Activity: Find a Recent Historiographical Essay or Book 

 Think of a historical research topic that you're looking forward to learning more about this year.

  • What are some keywords that describe that topic?
  • What is the broader chronological, regional, or subject context for the topic?
  • What is the theoretical framework or lens you will using?

For book length works, search on the subject word historiography as well as one or more of your keywords in advance search option of UW Libraries Search using this model:

Enter "historiography" in the first search box. Change the box label to "Subject." Enter your other topic keywords in the next search box (example: imperialism united states]. Set other limiters, e.g., Show only: UW Libraries and Material Type: eBooks.

UW Libraries Search example: subject=historiography and any field=imperialism united states

You can also search for article-length historiographical essays by doing similar searches in databases such as:

Scan the results for potentially relevant articles. If results are not forthcoming, try a different database listed.

You can also browse publications that specialize in historiographical essays such as:

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