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History - General : History Associations and Organizations

Local Boston and Massachusetts

  • Boston Preservation Alliance
  • Colonial Society of Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • Massachusetts History Alliance
  • New England Historical Association
  • Revolutionary Spaces

Local Oakland and California

  • Alameda County Historical Society
  • California Historical Association
  • GLBT Historical Society
  • Oakland Heritage Alliance
  • Oakland History Center
  • African American Museum and Library

National

  • American Antiquarian Society
  • American Association for State and Local History
  • American Historical Association
  • American Studies Association
  • Organization of American Historians

Global

  • International Committee of Historical Sciences
  • International Oral History Association
  • Network of Global and World History Organizations
  • Social Science History Association
  • International Association of Labour History Institutions

Local London and UK

  • British Association for Local History
  • The East London Historical Society
  • Royal Historical Society
  • Historical Association (UK)
  • The Institute of Historical Research
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Article

Written content on a narrow subject and published in a periodical or website. In some contexts, academics may use article as a shortened form of journal article.

See also:

  • Green Paper
  • Grey Literature
  • Journal

Bibliography

A detailed list of resources cited in an article, book, or other publication. Also called a List of References.

Call Number

A label of letters and/or numbers that tell you where the resource can be found in the library. Call numbers are displayed on print books and physical resources and correspond with a topic or subject area.

Peer Review

Well-regarded review process used by some academic journals. Relevant experts review articles for quality and originality before publication. Articles reviewed using this process are called peer reviewed articles. Less often, these articles are called refereed articles.

Limiter

A search setting that removes search results based on source attributes. Limiters vary by database but often include publication date, material type, and language. Also called: filter or facet.

Dissertation

A paper written to fulfill requirements for a degree containing original research on a narrow topic. Also called a thesis.

Database

A searchable collection of similar items. Library databases include resources for research. Examples include: a newspaper database, such as Access World News, or a humanities scholarly journal database, such as JSTOR.

Scholarly Source

A book or article written by academic researchers and published by an academic press or journal. Scholarly sources contain original research and commentary.

  • Scholarly articles are published in journals focused on a field of study. also called academic articles.
  • Scholarly books are in-depth investigations of a topic. They are often written by a single author or group. Alternatively in anthologies, chapters are contributed by different authors.