Week 9 Research Assignment Due—Initial Bibliography for your Research Paper
The assignment for this week is to present an initial bibliography for your research paper. It should include:
a working title that defines the topic
a sentence or two to explain the question you are going to explore
a set of initial primary sources on your topic (a set of news sources that will be the basis for your primary source research) – these can come from your assignment last week
3-10 primary sources – depending on the length of each – together they should make a substantial corpus of perhaps 25-50 pages – typically these would all come from the same moment in time
a short set of relevant and important secondary sources – the historiography on your topic. These should include:
2 encyclopedia articles – no more than 1 from Wikipedia. At least 1 should come from a recent published encyclopedia (sometimes with titles like The Oxford Handbook of American Political History or The Dictionary of War Journalism)
1 or 2 historical monographs – scholarly works by historians that shed light on your topic or its context – must be since 2000
1 or 2 historical surveys – scholarly works (such as Kovarik) that provide context or background on your topic – must be since 2000
1 or 2 peer-reviewed journal articles or book chapters – scholarly works by historians – that shed light on on your topic – must be since 2000
All sources should be in correct bibliographical format per Mary Lynn Rampolla (or close)
