2nd Step – Preliminary Research - HIST 152 – Creating a Museum Exhibit

It's All in the Name(s)

Names are crucial for finding historical information.

As you do your research, make a list of all the significant names you find (include alternate names and spellings).

Names of influential individuals: legendary, historical, and honorific

Names of empires and historical periods

Names of groups of people, nationalities, etc.

Names of places: geographic and political.

Names of events

Knowing these can help you discover the information you need and identify the information you have.

Britannica Academic
High quality encyclopedia articles, videos, audios, related Web links, magazines, newspapers, an atlas, statistics, & biographical information.

Wikipedia
Use this to find background information, keywords, links, and other leads.

History Reference Source
History-related articles, books, reference entries, biographies, documents, maps, photos, and videos.
(Via HSPLS) U.S. History (Gale In Context)
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(via HSPLS) World History (Gale in Context)
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Contextual information including reference content, with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
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