Please check the following very helpful pages as you progress
through the semester. This is a small sampling of the many helps available to you in cyberspace. The Librarians' Internet Index is a collection of librarian-approved websites on a large variety
of topics. European History Online
includes a large number of topical pages and a whole section on
theories and
methods. Don't worry about the prompt for a password; if you just
click "cancel," you'll still be able to get in. The University of Toronto Writing Center's pages include the following: The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University is full of advice and instructional material
for all levels of writing. The Writing Program at the University of Chicago also has many resources, for example: Renssalaer Polytechnic, like many science and technology oriented colleges and universities, also values good writing; see the pages
at their Writing Center. The following web sites give various forms of information on plagiarism: how to avoid it; why it is such an important issue;
how your professors can recognize it; etc. This course is designed to give you basic tools for all history classes. Put them to good use and you will have a much greater
chance of success!
This page was updated September 6, 2011.
"Using Thesis Statements"
"Paraphrase and Summary"
"Advice on Academic Writing"
"How Not to Plagiarize"
"Hit Parade Of Errors In Grammar, Punctuation, And Style"
"Some crucial differences
between high school and college writing"
"Preparing to write
and drafting the paper"
"Grammar Resources on the Web"
and some light-hearted sentence helps at the
"Sentence of the
Week" page and archive.
"Plagiarism in Colleges in USA," by Ronald B. Standler (copyright 2000)
"Plagiarism," by Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA
The "Plagiarism" section of the American Historical Association's
Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct
A Syllabus Strategy for Talking About Plagiarism with Students from Bedford
St Martins, a publisher of academic books
"How to Avoid Plagiarism" from Northwestern University's Undergraduate
Academic Conduct Committee
Hamilton College's "Avoiding Plagiarism" document
The sad-but-true
"Dead Giveaways" from
Montgomery College.
"How to Recognize Plagiarism" from Indiana University's School of Education,
which shows just how easy it is to discover academic dishonesty
The Center for Academic Integrity's pages, located at Clemson University