Tag: teaching
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HSTA 306: Response to Baptist
For historians, a book review is an opportunity both to assess the quality of a historical work and to place the author’s argument in conversation with other scholarship. At its best, therefore, a quality review synthesizes the arguments of the historian, assesses the quality of the research, and comprehends the historiographic significance of the work. It is…
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Public Education and Private Access
Is it better to have loved and lost (a research database) than never to have had access at all?
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Over-Identification and the History of the Present
Historians frequently identify with their subjects, but that gets complicated when the subject is in the same age cohort as the historian. I explore what that means based on reading a recent memoir.
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Perfectly Practical Tips for Using Twitter
Are you a Twitter beginner? Liz Covart and I offer some tips on how to write a good tweet.
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Accessing the Early American Imprints Database
A basic guide to using the Early American Imprints database.
Joseph M. Adelman 