random111 Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Where do you guys find sources when writing essays for History? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake Glau Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 www.google.comlibrary (any...)Databases like ebsco host and some others. We went to a university library for our class. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeG Posted December 25, 2010 Report Share Posted December 25, 2010 For my EE and History IA, I bought used books. HUGE discounts lol. Other than that, I go to the library. I try not to use many internet sources since they don't make me feel as confident if they don't come from reputable authors/organizations. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee addict Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 questia (I was given an account so I dont have to pay for membership)booksinternet (easiest way but you should be aware of the differences between what is considered as an "academic" and "non-academic" sites....e.g. wikipedia is definitely listed in the non-academic category 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrypton Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 When I was writing my Historical Investigation IA in History I used:- Online resources(be careful!)- Resources from university libraries(you'll be surprised what you can find in university libraries)- TV news reports(you can find their on news websites sometimes) Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proletariat Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I remember our librarian doing a demonstration to make a point about using Google as a research tool back in Grade 10: she went to Google and typed "Martin Luther King." The third result listed is this website: My linkIt takes 30 seconds of reading the front page to realize something is not right. One click of the Forum link at the bottom, and you'll notice the "White Pride World Wide" logo at the top-left hand corner.And yes, this is the third result listed for a "Martin Luther King" search. Thanks Google.Sickening. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Hey, I used books mainly as my sources for both my EE and IA. One useful thing with books is that they have a bibliography at the back. So if you find one really good book focused on your area or question you can skim through the bibliography and find more books with titles that seem focused to your question. You can then expand your own collection of sources easily.Another really helpful thing was google books, some of the books I needed were on google books so I didn’t need to buy or borrow them. (most of the books on google books are only previews and have missing pages so you really want the actual books)Google scholar is also really useful for finding online academic articles so you might want to try it out. A really helpful tool is the date of publication limits. You can you this to search for more recent perspectives or historiography.Hope this helps, Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Field Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 The bibliographies of books are useful to find sources. Also, the bibliographies of wikipedia sources are very useful-just don't cite wikipedia itself. From there you can go to Questia (if you have an account), amazon (to purchase books), or a local library. If a library is not within reach I strongly suggest scraping together some money and purchasing a Questia account...in IB history sources are essential. I would avoid most internet sources unless it is a university website. Durham, Harvard, Yale, and I think one of the UC's all have excellent archives of primary documents. University of Washington has a massive collection of Silk Road based documents at: http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/When you cite these be careful-go to turabian websites to see what exact format should be used!Also, Yale's Avalon project (avalon.law.yale.edu) is amazing with primary doc's from everywhere...Hope this helps!!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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