Channel: The Cynical Historian

Category: Education

Tags: bibliographycitationscitationhistorychicago manual of style

Description: When I write history, obviously I need to keep my references straight and in Chicago style citations. So I’ve created a large bibliography which I can copy and paste citations from, linked in the description. The key to making one of these is that you have both the bibliographic style and footnote style. With each entry, there’s the first style and the footnote contains the second. It accumulates a lot, which means you should section it by topic. When you have a bunch of topics and a massive reference library, having a detailed list sectioned by topic can help remind you to find stuff and remember what it's connected to. This makes for easy reference in the future. Mine is a Google Doc, which means I can access it anywhere and at any time. Problem there is that footnotes are slow to load, and when you’ve got a thousand of them in one place, it takes a long time. But this is something that can significantly speed up writing history, at least once you’ve accumulated a large amount of entries in a bibliography like mine. ------------------------------------------------------------ Here is a link to my bibliography: docs.google.com/document/d/1o-NK65q4F-6S2QmMvUXlmNlwtmOfmB2FwGA7yOr5syI/edit?usp=sharing ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory Discord: discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: twitter.com/Cynical_History