Citations

Citations: How Much Is Enough?
16 January 2015 History researchers frequently ask how much needs to be cited to support an assertion. If, say, we find an assertion in a journal article, a monograph on our topic, a generally reliable website, and a couple of original documents, do we have to cite them all? The answer is easy enough if ...
EE Fri, 01/16/2015 - 07:00
Citing Legal Registrations
8 December 2014 Across centuries of recorded history, many classes of people have had to legally register themselves—voters, military-aged men, free people of color in slave regimes, aliens during a time of war, and "just plain folk" on the occasions of their births, marriages, and deaths.
EE Mon, 12/08/2014 - 07:00
Citations: Input vs. Output
4 September 2014 Citations exist in two stages, working notes and final form. This input vs. output issue is especially important for history researchers, given our use of so many original materials. Yes, EE does provide formats for many types of sources not treated by classic citation guides; but the more-important issue is not format. It's substance. What's critical is ...
EE Wed, 09/03/2014 - 12:10
A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose—At Least When We Cite Them
4 August 2014 Or to put it another way: a kirchenbüch is a klokkerbøk is a church book. Regardless of the country in which we do research, our citations to church books have ...
EE Mon, 08/04/2014 - 07:00