Historical Bibliography.

Historical Bibliography Exercise Instructions
Purpose:
reinforce learning outcomes for competency in Information Literacy. You will be able to:
Determine the nature and extent of information needed for a history research paper;
Collect and evaluate the sources appropriate for a history research paper;
Access and use information legally and ethically, using discipline-specific practices for citation; and
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose.
introduce the process of identifying and locating sources for historical research.
acquaint students with search tools and databases used in historical research.
introduce Turabian style for source citation.

Summary: This assignment is part of the Comparison/Contrast Essay, so for this portion, you will:
learn how to evaluate books and articles for research.
use LU Library resources to identify books and articles appropriate for researching your topic.
research your chosen topic, taking notes as you go.
compile a Reference page using Turbian guidelines.

Grading: Consideration will be given to the quality and relevance of sources and the correct use of assigned formatting guidelines. See the Historical Bibliography Exercise Grading Rubric for a breakdown of points and specific guidelines.

To complete the assignment, follow the steps below. Do not skip steps, and do not move forward until you understand each step and have completed it.

Step 1: Choose a Topic

See Comparison/Contrast Essay Instructions for a list to choose from.
Choosing and submitting the topic is worth 5 points and is graded separately from the Historical Bibliography and the Comparison/Contrast Essay.
Topics not on the list from the Comparison/Contrast Essay Instructions will not be accepted.

Step 2: Consider your sources
Review each of these 4 articles on credibility of sources. Do not begin your research until you understand what to look for in a printed or on-line source.
Evaluating the quality and credibility of a printed source: http://librarysac.wordpress.com/research/criteria-for-evaluating-a-print-source-of-information/
http://library.ucsc.edu/help/research/evaluate-the-quality-and-credibility-of-your-sources
Evaluating books suitable for historical research: http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/evalbk.html
Characteristics and Examples of Scholarly Journals: http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=4357
Step 3: Write your thesis statement
Before you begin actual research, have a working thesis statement to focus your research. For more guidelines on writing a thesis statement, review: http://www.bowdoin.edu/writing-guides/ -“Structuring Your Paper” “Thesis” – section 5c. The Thesis
You will include your thesis statement on the Historical Bibliography Exercise (see Example).

Step 4: Research
If you are not familiar with the University’s Online Library, first take a moment to familiarize yourself with what the library has to offer you as an online student: http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=12103
You need a total of 7 sources – 3 of which must be scholarly journal articles (not from the same journal). Do not use your textbook as a source.

Books: May use either ebooks or traditional.
Use LUCAS (https://lucas.liberty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic) to find books available in our library. This includes a variety of ebooks that you can read online.
Use WorldCat (http://www.worldcat.org/) to find out if books are available in your public library.
Be careful that you do not choose books written for children, history textbooks, or popular histories. Go back to #s 1 and 2 in Step 2 if you need to refresh your memory on credible sources.
Britannica Academic Edition—essentially an encyclopedia, but with links to dictionaries and websites. Be sure to correctly identify and cite the specific source used. The encyclopedia will not be the source – you will want to look at the citations in the article to find the specific source to cite.
Gale Virtual Reference Library—a collection of reference works. Look for titles that include the word encyclopedia or dictionary. If you use this database, remember to cite the specific reference work (ebook) used. Your citation will not be Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Oxford English Dictionary—an exhaustive dictionary of the English language.
Oxford Reference Online Premium—an extensive collection of reference works. Look for titles that include the word encyclopedia or dictionary. If you use this database, remember to cite the specific reference work (ebook) used.

Scholarly Journals:
Use the following link to find history related journals at the library. http://libguides.liberty.edu/content.php?pid=235478
Make sure that you read the article before deciding whether it will be useful.
Make sure that you are not looking at a newspaper article, but are looking at an article in a scholarly journal. To refresh your memory, review #3 in step 2.
Do NOT use articles from the following journals. They are NOT considered scholarly journals.
Military History
History Today
History Review
Some places to start:
JSTOR
The Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
Gale Biography in Context
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
If you have any questions, feel free to email your professor with specific details, and ask about using the source.
Do not just copy and paste the weblink from the address bar. Get the correct link for citations by finding the “Stable URL” or “permanent link” in the article.
Many of the articles through the Library include citation information (generally a button at the top of the article). You may use that, but make sure that you choose Turabian style before copying and pasting it into your bibliography.

Other Sources:
Dissertations: http://libguides.liberty.edu/content.php?pid=229367&sid=1956460

** As you compile sources, begin taking notes for the Comparison/Contrast Essay. Make sure that you understand how to properly take notes at this stage so that you save time and trouble later when you are writing the paper. (See CCE Instructions Step 2: Research for further guidelines on plagiarism and note-taking.)

Step 5: Write the Bibliography
Click on the link below for a full length Turabian style guide: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html
The following presentations on the LUO Writing Center website are also useful in checking your formatting against Turabian guidelines. http://www.liberty.edu/academics/graduate/writing/index.cfm?PID=12268
“Microsoft Word” – good tips on how to format page numbers, margins, double-space text, etc.
“Turabian Presentation Revised” 8th edition
Check out the Video Lectures for a Turabian run through.
In addition to the LUO Writing Center and full length Turabian guide, there are several other documents in the Writing Tips and Guides folder of your course (Course Content/Course Guides and Assignment Instructions/Additional Material) with specific Turabian help.
Take a moment to look at the Historical Bibliography Example and make sure that your paper follows the same format for page numbers, heading, margins, etc.
Note that submission of this assignment does require a heading and a thesis statement, but when you include the bibliography in the Comparison/Contrast Essay for Module/Week 6, corrections and changes need to be made, and the additional information needs to be deleted.

Type your Thesis statement here. Remember that the thesis should be a one sentence argument to be defended in the body of the paper.

Doran, Susan. Queen Elizabeth I. New York: New York University Press, 2003.

King, John. “Queen Elizabeth I: Representations of the Virgin Queen.” Renaissance Quarterly 43, No. 1 (Spring 1990): 30-74. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2861792 (accessed January 10, 2012).

Scully, Robert E. “‘In the Confident Hope of a Miracle’: The Spanish Armada and Religious Mentalities in the Late Sixteenth Century.” The Catholic Historical Review 89, No. 4 (October 2003): 643-670. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/catholic_historical_review/v089/89.4scully.html (accessed January 10, 2012).

Shagan, Ethan H. Popular Politics and the English Reformation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. EBSCO eBook Collection. (accessed January 19, 2012).

Smith, Lacey Baldwin. The Elizabethan World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991.

Queen Elizabeth I. “Against the Spanish Armada,” 1588. Modern History Sourcebook.
http://www.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/1588elizabeth.asp (accessed January 10, 2012).

Note that this section should have a minimum of seven sources, three of which need to be journal articles. You may use the textbook to garner research ideas, but do not include it as a source for either the Historical Bibliography Exercise or the Comparison/Contrast Essay.