History 201/225: Getting Started

A course guide for History 201 and 225

Getting Started with Answering Research Questions

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For your history class, you have been asked to come up with a question from the lecture, then work together to figure out how to answer that question. This guide will provide some ideas for how to answer those questions. Look through the tabs on this website to learn more about tracking down information using these techniques:

Know Your Sources

When selecting sources for your research, it's important to know what type of source you're looking at. The Know Your Sources infographic will help give you an idea of who created and what went into the creation of the source you're looking at.

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