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Please check the following very helpful pages as you progress through the semester. This is a small sampling of the many helps available to you in cyberspace.
The Librarians' Internet Index is a collection of librarian-approved websites on a large variety of topics.
European History Online includes a large number of topical pages and a whole section on theories and methods. Don't worry about the prompt for a password; if you just click "cancel," you'll still be able to get in.
The University of Toronto Writing Center's pages include the following:
"Hit Parade Of Errors In Grammar, Punctuation, And Style"
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University is full of advice and instructional material for all levels of writing.
The Writing Program at the University of Chicago also has many resources, for example:
"Some crucial differences between high school and college writing"
"Preparing to write and drafting the paper"
"Grammar Resources on the Web"
and some light-hearted sentence helps at the "Sentence of the Week" page and archive.
Renssalaer Polytechnic, like many science and technology oriented colleges and universities, also values good writing; see the pages at their Writing Center.
The following web sites give various forms of information on plagiarism: how to avoid it; why it is such an important issue; how your professors can recognize it; etc.
"Plagiarism in Colleges in USA," by Ronald B. Standler (copyright 2000)
"Plagiarism," by Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA
The "Plagiarism" section of the American Historical Association's Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct
A Syllabus Strategy for Talking About Plagiarism with Students from Bedford St Martins, a publisher of academic books
"How to Avoid Plagiarism" from Northwestern University's Undergraduate Academic Conduct Committee
Hamilton College's "Avoiding Plagiarism" document
"How to Recognize Plagiarism" from Indiana University's School of Education, which shows just how easy it is to discover academic dishonesty.
This course is designed to give you basic tools for all history classes. Put them to good use and you will have a much greater chance of success!
This page was updated February 10, 2016.
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