SELF STUDY EXERCISES
This
portion of the EXPLORING CLEVELAND HISTORY web site is designed to enable
individual students to explore various skill development areas on their
own. Many of the exercises and guides included here have been developed
independently by experts across the Web. Please help us keep the list
as useful as possible by suggesting alternatives that you may be familiar
with or new catagories that you would like to see addressed.
MAKING GOOD USE OF THE INTERNET
- For those new to the Internet, a useful primer introducing Web basics, including how to chose a browser, how to send email and how to use search engines effectively, can be found at Learning the Net.
- Craig Branham has created an excellent guide to conducting research with the WWW for the Department of English at Saint Louis University.
- A Basic Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities will help you properly credit any materials found on the Internet used in research essays.
STYLE SHEETS, CITATION FORMS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
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Any written work submitted to fulfill requirements for a course offered through the Department of History at Cleveland State University should be prepared with reference to the Department's Style Sheet. Be aware, however, that individual instructor preferences might differ from this standard set of general expectations or include more specific requirements; be sure to ask!
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The appropriate and proper citation of sources used in the preparation of a research essay is an especially important part of the successful presentation of your findings. Information about how to accomplish this vital task (plus associated exercises) can be found below tied to the two most important components involved: