Annotated Bibliography Links

N H D C O N T E S T

Contest Section Highlights:

• 2008 National Contest Teacher Workshop
• Register for the 2008 national contest
• Calling all NHD students to compete in Now Debate This!
• NHD is looking for 2008 Summer interns!
• What are the steps to create a project?
• How do I create a process paper?
• How are entries judged?

Helpful Links for Research and Writing

A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students -- a step-by-step guide by Kathryn Schwartz, available via the Internet Public Library. This includes the following useful links pages:

     Citing Sources

     Grammar and Punctuation

     Organizing Information

     Planning and Starting the Writing Assignment

     Revising and Rewriting

     Thesis Statement

Avoiding Plagiarism --from Hamilton College

Biographical Dictionary

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-Present --searchable

Britannica.com --free on-line version of Encyclopedia Britannica; full contents available only by subscription

Citation Guide --introduction to the various styles of citing sources, Chicago/Turabian, Modern Language Association (MLA), Numbered References--from the University of Wisconsin's Writing Center

Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th edition --51,000 entries, searchable online

Columbia Guide to Online Style --how to cite online sources using MLA style

Copyright & Fair Use --from Stanford University Libraries

Copyright Guide --from the Groton, CT public schools

Elements of Style --1918 edition of William Strunk, Jr.'s classic writing guide, from Project Bartleby

Familiar Quotations

Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia --from Penn State University Libraries

Guide to MLA Documentation --provides examples of the MLA citation styles for, from Concordia University of Montreal

Guide to Turabian's Style Documentation --provides examples of Turabian-style citations, from the Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State College

H-Net Reviews

Information Please --online dictionary, Internet encyclopedia, atlas, and almanac reference

MLA Citation Style for Electronic Publications --from the University of Richmond

MLA Style --PDF file of MLA style guide, from Houston Community College

Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus

My Virtual Reference Desk

Plagiarism --some specific examples of what constitutes plagiarism, showing how to avoid it, from Princeton University

A Research Guide for Students --by I. Lee

Reviews in history --British and European history from the Institute of Historical Research

Roget's Thesaurus

Turabian Citation Style for Electronic Publications --from the University of Richmond

Turabian-Style Citations of Electronic Sources --by Melvin Page

Virtual Reference Desk --ask experts, using the Ask-A Locator links

When to Cite Sources -- explains the purpose of citations, endnotes, and footnotes, from Princeton University

Your Dictionary --formerly the Web of On-line Dictionaries, linked to more than 600 dictionaries in numerous languages

0119 Cecil Hall University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 p 301.314.9739

NHD Web site Privacy Statement

National History Day. All Rights Reserved.

To report technical difficulties, contact our Webmaster.

NHD_H+H_Signup_v2

Web site development and managed hosting by:

Web site design by: