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According to the American Historical Association (Block Quote From this link Follows):
History is the study of the human past as it is constructed and interpreted with human artifacts, written evidence, and oral traditions. It requires empathy for historical actors, respect for interpretive debate, and the skillful use of an evolving set of practices and tools.
Thus, history is much more than simply constructing historical chronologies or narratives – it is about examining how and why things happened and identifying and explaining how the world has stayed the same and changed over time. Using a combination of Primary and Secondary Sources is essential to doing historical research. Primary sources allow you to access perspectives and information from the time period you are studying and secondary sources help you draw on other historical analysis to interpret those sources, and also help you to identify new angles and topics to explore. Researching and writing history also provides important skills which can be applied beyond the academy. It requires extensive research and reading, critical analysis in which you consider perspectives very different from your own, and effective argumentation and writing.
1863-present. International database for research on history of all regions (except the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the current decade. Content includes
indexing of historical articles from more than 2,300 journals in over 40 languages.
1895-present. International database for research on all periods of U.S. and Canadian history, including very recent years. Includes abstracts of journal articles and listings of books and dissertations. Over 1,800 journals are indexed.
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UCSD Library has a large group of Librarians who are specialists in different regional and subject areas of History. These include:
Sarah Buck Kachaluba (History PhD): Latin American Studies, and Iberian History and the History of Science
Xi Chen: Chinese Studies
Lynda Claassen: Special Collections
Jin Moon: Korean and Japanese Studies
Annelise Sklar: International Studies
Michael Smith: Jewish Studies
Other areas: History of Science
Subject Specialists in Other Areas (Communication, Environmental Studies, U.S. Government Information, Political Science and International Government Information, etc. etc.) may also be helpful. Find a complete list of UCSD Library Subject Specialists Here.
UCSD’s History Department has Course Clusters and Faculty specializing in the following areas:
Regional:
Thematic
Pre-Professional (to prepare for graduate study in the following disciplines):