Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 892 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. History is not just a collection of documents-- and all records are not created equal. To analyze and decide what to believe, we also need certain facts about the records themselves.

Alternative title

1. Citing history sources from artifacts to cyberspace

Subject

1. History -- Sources -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
2. History -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
3. Event history analysis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
4. History -- Methodology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
5. Bibliographical citations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
6. Bibliographical citations
7. Event history analysis
8. History
9. History -- Methodology
10. History -- Research

Genre/Form

1. Reference works.
2. Handbooks and manuals.

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. D5

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 834-837) and indexes.

Author

1. Mills, Elizabeth Shown, author.

Title

1. Evidence explained : citing history sources from artifacts to cyberspace / Elizabeth Shown Mills.

Publisher

1. Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, 2015.

Edition

1. Third edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 834-837) and indexes.

LCCN

1. 2015973868

ISBN

1. 9780806320175 (hardback)
2. 0806320176

Research call number

1. *R-USLHG D5 .M55 2015