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History: Introduction

An introductory guide for High School Students

 

Links and resources

Video - what is history?

Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.

Glossary & Dictionary

HIstory, as any other academic discipline, uses terms and abbreviations in a specific way. This link will take you to the History Today Dictionary which defines and provides examples for history related terms.   

 

History Guides

Google Scholar Searches

Google Scholar Search

Boolean Searches

Use AND to find all your search terms
migrant AND labour AND remittances

Use OR to find any of your search terms
migration OR remittances

Search for exact phrases using quotations " " (this is important to prevent confusion with "economic development".)
“development economics”

Use truncation (*) to find different word endings and plurals
econom* finds economist, economic, economics, economy, economical

Use the Wildcard (?) to find variations in spelling
labo?r finds labor and labour

Use brackets ( )  for complex search statements
“development economics” AND (migration OR remittances)