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History

This guide provides general information on library and other resources for the study of history other than American History. Guides created for particular courses provide more specific and extensive resources for that subject area

About This Page

Here you will find citations to the complete Chicago Manual of Style, and the Turabian handbook, which uses the Chicago system. 

Documenting your research completely, accurately, and in a correct format is essential.  Information on avoiding plagiarism, and a link to RefWorks, a program that allows you to create a personalized bibliographic database also appear on this page.

Plagiarism FAQs

UMD Academic Regulations and Procedures - Read this passage from your student handbook!

Avoiding Plagiarism - OWL Guide from Purdue - This emphasizes when to give credit to sources and offers safe practices to follow.

Using the Chicago Manual

Historians generally prefer the Chicago Manual style of citation, which is published in the Chicago Manual of Style, ​there is an extensive index that will lead you to the correct way to cite anything located on the first floor of the library at the Reference Desk.

Information on other citation styles can be found on the library's "Citing Sources" page.

Librarian

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Sonia Pacheco
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Claire T. Carney Library
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285 Old Westport Road
Dartmouth, MA 02747
508-999-8695