HIST 358: The Holocaust

You will find:

• Resources with background information on your topic
• Resources to find scholarly articles and books on your topic
• Resources to find appropriate primary sources related to your topic
• Resources to help you organize and cite your sources

When choosing sources, consider:

• Who
  • Who wrote it? What could their biases and affiliations be?
• What
  • What kind of source is it? A book? A newspaper article?
  • What claims does the source make? What is its argument or thesis?
• Where
  • Where was it published? In an encyclopedia? Online? What country?
• When
  • When was it written? What time frame does it cover?
• Why
  • Why did the author write it?
  • Why might it be useful to my own argument or research questions?