Citation guides
- A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities
(guidelines and examples, from H-Net) - Chicago Manual of Style
(new questions and answers) - Chicago/Turabian Documentation
(from the University of Wisconsin Writing Center; examples of first and subsequent references) - Eastern Illinois University - History Department - Citation Guide
(Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style)- Notes (examples)
- Bibliography (examples)
- Referencing Guidelines
(from University of Colorado, Boulder, recommended basics) - Citation Style Guides
(examples of Turabian style, APA, etc., from Montana State University) - Writing Tutorial Services
(from Indiana University)
Plagiarism guides and detection software
- Materials on Plagiarism from the American Historical Association
- SafeAssign and Eve2
(commercial essay verification/plagiarism detection software with trials) - Turnitin@EIU
(guides for faculty at students of EIU of supported program Turnitin)
Electronic documents guides
- Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
(from the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University) - Evaluating Web Sites
(includes rating system, Public History Resource Center) - Using Primary Sources on the Web
(includes Evaluating Online Sources, Citing Web Sites, from Reference and User Service Association History Section, the American Library Association)
Copyright, research guides, and dictionaries
- Copyright & Fair Use
(extensive site from Stanford University Library) - Online Etymology Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary
(Eastern Illinois University subscribed) - Primary Sources
(strategies for identifying and locating sources, Yale University Library) - United States Copyright Office
(how to publish an electronic document now)
