Research guides: History Resources at the UTM Library: Writing Help

A Brief Guide

A Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper
Created by the Harvard College Writing Program

UTM Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre

The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre offers "a variety of appointment types to assist all undergraduate UTM students with academic skills enhancement.

Advice on Academic Writing — UofT

A number of online resources are posted by the Writing Centres at the University of Toronto (St. George campus). Some examples are:

Writing Guides — Sample Books

Writing History: A guide for Canadian students (5th ed.) by William Kelleher Storey; Mairi Cowan
Call Number: D16 .S864 2019
Publication Date: 2019
Writing History provide history students with the most current and important information available on researching and writing history assignments, including article reviews, journal responses, proposals, document analysis, and historical research papers.
The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays by Katherine Pickering Antonova
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2020
This book provides a step-by-step guide to the typical assignments of undergraduate or master's-level history program in North America.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian et al.
Call Number: Reference Desk LB2369 .T8 2018
Publication Date: 2018-04-16
Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

Table of Contents:
Part I ― Research and Writing
1. What Research Is and How Researchers Think about It
2. Defining a Project: Topic, Questions, Problem, Working Hypothesis
3. Finding Useful Sources
4. Engaging Your Sources
5. Constructing Your Argument
6. Planning a First Draft
7. Drafting Your Paper
8. Presenting Evidence in Tables and Figures
9. Revising Your Draft
10. Writing Your Final Introduction and Conclusion
11. Revising Sentences
12. Learning from Comments on Your Paper
13. Presenting Research in Alternative Forums
14. On the Spirit of Research
Part II ― Source Citation
Part III ― Style
Writing History Essays by Ian Mabbett
Call Number: D16 .M1185 2016
Publication Date: 2016

Crafting a Paper — Chicago Style

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Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED)
To take advantage of OED, take a look at the Video guides
Entries in the OED are supported by quotation evidence with real examples of words in use shown throughout the written record.
The primary function of OED quotations is to illustrate the way a word or sense is used through its history from its earliest use to the present day or, in the case of obsolete words and senses, the last period during which it was in use.
Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage (3 ed.)
Over 4,000 entries offer clear recommendations on issues of grammar, pronunciation, spelling, confusable words, and written style.

English for Research

English for Research: Usage, Style, and Grammar by Adrian Wallwork
Call Number: E-Book
Publication Date: 2015