Use this Guide for...
- Navigating the Library
- Finding sources for your research paper
- Formatting your bibliography and footnotes
Remember: Research is a skill that everyone need to learn and practice!
R&I Librarian for Humanities and Digital Scholarship
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The captain and "the cannibal" : an epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage by Call Number: ONLINE & Reserves 2 Hour ; DU740.6 .F35 2015ISBN: 9780300198775Publication Date: 2015More information in Catalyst
The astounding saga of an American sea captain and the New Guinean nobleman who became his stunned captive, then ally, and eventual friend. Sailing in uncharted waters of the Pacific in 1830, Captain Benjamin Morrell of Connecticut became the first outsider to encounter the inhabitants of a small island off New Guinea.
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Types of Sources
Think of the paper you're writing as a story that you are narrating. In this story, you want both primary and secondary sources. Your job as a scholar of history is to weave together primary and secondary sources to make a new, coherent argument.
- Primary source = A book, article, picture, letter, document, or other item that was produced in the past.
- Secondary source = Scholarship that is reflecting back upon and analyzing something that happened in the past.
- Reference source = Books or databases that contain quick facts, short essays, bibliographies, descriptions of trends in scholarship.
- Database = An organized place this information is stored online.
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