New, easy-to-reference chapter organization. Shorter, more manageable chapters now focus on more specific concepts, such as building a history essay and documenting sources, so students can more easily find the information they need.
Expanded coverage of working with sources. A new chapter explains how to examine any source of historical evidence — primary or secondary, written or nonwritten, print or digital. New Guidelines boxes for evaluating primary sources, a new section on sound and video recordings, new warnings about
Wikipedia, and more on finding primary sources online equip students to engage in a wide range of historical work.
More attention to analysis and argument. New sample writing assignments on analyzing a single primary source, multiple primary sources, and scholarly articles demonstrate how to present a thesis with supporting evidence. The research chapters now offer more advice on developing a thesis, using evidence, and writing worthy research questions and more persuasive papers.
New visual citation guidelines boxes show students where to look for and how to cite publication information. Using sample pages from books, published letters, print articles, database articles, and Web sites, these guides are annotated and keyed to model notes and bibliographic entries.