1. Navigating the Library
2. Finding sources for your research paper
3. Formatting your bibliography and footnotes

Remember: Research is a skill that you need to learn - no one innately knows how to do this!

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 coherent argument.

• Primary source = A book, article, picture, letter, document, or other item that was produced in the past. (think: an episode of Game of Thrones)
• Secondary source = Scholarship that is reflecting back upon and analyzing something that happened in the past. (think: an analysis of Game of Thrones in the AV Club)
• Reference source = A high level compilation of pointers to primary and/or secondary sources. (think: The Game of Thrones IMDB page)
• Database = Where these are stored. (think: HBO Go)