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HISTORY LAB 1 How do I know if a website is a reliable source?

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As middle and high school students across Wisconsin work on their National History Day submissions, we’re answering their questions about how to do history in our History Lab mini-series. This episode, Professor Sarah Thal talks about her criteria for a reliable website, whether Wikipedia is good source for historical research, and her favorite online history resources.

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Sarah Thal is Associate Chair, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and the David Kuenzi and Mary Wyman Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. https://history.wisc.edu/people/thal-sarah/

Libraries and archives

  • New York Public Library Digital Collections https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/
  • British Library blogs http://www.bl.uk/blogs
  • National Archives blogs https://www.archives.gov/social-media/blogs
  • Smithsonian Institution https://www.si.edu/explore
  • Wisconsin Historical Society https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/

    • Digital exhibitions and projects

    • Slave Voyages https://www.slavevoyages.org/
    • Remembering Jim Crow http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/

      • Commentary or articles written by historians

      • History News Network https://historynewsnetwork.org/
      • Process blog of the Organization of American Historians http://www.processhistory.org/
      • American Historical Association https://www.historians.org/

        • Videos

        • TED-Ed https://ed.ted.com/

          • National History Day in Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS15524

          UW–Madison’s History Lab: https://history.wisc.edu/undergraduate-program/the-history-lab/

          Do you have a question about how to do history? Record a voice memo we’ll answer your question in an upcoming episode. Our email address is [email protected]

          Our music is “Wholesome” by Kevin MacLeod. Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome CC BY 4.0 license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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