Description

Media: BOOK - paperback, 40 pages
Author: N. Kyle
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9781921956133
Other: further reading, index
Publisher: Unlock the Past

'Citing Historical Sources: A Manual for Family Historians' aims to answer the question "how do I reference the diverse range of source material encountered by the family historian?" The question has become even more complex in recent years with the increasing use of the internet and the plethora of new online sources now added to the mix. The construction of the text for a family history does require that you acknowledge your sources, adhere to copyright legislation and take note of ethical issues in your publication.

This book uses a straighforward and practical format to take you through the rules and conventions of referencing and acknowledgement of the resources used in your research to provide an easy and sensible entry into this important historical task.

'Citing Historical Sources: A Manual for Family Historians' discusses plagarism, digital resources, social media, Trove, oral sources, copyright, photographs, the protection of ideas, ethics, permission and release forms, and all aspects of footnotes, endnotes and the bibliography. The book has ample notes on how you can use online resources and print media to help with your referencing and there are numerous footnotes, endnotes, in-text references, capitalisation, the citing of images and more.

Contents:
Introduction and acknowledgements
Citing sources
- Consistency of the citation
- Ensuring there is sufficient information
- Acknowledging prior work
- Accuracy
- Capitalisation
- Hyphenation or not?
- Footnotes
- Endotes
- Textual references or in-text references
Incorporation previous histories
- Plagarism
- Verbatim quotes - not too many, not too long
- Paraphrasing
References
- Books, chapters in books
- Ebooks, chapters in ebooks
- Journal, magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets
- Ejournals, emagazines, online articles
- Government publications
- Manuscripts, family papers
- Other items from newspapers
- Ibid., op. cit., short forms
- Oral history, intereviews, recordings
- URLs (Universal Resource Locators)
- Social media - YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs, podcasts
- Letters, emails
- Online indexes, digitised records
- Citing images, diagrams, maps, photographs
- Trove
Constructing a bibliography
- Bibliography
- Books, chapters in books
- Journal, magazines, pamphlets, online documents, online indexes
- Family papers, manuscripts, oral records, letters, emails
- Government publications, newspapers
- Oral interviews
Creating Copyright
- Stretching the truth
- Controversial subject matter
- Defamation and libel
- Codes of ethics
Exercise in ethics
Permission notes and publication release
- Simple release form
- Useful websites
Further reading and references
- Free online manuals of style asnd advice
- Books
Index

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9 Reviews

Professional awareness when writing family history
5
Posted by Susan Austin on 15th May 2020

Exactly as the description depicts. Raises awareness of the legal and professional ramifications when gathering and writing up family research. Great addition to anyone 's library interested in geneaology
A Great Resource
5
Posted by Evelyn Mitchell on 11th May 2020

It is hard to sometimes cite some records but this little book explains most of the ones that Family Historians come across. A resource to have even if you think you know it all.
Informative
4
Posted by Susie on 30th Nov 2019

This book covers everything that a family historian would want to know for using sources appropriately. I bought it because I was unsure of how to cite my sources correctly, especially with all the different source avenues that are available today. I was also concerned about using texts or quotes from other published materials and if using these in my own work would be considered plagiarism. This book has helped me to understand the boundaries and the correct format that I should apply for my own work not only in these areas but many others too. It is well set out and provides good examples for each topic. It's a good size for easy storage and accessibility whether on a desk or on bookshelves. I consider it to be a good buy.

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