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Guidelines for Writing a Book Review
Guidelines for Critiquing Others' Work
Guidelines for Essay Format

Class List of Who is Critiquing Whom
Section 01: TuFri 2:30 class list
Section 02: TuFri 4:00 class list
Section 03: Tues 5:30 class list

Online Course Readings (marked W* in syll)
( if marked R*, go to MSU Library E-Reserves)
Steinberg, "Secret History of Natural Disaster"
Burnham, "A Neglected Field: The History of Natural Disasters"
Guidelines for Writing a Book Review
McKibben, "The Coming Meltdown"
Herscher, "Review of The Resilient City"
Orsi, "Review of Ecology of Fear"
O'Sullivan, "Review of Erin's Children"
Guidelines for Critiquing Others' Work
"How Not to Plagiarize"
Barnes, "Stephen Ambrose, Copycat"
Crader, "A Historian and Her Sources"
Schwartz, "The Hurrican of San Ciriaco"

Extra! Extra! From the New York Times:
"Fiddling with Lens As a City Burned"

Research Tools, Databases
Sprague Interlibrary Loan
Sprague History Databases
Search Tips for New York Times Archives
Regional Research Libraries

Help with Citation Style
The Chicago Manual of Style
An Introduction to Documentation
Directions: Footnote Tips and Models
Directions: How to Make a Footnote in MS Word
Exercise: Bad and Good Bibliography Formats
Demo: Citation Usage, Placement
Demo: Quotation Usage, Formats

Help with writing
Getting an A on a Paper
A Good Thesis is...
5 Ways of Looking at a Thesis
General Grading Standards for Essays
Writing Tutorial Services from Indiana University
An Introduction to Documentation