Historiography: Home

/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)

• 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

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.

Here is a list of subscription databases the library offers that contain information about this topic.

To access these, you will be prompted to sign-in using your Eastern login (this is the same as your Brightspace and Eastern email logins).