Guides: Subject Guide ~ History: United States: Citing Sources

Citation Guides

The resources listed below can be particularly helpful. The History Department generally follows guidelines from the Chicago Manual of Style. Ask your professor if he or she prefers a particular citation style, and consult the library's guide to citing sources for additional resources.

If you need more help, don't hesitate to ask a librarian.

Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new window
Guide to researching, writing, and documenting sources in the humanities and social sciences.
Print edition is available at Burke Research Desk Z253 .U69 2017.

OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab
The OWL provides online resources for using APA, MLA, and Chicago documentation styles.
Writing a Good History Paper
The Hamilton College history department's writing guide.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a research and citation management service you can use to create bibliographies, format footnotes, and organize information that you import from the library's databases and other online sources. Footnotes and bibliographies created with RefWorks are only as good as the information you import. You will still need to edit some references. For help with that, refer to the library's guide to citing sources.