Definition
/hĭ-stôrˈē-ŏgˈrə-fē/ -noun
"the writing of history; especially: the writing of history based on the
- critical examination of sources,
- the selection of particulars from the authentic materials,
- and the synthesis of particulars into a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods."
(Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary)
Schools of Historiography
- Annales School
- Precepts
- Big history
- Cliometrics
- Comparative history
- Counterfactual history
- Critical historiography
- Cultural history
- Cyclical and linear history
- Deconstruction
- Diplomatic history
- Economic history
- Great man history
- Historical materialism
- History from below
- Marxist historiography
- Metahistory
- Microhistory
- History as Propaganda
- Revisionism
- Quantitative history
History Department at EU
Welcome to the Historiography Guide!
Welcome to the Historiography Guide. Here you will find general information on how to locate sources related to the study of history.
How to use this Guide:
Located on the tabs are different resources- books, journals, websites, etc. Click on a tab and a page appears listing specific resources about historiography in that format. For example, under the "Find Books" tab is a list of books located here in Warner Library about historiography. For specific historical topics, please check out these guides.
Databases
Here is a list of subscription databases the library offers that contain information about historiography. If you wish to access any of these from off-campus, you must sign into MyAthens.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic information and cited references found in nearly 1,130 of the world's leading arts & humanities journals.
- Image QuestSearch through over 2 million photographs from 53 collections like Getty Images, Corbis, and the National Geographic Society.
- JSTORContains full-text articles from a variety of scholarly journal back-issues.
- World History Collection Offers a global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals.
History Guides
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