Writing in History, Political Science, and Anthropology

Links
Online Catalog Search Tips
Books

See also
MLA Style Guide



This guide lists starting points for locating information about academic writing and on-the-job writing in the fields of history, political science, and anthropology  For more resources, please consult the Library's homepage or consult a reference librarian for assistance (423) 614-8562.
 

Links

APA Style Guide (A Squires Library subject guide)

APAStyle.org

AnthroGlobe Bibliography (WWW Virtual Library)
Bibliography of fieldwork, research methods, and ethnography in sociocultural anthropology

Writing in Communication  (A Squires Library subject guide)

Writing in Psychology and Sociology  (A Squires Library subject guide)
 


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Online Catalog Search Tips

To locate books and media about writing in the history and political science conduct a basic subject search in the library's online catalog  for any of the following subject headings:

ACADEMIC WRITING

ACTION RESEARCH

ANTHROPOLOGY
- AUTHORSHIP
- FIELD WORK
- METHODOLOGY
- RESEARCH

AUTHORSHIP

ETHNOLOGY
- AUTHORSHIP
- FIELD WORK
- METHODOLOGY
- RESEARCH

EVALUATION RESEARCH (SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS)

HISTORIOGRAPHY
See also: subdivision HISTORIOGRAPHY under names of countries, cities, etc., and individual corporate bodies, sacred works and treaties, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, individual wars, and topical subjects.
 

Examples:

AFRICAN AMERICANS
- HISTORIOGRAPHY

BIBLE
- HISTORIOGRAPHY

UNITED STATES
- HISTORIOGRAPHY

LEGAL COMPOSITION

POLITICAL SCIENCE
- AUTHORSHIP
- METHODOLOGY
- RESEARCH

REPORT WRITING

SINGLE SUBJECT RESEARCH

SOCIAL SCIENCES
- AUTHORSHIP
- FIELD WORK
- METHODOLOGY
- RESEARCH

SOCIAL SURVEYS

TELEPHONE SURVEYS


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Books

Critical Thinking about Research: Psychology and Related Fields. By Julian Meltzoff. American Psychological Association, 1998.
 Circulating - BF76.5 .M45 1998

Developing Effective Research Proposals. By Keith Punch. SAGE, 2000.
 Circulating - H62 .P92 2000

Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination. By Chris Hart. Sage Publications, 1998.
 Circulating - H62 .H2566 1998

Gatekeepers of Knowledge: Journal Editors in the Sciences and the Social Sciences. By Stephen McGinty. Bergin & Garvey, 1999.
 Greenwood eBook

The Political Science Student Writer's Manual. By Gregory M. Scott. Prentice Hall, 2000.
 Circulating - JA86 .S39 2000

Survey Research and the World Wide Web. By Dale Nesbary. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
 Ref. H62 .N3846 2000

Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It. By Howard Saul Becker. University of Chicago Press, 1998.
 Circulating - H91 .B38 1998

Writing Empirical Research Reports: A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. By Fred Pyrczak. Pyrczak Pub., 2000.
 Circulating - LB2369 .P97 2000

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes. By Robert M. Emerson. University of Chicago Press, 1995.
 Circulating - GN3707.7 .E44 1995

Writing History: A Guide for Students. By William Kelleher Storey. Oxford University Press, 1999.
 Circulating - D16 .S864 1999

Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. By Jose L. Galvin. Pyrczak, 1999.
 Circulating - H61.8 .G3 1999
 


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