History Instruction and Research Links

The following links include information related to history instruction, research, and information literacy. Suggestions for additional links are welcome and should be sent to the Instruction and Research Services Committee chair. (
Current committee roster)

Research and Writing Guides

• Boston University Department of History Writing Guide
  
  

  http://www.bu.edu/history/writing_guide.html
  
  
  

• Doing History Effectively
  
  

  http://www.unf.edu/~clifford/ca/ca.html
  
  
  

• History Study Guides (Carleton College)
  
  

  http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/history/study/
  
  
  

• Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students (Bowdoin College)
  
  

  http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/
  
  
  

Standards, Objectives, and Learning Outcomes

• Benchmarks for Professional Development in Teaching of History as a Discipline
  
  

  American Historical Association
  
  

  http://www.historians.org/teaching/policy/benchmarks.htm
  
  
  

• History Department Report on the Mellon Information Literacy Initiative Grant
  
  

  Carleton College
  
  

  http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/about/infolit/mellon/mellonhist/
  
  
  

• History: Learning Outcomes
  
  

  California State University, Fullerton
  
  

  http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/infocomp/department.htm#History
  
  
  

• History Standards
  
  

  Armstrong Atlantic State University
  
  

  http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwque/standards/history/historyarmstrongatlantic012301.html
  
  
  

• Information Competency for History Majors
  
  

  Humboldt State University
  
  

  http://www.humboldt.edu/~ap23/infocomp/index.htm
  
  
  

• Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
  
  

  Association of College and Research Libraries
  
  

  http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm
  
  
  

• Information Literacy Objectives for the History Department
  
  

  University of Windsor
  
  

  http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/leddy/leddy.nsf/d97577a2b186db838525706b00738ee6/$FILE/ilobjectivesforhistory.pdf
  
  
  

• Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct
  
  

  American Historical Association
  
  

  http://www.historians.org/pubs/Free/ProfessionalStandards.cfm
  
  
  

Tutorials and Curricula

• Historian's Toolbox: Skills for History Majors
  
  

  California State University, Fullerton
  
  

  http://guides.library.fullerton.edu/historians_toolbox/index.html
  
  
  

• SJSU History Information Competency
  
  

  http://www.sjsu.edu/~jwhitlat/infocomp/hist100W.htm