{"id":25,"date":"2026-08-30T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T14:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-08-30T20:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:12:32","slug":"methods-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/methods-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Basic Methods<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/09\/Handout-Plagiarism.pdf\">Handout \u2013Plagiarism<\/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>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/tools_citationguide\/citation-guide-1.html\">long-form Chicago-style guide<\/a><\/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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Advanced Methods<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\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=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-5-search-vs-research\/\">Search vs. Research<\/a><\/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><\/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>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<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><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/narrative-writing\/\">Writing a Narrative Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Student Role Models<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiona Clarke,&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Fiona Clarke,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/25\/the-chenoweth-brothers\/\">College Archives and Class of 1868<\/a>&nbsp;(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Donoghue,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/author\/donoghua\/\">Researching Indian School at CCHS<\/a>&nbsp;(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Tom Forte,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2017\/10\/24\/3815\/\">Researching Fifteenth Amendment at CCHS<\/a>&nbsp;(Fall 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Goldberg,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-prohibition\/research-journal\/spring-semester\/20-may-1-final-reflections\/\">Researching Temperance Reform in Black Atlanta<\/a>&nbsp; (2017-18)<\/li>\n<li>Colin Macfarlane,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-304pinsker\/author\/colin\/\">Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>&nbsp;(Spring 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Leah Miller,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2012\/02\/28\/dead-ends-and-red-herrings\/\">A New Lincoln Letter<\/a>&nbsp;(Spring 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Morgan,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/marydillonscarlisle.weebly.com\/genealogical-research.html\">Johnson Family &amp; Genealogical Research<\/a>&nbsp;(Summer 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Reiersen,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/16\/journal-entry-draft\/\">Class of 1862 and Ancestry<\/a>&nbsp;(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Becca Solnit,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-solnit\/category\/research-journal\/\">Researching India Lobby During WWII<\/a>&nbsp;(2011-12)<\/li>\n<li>Becca Stout,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/author\/stoutr\/\">Dickinson\u2019s janitors<\/a>&nbsp;(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n<li>James van Kuilenburg,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/author\/vankuilj\/\">Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>&nbsp;(Fall 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Cooper Wingert,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/author\/wingertc\/\">Dickinson\u2019s founders and slavery<\/a>&nbsp;(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Cooper Wingert,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/journal\/\">Researching Fugitive Slave Law<\/a>&nbsp;(2019-20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional Resources<\/h3>\n<p>For additional resources on historical methods, go to the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-center\/\">Osborne Center for Historical Methods<\/a> from 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=\"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 \u2013Plagiarism 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&nbsp;with&nbsp;long-form Chicago-style guide How to Proofreed Advanced Methods Note-Taking Historians For and Against Wikipedia Search vs. Research Close Reading Evaluating Sources Even the US Constitution Has \u201cTypos\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-1776\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}