{"id":54,"date":"2025-08-16T15:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2025-09-15T14:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:35:35","slug":"methods-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/methods-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Hacker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-517\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Hacker-147x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hacker\" width=\"147\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Hacker-147x300.jpg 147w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/08\/Hacker.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a>Basic Methods<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/09\/Handout-Plagiarism.pdf\">Handout &#8211;Plagiarism<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2010\/09\/HANDOUT-How-to-READ-Like-a-Historian-1.pdf\">How to READ Like a Historian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Frame-a-Question.pdf\">How to Frame a Question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Write-a-Thesis-Statement1.pdf\">How to Write a Thesis Statement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Use-Quotations.pdf\">How to Use Quotations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Use-Footnotes2.pdf\">How to Use Footnotes<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/tools_citationguide\/citation-guide-1.html\">long-form Chicago-style guide<\/a> <em>(and see also Hacker &amp; Sommers, pp. 246-275)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Proofreed.pdf\">How to Proofreed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tips from Hacker &amp; Sommers (2025)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SECTION 1: CLARITY<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>How to avoid wordiness:\u00a0 pp. 6-7<\/li>\n<li>Shifts in POV, tenses, and constructions: pp. 12-16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>SECTION 2:\u00a0 GRAMMAR<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Subjects &amp; Verbs, pp. 23-28<\/li>\n<li>Tenses (but note difference with Prof. Pinsker), pp. 30-32<\/li>\n<li>Fragments and run-ons, pp. 43-48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>SECTION 3:\u00a0 PUNCTUATION<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Commas, parentheses, colons, semi-colons, pp. 58-68<\/li>\n<li>Apostrophes, pp. 69-72<\/li>\n<li>Quotation marks (and punctuation), pp. 72-75, 127-131<\/li>\n<li>Other punctuation (for poetry especially), pp. 76-79<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>SECTION 4:\u00a0 MECHANICS<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Capitalization, pp. 81-83<\/li>\n<li>Numbers, Italics, Hyphens, pp. 84-89<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Advanced Methods<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/course-syllabus\/historical-thinking\/\">Seven Stages of Historical Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/artificial-intelligence-or-fake-intelligence\/\">Chat GPT as Fake Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/09\/10\/note-taking\/\">Note-Taking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/08\/28\/historians-for-and-against-wikipedia\/\">Historians For and Against Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/methods-center\/search-vs-research\/\">Search vs. Research<\/a> <em>(see also Hacker &amp; Sommers, pp. 95-98)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-2-close-reading\/\">Close Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/11\/05\/evaluating-sources\/\">Evaluating Sources<\/a> <em>(see also Hacker &amp; Sommers, pp. 100-104)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/09\/29\/who-was-jacob-shallus\/\">Even the US Constitution Has \u201cTypos\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/2015\/08\/31\/the-ap-and-the-american-history-battleground\/\">The Politics of Narrative Framing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-3-online-learning\/\">Online Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-9-mapping\/\">Mapping &amp; Historical Uses of GIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/10\/14\/creativity\/\">Creativity in Historical Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-10-truth\/\">Big Data and Big History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/11\/19\/historiography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Historiography<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/12\/03\/historiography-dos-and-donts\/\">Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-8-plagiarism-2-0\/\">Plagiarism 2.0<\/a> <em>(see also Hacker &amp; Sommers, pp. 107-111, 122-28)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/narrative-writing\/\">Writing a Narrative Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Student Role Models\u00a0 \u2013Critical Essays<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/assignments\/model-close-reading-essay-olivia-whittaker\/\">MODEL POETRY ESSAY<\/a> (Olivia Whittaker)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle-ney\/\">The Fight for Freedom<\/a>\u00a0(Jordyn Ney)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle-goodman\/\">The Roads to Freedom &amp; Equality<\/a>\u00a0(Charlotte Goodman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle-rickert\/\">The Path to Justice<\/a>\u00a0(Nick Rickert)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Role Models \u2013Dickinson College<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2020\/08\/10\/pinsker-unveils-student-hall-of-fame-projects\/\">Student Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0for over 150 outstanding assignments and projects, but here are a short list of model assignments that explore historical thinking and methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiona Clarke,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/18\/five-physicians-dead-ends-and-john-franklin-goucher\/\">Using Ancestry with Class of 1868<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Fiona Clarke,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/25\/the-chenoweth-brothers\/\">College Archives and Class of 1868<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Donoghue,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/author\/donoghua\/\">Researching Indian School at CCHS<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Tom Forte,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2017\/10\/24\/3815\/\">Researching Fifteenth Amendment at CCHS<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Goldberg,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-prohibition\/research-journal\/spring-semester\/20-may-1-final-reflections\/\">Researching Temperance Reform in Black Atlanta<\/a>\u00a0 (2017-18)<\/li>\n<li>Colin Macfarlane,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-304pinsker\/author\/colin\/\">Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Leah Miller,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2012\/02\/28\/dead-ends-and-red-herrings\/\">A New Lincoln Letter<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Morgan,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marydillonscarlisle.weebly.com\/genealogical-research.html\">Johnson Family &amp; Genealogical Research<\/a>\u00a0(Summer 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Reiersen,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/16\/journal-entry-draft\/\">Class of 1862 and Ancestry<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Becca Solnit,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-solnit\/category\/research-journal\/\">Researching India Lobby During WWII<\/a>\u00a0(2011-12)<\/li>\n<li>Becca Stout,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/author\/stoutr\/\">Dickinson\u2019s janitors<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n<li>James van Kuilenburg,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/author\/vankuilj\/\">Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Cooper Wingert,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/author\/wingertc\/\">Dickinson\u2019s founders and slavery<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Cooper Wingert,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/journal\/\">Researching Fugitive Slave Law<\/a>\u00a0(2019-20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For additional resources on historical methods, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-center\/\">Osborne Center for Historical Methods<\/a>\u00a0from the Dickinson College History Department and always try to take advantage of the vast resources from the Dickinson College Library:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/tools_citationguide\/citation-guide-1.html\">Chicago Style Citation Format (long form)<\/a> (see also Hacker &amp; Sommers, CHICAGO STYLE, pp. 246-275)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.dickinson.edu\/history\">History Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.dickinson.edu\/tutorials\">Information Literacy Tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.dickinson.edu\/az.php\">Database Finder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dickinson.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?vid=01DICKINSON_INST:DICKINSON&amp;lang=en&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog2&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;mode=advanced\">Online Library Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Methods Handout &#8211;Plagiarism How to READ Like a Historian How to Frame a Question How to Write a Thesis Statement How to Use Quotations How to Use Footnotes\u00a0with\u00a0long-form Chicago-style guide (and see also Hacker &amp; Sommers, pp. 246-275) How to Proofreed Tips from Hacker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}