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The subject History is very confusing and contradictory to us. So many ideas and speculations are
breeding side by side with History. Actually this subject is totally based on historical artifacts,
buildings, books etc, there is no know question of eyewitness or something like that. By deciphering
or by collecting information from those historical artifacts historian write their history books.
Naturally every historian thinks differently from each another, and in most of the parts their
information do not tally with each other’s information. When we read these history books it’s
very difficult to us to get a distinct knowledge about a particular topic, and making a conclusion
is also very difficult. All the Archeological sources of information about history are not
understandable to us, on that time historian write depending on their assumption, and in this way
they breed more confusion. So, confusing information makes historical research tough. |
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Conducting research for history essays is difficult--it's not meant to be easy. I would go further
to say that it is far more challenging and more time-consuming to engage in historical research than
it is to gather sources for political science papers. Yet if you follow a few tips, conducting this
research can become manageable.
As a student of history, you are almost always required to use a mix of primary and secondary
sources. For primary sources (namely, material written by active participants in historical events)
it is always easier to start with published works. If you are working on political history, you can
visit a local university library and look up the memoirs of famous political leaders. In some cases,
historians will have compiled a collection of primary sources on a given subject and arranged then
nicely in a book for you. If not, however, you may find yourself digging through boxes of yellowed
papers in archives, which is, indeed, a very time-consuming process. It is very much like searching
for a needle in a haystack.
Finding secondary sources (material written by historians) is easier, but you need to be selective.
Most online sources are unacceptable for formal history papers, unless they are peer-reviewed. This
essentially excludes nearly all websites. The only online materials that are usually acceptable are
those found in electronic databases like JSTOR, "America: History and Life", as well as "Historical
Abstracts". |
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Researching historical things is easy compared to researching current affairs.
Google and WikiPedia make it easy. |
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26 Mar 2008 23:31
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