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Mills, Elizabeth S.
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History -- Sources -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
History -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
History -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Event history analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bibliographical citations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Citation of electronic information resources.
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Mills, Elizabeth S.
History -- Sources -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
History -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
History -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Event history analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bibliographical citations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Citation of electronic information resources.
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Evidence
explained
:
citing
history
sources
from
artifacts
to
cyberspace
/ Elizabeth Shown Mills.
by
Mills, Elizabeth S.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2015.
Call #:
907.2 M657e 2015
Subjects
History
--
Sources
-- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
History
-- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
History
-- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Event
history
analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bibliographical citations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Citation of electronic information resources.
ISBN:
9780806320175 (hc.)
0806320176 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Citing
history
sources
from
artifacts
to
cyberspace
Edition:
Third edition.
Description:
892 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 834-837) and index.
Contents:
Fundamentals of
evidence
analysis -- Fundamentals of citation -- Archives &
artifacts
-- Business & institutional records -- Cemetery records -- Census records -- Church records -- Local & state records: courts & governance -- Local & state records: licenses, registrations, rolls & vital records -- Local & state records: property & probates -- National government records -- Publications: books, CDs, maps, leaflets & videos -- Publications: legal works & government documents -- Publications: periodicals, broadcasts & web miscellanea.
Summary:
This new third edition explains citation principles for both traditional and nontraditional
sources
; includes more than 1,000 citation models for virtually every source type; and shows readers where to go to find their
sources
and how to describe and evaluate them. It contains many new citation models, updates to websites, and descriptions and evaluations of numerous contemporary materials. advances in genealogy and
history
research, changes at major repositories and online information providers, and the ever-evolving electronic world have generated new citation and analysis challenges for researchers. While countless websites now suggest ways to identify their offerings, few of those address the analytical needs of a researcher concerned with the nature and provenance of web material, whose numerous incarnations and transformations often affect the reliability of their content. Includes the latest concepts in
evidence
analysis. There are several classic style manuals. This guide is rooted in the Chicago Manual Humanities style. Elizabeth Shown Mills is an historical writer with decades of research experience in public and private records of many Western nations. Mills edited a national scholarly journal for 16 years, taught for 13 years at a National Archives-based institute on archival records and, for 25 years, headed a university-based program in advanced research methodology. Mills knows records, loves records, and regularly shares her expertise in them with audiences across three continents. Elizabeth Mills is also the author of
Evidence
! : Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian which deals specifically with bibliographic citations for family histories or genealogical research.
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Adult Nonfiction
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