Student Resources

Here you will find a number of resource pages that you can use for class, for research, or for general history reading. If you find any broken links, have any questions, or have pages that you would like to see included here, please let me know at: wsarti@oakton.edu

Writing/Research Paper Resources

· Book Review Guidelines (required class resource)

· History Department website (with link to research paper guidelines) (required class resource)

· Researching in History (citation, sample papers and more) (required class resource)

· Research Paper Guidelines

· Student’s Guide to Studying History

· Style Guidelines (required class resource)

· Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide (required class resource)

· Writing for History in Chicago Manual of Style (required class resource)

Other Research and Reference Resources

· American Historical Association

· CIA - The World Factbook -- United States

· Google scholar

· Grading and Assessment (note: actual rubrics provided to you may vary from samples here)

· The LOC.GOV Wise Guide: Home A research guide to American History.

· Outline of U.S. History The US State Department website – searchable database (note: be very specific with search terms and dates.)

· Professor (Maier) Sarti’s articles and other works *under construction*

· The September 11 Digital Archive

· Spartacus Educational Database

· The Ultimate History Quiz!

· This Day in History