HIST 358: The Self before the Selfie (HC): Citations

The TriCollege Libraries recommend Zotero, a free online app that can format your bibliography, keep your citations organized, and even save your articles in the cloud so you can access them later from the library, home, or café.

Tricollege guide for using Zotero. Starts with an introduction and installation. It then describeshow to use it as a versatile tool for research,organization, footnotes and bibliography.

See this video tutorial by Brie Gettleson for a hands on introduction to using Zotero.

This 2017 edition of the handbook provides guidance on documenting sources and on writing style. It is frequently recommended for use by students in history. It includes instructions and examples for online publications and websites.

This page explains the system using separate bibliographic notes for citations rather than including them in the text as in often done in science papers. Examples are included for the different kinds of publications most often used by history students.

Guide to Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (released in 2017).