{"id":644,"date":"2021-07-12T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/?page_id=644"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:25:46","slug":"methods-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/methods-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Methods Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Basic Methods<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>See the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fys-pinsker\/files\/2025\/09\/Handout-Plagiarism.pdf\">Handout on Plagiarism<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at the Methods Center as well as the blog post on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-8-plagiarism-2-0\/\">Plagiarism 2.0<\/a>.\u00a0 Also note that these standards apply fully to AI-generated text, which is not allowed.\u00a0 Students should do their own work, including brainstorming, researching, reading, writing, and editing.\u00a0 And in the few instances where help is appropriate, they should always acknowledge outside assistance whether from humans or machines. For more details on the dangers of using AI to \u201cassist\u201d in historical writing assignments, see this post on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/artificial-intelligence-or-fake-intelligence\/\">Artificial Intelligence or Fake Intelligence?<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-118pinsker\/files\/2010\/09\/HANDOUT-How-to-READ-Like-a-Historian-1.pdf\">How to READ Like a Historian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Frame-a-Question.pdf\">How to Frame a Question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Write-a-Thesis-Statement1.pdf\">How to Write a Thesis Statement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Use-Quotations.pdf\">How to Use Quotations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Use-Footnotes2.pdf\">How to Use Footnotes<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/tools_citationguide\/citation-guide-1.html\">long-form Chicago-style guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/files\/2011\/08\/HANDOUT-How-to-Proofreed.pdf\">How to Proofreed<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Advanced Methods<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/course-syllabus\/historical-thinking\/\">Seven Stages of Historical Thinking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/artificial-intelligence-or-fake-intelligence\/\">Chat GPT as Fake Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/09\/10\/note-taking\/\">Note-Taking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/08\/28\/historians-for-and-against-wikipedia\/\">Historians For and Against Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-5-search-vs-research\/\">Search vs. Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-2-close-reading\/\">Close Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/11\/05\/evaluating-sources\/\">Evaluating Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/09\/29\/who-was-jacob-shallus\/\">Even the US Constitution Has \u201cTypos\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-117pinsker\/2015\/08\/31\/the-ap-and-the-american-history-battleground\/\">The Politics of Narrative Framing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-3-online-learning\/\">Online Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-9-mapping\/\">Mapping &amp; Historical Uses of GIS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/10\/14\/creativity\/\">Creativity in Historical Presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-10-truth\/\">Big Data and Big History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/11\/19\/historiography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Historiography<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/2015\/12\/03\/historiography-dos-and-donts\/\">Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/seminar-digitalhumanities\/reading-topics-2\/topic-8-plagiarism-2-0\/\">Plagiarism 2.0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-404pinsker\/narrative-writing\/\">Writing a Narrative Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Student Role Models\u00a0 &#8211;Knowledge for Freedom<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle-ney\/\">The Fight for Freedom<\/a>\u00a0(Jordyn Ney)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle-goodman\/\">The Roads to Freedom &amp; Equality<\/a>\u00a0(Charlotte Goodman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle-rickert\/\">The Path to Justice<\/a>\u00a0(Nick Rickert)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Role Models &#8211;Dickinson College<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/2020\/08\/10\/pinsker-unveils-student-hall-of-fame-projects\/\">Student Hall of Fame<\/a> for over 150 outstanding assignments and projects, but here are a short list of model assignments that explore historical thinking and methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fiona Clarke,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/18\/five-physicians-dead-ends-and-john-franklin-goucher\/\">Using Ancestry with Class of 1868<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Fiona Clarke,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/25\/the-chenoweth-brothers\/\">College Archives and Class of 1868<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Donoghue,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/author\/donoghua\/\">Researching Indian School at CCHS<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Tom Forte,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2017\/10\/24\/3815\/\">Researching Fifteenth Amendment at CCHS<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Goldberg,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-prohibition\/research-journal\/spring-semester\/20-may-1-final-reflections\/\">Researching Temperance Reform in Black Atlanta<\/a>\u00a0 (2017-18)<\/li>\n<li>Colin Macfarlane,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-304pinsker\/author\/colin\/\">Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Leah Miller,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2012\/02\/28\/dead-ends-and-red-herrings\/\">A New Lincoln Letter<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Rachel Morgan,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/marydillonscarlisle.weebly.com\/genealogical-research.html\">Johnson Family &amp; Genealogical Research<\/a>\u00a0(Summer 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Reiersen,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/09\/16\/journal-entry-draft\/\">Class of 1862 and Ancestry<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2016)<\/li>\n<li>Becca Solnit,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-solnit\/category\/research-journal\/\">Researching India Lobby During WWII<\/a>\u00a0(2011-12)<\/li>\n<li>Becca Stout,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/author\/stoutr\/\">Dickinson\u2019s janitors<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n<li>James van Kuilenburg,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/author\/vankuilj\/\">Researching Henry W. Spradley<\/a>\u00a0(Fall 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Cooper Wingert,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-311pinsker\/author\/wingertc\/\">Dickinson\u2019s founders and slavery<\/a>\u00a0(Spring 2018)<\/li>\n<li>Cooper Wingert,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-wingert\/journal\/\">Researching Fugitive Slave Law<\/a>\u00a0(2019-20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For additional resources on historical methods, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-center\/\">Osborne Center for Historical Methods<\/a>\u00a0from the Dickinson College History Department and always try to take advantage of the vast resources from the Dickinson College Library:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/tools_citationguide\/citation-guide-1.html\">Chicago Style Citation Format (long form)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.dickinson.edu\/history\">History Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.dickinson.edu\/tutorials\">Information Literacy Tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.dickinson.edu\/az.php\">Database Finder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dickinson.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?vid=01DICKINSON_INST:DICKINSON&amp;lang=en&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog2&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;mode=advanced\">Online Library Catalog<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Methods See the\u00a0Handout on Plagiarism\u00a0at the Methods Center as well as the blog post on\u00a0Plagiarism 2.0.\u00a0 Also note that these standards apply fully to AI-generated text, which is not allowed.\u00a0 Students should do their own work, including brainstorming, researching, reading, writing, and editing.\u00a0 And in the few instances where help is appropriate, they should &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/methods-center\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Methods Center&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-644","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3390,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/644\/revisions\/3390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/teagle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}