- Read the writing advice, formatting tips, and citation and referencing guidance:
- Indent your paragraphs; double-space first three sections (not the bibliography)
- Embed your quotes within a sentence
- All essays will be submitted through TurnItIn so ensure you quote and cite all historical evidence you’ve gathered and ideas of others you’ve used
- When you receive feedback on your first draft back, use a highlighter to cross off a comment when you have addressed it. Address every piece of feedback
- Most historians shift into the present tense when describing or commenting on a book, document or evidence that still exists and is in front of them (or in their mind) as they write. For example: “de Beauvoir published [past tense] The Second Sex in 1949. In the book she contends [present tense] that women...”
- If you have translated a book on your own follow these instructions:
- In the footnote, cite the book title in its native language. Following the book’s name, write the English name of the book in [brackets]. After the page number, but before the period, write “(my translation)”. This only needs to be done for the first entry of the work
- In your bibliography, cite the book title in its native language. Following the book’s name, write the English name of the book in [brackets]