Current Major Resources

Course Schedules http://www.park.edu/course/

Internship Information
 

• Liberty Memorial and Museum http://www.libertymemorialmuseum.org
• Black Archives of Mid-America www.blackarchives.org
• Children's Museum of Kansas City www.kidmuzm.org
• Frontier Army Museum of Fort Leavenworth http://www.lasr.net/pages/city.php?City_ID=KS0502001&VA=Y&Attraction_ID=KS0502001a001
• Grinter Place State Historic Site http://www.kshs.org/places/grinter/index.htm)
• Constitution Hall-Lecompton (http://www.kshs.org/places/constitution/index.htm)
• Shawnee Indian Mission (http://www.kshs.org/places/shawnee/index.htm)
• Johnson County Museum of History & 1950s All-Electric House http://www.jocomuseum.org)
• National Frontier Trails Museum www.frontiertrailsmuseum.org)
• Battle of Lexington State Historic Site http://www.mostateparks.com/lexington)
• Doll Museum and Research Library http://www.ufdc.org/museum.htm
• The Kansas City Museum http://www.unionstation.org/kcmuseum.cfm
• National Archives and Records Administration - Kansas City, Missouri Central Plains Branch http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city

Writing Tips for History Assignments
 

• Writing a History Paper: The Basics http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/basics.pdf
• Book or Article Review Guidelines http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/bookreview.pdf
• Reading and Writing About Primary Sources http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/primarysources.pdf
• Interesting Introductions (http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/intros.pdf)
• Eliminating Wordiness (http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/wordiness.pdf)
• Documentation Rules (http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/docrules.pdf)
• The Comma (http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/comma.pdf)
• The History Exam (http://www.wm.edu/history/hwrc/worksheetspdf/examhints.pdf)

Writing Tips for the Annotated Bibliography
 

• Resource One http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html
• Resource Two http://www.library.mun.ca/guides/howto/annotated_bibl.php
• Resource Three http://library.umcrookston.edu/Annotate.htm)
• Resource Four http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill28.htm
• Resource Five http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_annotatedbib.html

Writing an Abstract
 

• Resource One  http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/essays/abstract.html
• Resource Two http://unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/abstracts.html 

Professional History Societies
 

• American Historical Association: http://www.historians.org
• World History Association:  http://www.thewha.org
• Organization of American Historians:  http://oah.org
• American Association for State and Local History: http://www.aaslh.org
• Southern Historical Association:  http://www.uga.edu/sha
• Western Historical Association:  http://www.umsl.edu/~wha
• Renaissance Society of America:  http://www.rsa.org
• Sixteenth Century Society and Conference:  http://www.sixteenthcentury.org
• Institut d'Histoire du Temps Present:  http://www.ihtp.cnrs.fr
• Institut fur Eruropische Geschichte:  http://www.ieg-mainz.de/likecms/index.php
• Association of Asian Studies:  http://www.aasianst.org
• Society for the Study of Early Modern Women:  http://www.ssemw.org
• Oral Historians Association:  http://omega.dickinson.edu/organizations/oha
• The Association for History and Computing:  http://grid.let.rug.nl/ahc
• Resource Two http://unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/abstracts.html 

Chicago Manual Style for Writing and Resources http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html
 

Plagiarism: Curricular Materials for History Instructors http://www.historians.org/governance/pd/Curriculum/plagiarism_intro.htm
 

Student Conduct Code http://www.park.edu/studentlife/StudentJudicialIssues/Student_Conduct_Code.aspx
 

Academic Policies http://www.park.edu/UnderGrad/2006_07_undergradcat.pdf

For further information, please contact Dr. Timothy Westcott, Assistant Professor of History at 584-6364 or tim.westcott@park.edu.
 

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