United States History: Tools for Researchers
Research and Writing Guides
Historical Research and Writing Guides
- Writing on History -- History Department, Queens College (CUNY),
- Guide to Using Sources -- Harvard University
- Learning to Do Historical Research: A Primer for Environmental Historians and Others – William Cronon
- Annotated Bibliographies -- Purdue OWL, Purdue University
How to Write a Historiographical Essay
- Historiographic Research Manual -- Bloomsburg University
- Historiographical Writing Workshop Video -- UCSD
- Historiography for Beginners -- Princeton University
Dissertation Preparation
- The Dissertation: From Beginning to End. Peter Lyons and Howard J. Doueck. (2010).
- Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation: A Step-by-Step Guide. Randy L. Joyner, William A. Rouse, and Allan A. Glatthorn. (2013).
- Challenges in Writing Your Dissertation: Coping with the Emotional, Interpersonal, and Spiritual Struggles. Noelle Sterne. (2015).
- Before the Dissertation: A Textual Mentor for Doctoral Students at Early Stages of a Research Project. Christine Pearson Casanave. (2014).
Citation Management & Style
- EndNote: The University at Buffalo Libraries provide EndNote™ citation management software to UB's academic community under the terms of a site license funded by the UB Libraries and the student technology fee. These tutorial videos show you how to start using EndNote and get the most from the program: YouTube Thomson Reuters EndNote Training Videos.
- Zotero: Zotero offers free, web-integrated citation management software. While Zotero is not supported or generally taught by staff at UB Libraries, it remains popular with many users.
- Citing Sources: This research guide, prepared by UB Libraries, offers solid guidance and orientation for using most of the major citation styles.
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL): The Purdue OWL offers a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and detailed guide to academic writing, from argumentation to citation style.
Dissertations & Theses
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowComprehensive North American and significant international coverage of graduate works, often providing full-text documents from 1997 on.
- Proquest Dissertations & Theses @ SUNY Buffalo This link opens in a new windowProvides title, author, and subject access to dissertations from the University at Buffalo in ProQuest's Dissertations & Theses database.
Citation Indices
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new windowAn international and multidisciplinary database indexing more than 1,100 arts and humanities journals, as well as relevant references from over 6,800 science and social sciences periodicals.
- Book Citation Index This link opens in a new windowTracks the number of times books and book chapters are cited.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowSearch the Web of Science citation indices, the BIOSIS Citation Index, the Derwent Innovations Index, MEDLINE and more from a single search box.
Repositories
- UB Institutional Repository This link opens in a new windowThe digital Institutional Repository for the University at Buffalo.
- OpenDOAR This link opens in a new windowDirectory of open access academic repositories containing primary and secondary material.