Subject Guides: * History: Citing Sources

Citation Manuals

In addition to these links you'll find print copies availalbe at each USM Library.

OWL Purdue Chicago
This is a great online guide with examples of how to FORMAT your paper and how to CITE your sources. Use the left hand navigation bar to jump between sections.
Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Ed. (Online)
Selected information available for free online. Detailed information requires a subscription.

The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Ed by The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
Call Number: POR GOR LAC Ref Z253 .U69 2017
ISBN: 9780226287058
Publication Date: 2017

Remember that your Footnote citations will look different from your Bibliography citation. Note the page number vrs numbers below:

Footnote

1. Henry E. Bent, “Professionalization of the Ph.D. Degree,” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 141, accessed December 4, 2017, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

Bibliography

Bent, Henry E. "Professionalization of the Ph.D. Degree.” College Composition and Communication 58, no. 4 (2007): 0-145. Accessed December 4, 2017. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1978286.

Plagiarism

Video on Plagiarism
(Rutgers)
University of Maine System Academic Integrity Policy
The academic community of the University of Maine System recognizes that adherence to high principles of academic integrity is vital to the academic function of the University. See full policy.

Literature Reviews

Online guides and books are provided to help students understand the importance of literature reviews and how to conduct them.

Literature Reviews (The Writing Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill)

The Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin)

A Short Guide to Writing about History, 6th ed by Richard Marius; Melvin E. Page
Call Number: D13 .M294 2007 POR
ISBN: 0321435362
Publication Date: 2007
This engaging and practical text helps students get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their peers. Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers guidelines for improving style as well as documenting sources.
A Short Guide to Writing about History, 9th ed by Richard Marius; Melvin Page
Call Number: POR Reserves
ISBN: 9780321953292
Publication Date: 2015
. This engaging and practical text will teach students how to go beyond reporting the basic dates and facts of their history books and show them how to infuse their writing with their own ideas and unique perspective.
Covering brief essays and the documented resource paper, the text explores the writing and researching processes, different modes of historical writing (including argument), and offers guidelines for improving style as well as documenting sources.
Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper, 3ed by Arlene Fink
Call Number: USM Q180.55.M4 F56 2010
Publication Date: 2010
The 3rd edition provides readers with an accessible but in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature. This book is intended for anyone wants to research social, health, educational, and business issues. It is ideal for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals.