Resources

History Style Guides & Student Handbooks

The History Student's Handbook. A Short Guide to Writing History Essays
Published by the University of Calgary (2004), this is an excellent resource for undergraduate history students. It provides guidance on writing essays and book reviews, along with detailed directions on presenting reference notes and bibliographies.

Style Guide for the Preparation of Footnotes and Bibliographies
A well-organized guide compiled by the History Department of the University of Victoria. The guide is available as an Adobe PDF file.

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources
A very useful student guide, prepared by librarians at the University of Alberta. "Internet and electronic information, with no print equivalents, presents new challenges to scholars. Increasingly information is being published only in electronic formats, and questions about how to cite these sources in academic papers have become frequent at library reference desks." History students using this guide should consult Citation Examples following the Chicago Style.

History Students' Study Guide
This comprehensive handbook was prepared by faculty at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. It covers a wide range of topics relating to the study of history. Here students will find guidance on how to read and critically evaluate historical essays, how to analyze a primary resource, how to write a history research paper and a critical book review, how to give a twenty-minute oral presentation, how to read fiction for history, and how to take good notes.