
Pros: excellent guide, great presentation
Cons: nice guide, didn’t have any
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This book A Pocket Guide to Writing in History by Mary Lynn Rampolla is a brief and inexpensive guide offering all the advice students need to write effective history papers -- covering both print and electronic sources, writing conventions in history, conducting research, and quoting and documenting -- all in an easy-to-use format. In this book the author covers the essentials of paper writing in general, but with a view to the needs of history making this book an excellent tiny reference book for students of history.
This book is especially helpful to college students which isn't too complicated but it doesn't leave things out. |
It defines types of sources, gives tips of how to get started writing, picking out what is important, essay writing tips, and gives examples of different citation methods. This book will definitely boost any student’s grades and is a good investment for history class. |