History Instruction and Research Links
This resource is currently under review and revision as of December 2024. These links include information related to history instruction, research, and information literacy. Suggestions for additional links are welcome and should be sent to the History Section Academic Librarians Committee.
Research and Writing Guides
- Boston University Department of History Writing Guide
http://www.bu.edu/history/writing_guide.html - Clifford’s Advice on 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
