of Chicago style which uses footnotes for in-text citation. 

Book with a single author or editor 

First footnote: Amy D. Finstein, Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America (Temple University Press, 2020), 10. 

Second footnote:  Finstein, Modern Mobility Aloft, 10. 

Bibliography: Finstein, Amy D. Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America. Temple University Press, 2020.

Journal article from an online database

First footnote: Chanelle Robinson, "'Papa Don't Preach': Imagining a Theology of Apology in Canada," Toronto Journal of Theology 35, no.1 (2019): 10, https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt.2018-0120.

Second footnote: Robinson, "'Papa Don't Preach,'" 10. 

Bibliography: Robinson, Chanelle. "'Papa Don't Preach': Imagining a Theology of Apology in Canada." Toronto Journal of Theology 35, no.1 (2019): 9-24. https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt.2018-0120.

Online newspaper/magazine article 

First footnote: Edward T. O'Donnell, "When Irish Immigrants Were America's Most Feared Terrorist Group," Washington Post, March 17, 2019, ProQuest Central. 

Second footnote: O'Donnell, "Irish Immigrants." 

Bibliography: O'Donnell, Edward T. "When Irish Immigrants Were America's Most Feared Terrorist Group." Washington Post, March 17, 2019. ProQuest Central. 

Page from a website

First footnote: "Classics," College of the Holy Cross, accessed August 19, 2024, https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/classics. 

Second footnote: "Classics."

Bibliography: College of the Holy Cross. "Classics." Accessed August 19, 2024. https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/classics. 

As of September 2024, Chicago Manual of Style has updated to the 18th edition. 
Consult with your professor to confirm whether you should use the 17th or 18th edition. 

Notes-Bibliography is the version of Chicago style which uses footnotes for in-text citation. 

Book with a single author or editor 

First footnote: Amy D. Finstein, Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2020), 10. 

Second footnote:  Finstein, Modern Mobility Aloft, 10. 

Bibliography: Finstein, Amy D. Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2020.

Journal article from an online database

First footnote: Chanelle Robinson, "'Papa Don't Preach': Imagining a Theology of Apology in Canada," Toronto Journal of Theology 35, no.1 (2019): 10, https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt.2018-0120.

Second footnote: Robinson, "'Papa Don't Preach,'" 10. 

Bibliography: Robinson, Chanelle. "'Papa Don't Preach': Imagining a Theology of Apology in Canada." Toronto Journal of Theology 35, no.1 (2019): 9-24. https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt.2018-0120.

Online newspaper/magazine article 

First footnote: Edward T. O'Donnell, "When Irish Immigrants Were America's Most Feared Terrorist Group," Washington Post, March 17, 2019, ProQuest Central. 

Second footnote: O'Donnell, "Irish Immigrants." 

Bibliography: O'Donnell, Edward T. "When Irish Immigrants Were America's Most Feared Terrorist Group." Washington Post, March 17, 2019. ProQuest Central. 

Page from a website

First footnote: "Classics," College of the Holy Cross, accessed August 19, 2024, https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/classics. 

Second footnote: "Classics."

Bibliography: "Classics." College of the Holy Cross. Accessed August 19, 2024. https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/classics. 

As of September 2024, Chicago Manual of Style has updated to the 18th edition. 
Consult with your professor to confirm whether you should use the 17th or 18th edition. 

Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition:

Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition: