Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 907.2 EAN: 9780806317816 ISBN: 0806317817 Label: Genealogical Pub Co Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub Co Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 885 Publication Date: 2007-06-30 Publisher: Genealogical Pub Co Studio: Genealogical Pub Co
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Editorial Reviews: Evidence Explained is the definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources. It begins with a simple question: Why do we invest so much of our energy into the citation of sources? Followed by the intriguing answer: Because all sources are not created equal. As a citation guide, Evidence Explained is built on this simple question and answer. According to the author, there are no historical resources we can trust at face value. Records simply offer evidence, and their assertions may or may not be true. To decide what actually happened, we must understand those records. To analyze that evidence and judge what to believe, we also need particular facts about those records. Thus, Evidence Explained has two principal uses: it provides citation models for most historical sources especially original materials not covered by classic citation guides such as The Chicago Manual of Style. Beyond that it can help us understand each type of record and identify each in such detail that we and our readers will know not only where to go to find our source, but, equally important, the nature of that source so that the evidence can be better interpreted and the accuracy of our conclusions properly appraised. Highlights Covers all contemporary and electronic sources not discussed in traditional style manuals, including digital, audio, and video sources Explains citation principals and includes more than 1,000 citation models for virtually every source type Shows readers where to go to find their sources and how to describe them and evaluate them Teaches readers to separate facts from assertions and theory from proof in the evaluation of evidence. Most importantly, Evidence Explained discusses source citations for every known class of records, including microfilm and microfiche, and records created by the new digital media: Websites Blogs Digital books and journals DVDs CDs Audio files Podcasts Everyone Needs This Book -Carry it around and consult it for the correct citation of any source you come across -Keep it constantly at your side to help you identify sources -Use it to evaluate digital and Internet sources -Make it your standard for citing sources and evaluating evidence in your day-to-day research
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: An indispensable author's tool. Comment: If you are an author, this 885 page book contains everything you will ever need to know about citing your sources, including books, magazine articles, journals, federal, state and local government records, radio and tv broadcasts, web sites and blogs, newspaper articles, church records, maps, cemetery records, court records, business and institutional records, and on and on and on. If there is any source author Elizabeth Shown Mills has left out, it probably isn't worth citing. If you are an author and don't have this book, you should order it now. You will use it over and over and it will save you much grief should anyone be inclined to challenge your sources. Robert Summers Author of The Fall and Redemption of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Resource & Reference Book Comment: "Evidence Explained" by Elizabeth Shown Mills is by far the most comprehensive resource I have seen for accurately and effectively citing historical sources. The book is well organized and the author provides excellent citation examples for just about every source imaginable. Whether you are a novice or experienced researcher, I would highly recommend this book. Customer Rating: Summary: Effective Tool Comment: I have only begun to use this reference tool but have been very impressed so far. I needed a guide to thorough citing of sources in my genealogical and historical research. I am an amateur and is has been many years since I learned documentation. I was thoroughly confused about how to document electronic sources. This book gives numerous and specific examples of citations for a wide range of possible sources. Even if you don't choose to use an established style, you can easily discern what information is needed to provide for a return to the source of your information. It is very much worth the purchase price if you are desirous of effective documentation of your work. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Resource Comment: This book is a must have for historical researchers and writers. Up-to-date it is a wealth of information. I would recommend this for every researchers library. Customer Rating: Summary: Necessary Research Tool Comment: Ms. Mills latest book is a great tool for evidence citation in genealogy research. I have used it frequently since purchasing. I strongly recommend it. More Reviews