Hi there fellow historians,

I am putting together a new module for undergraduates on research methods for historians. I am looking for a good text book or text books to assign for the course.

Thus far I have come across Anthony Brundage, Going to the Sources: A guide to historical Research and writing

John Marriot and Peter Claus (eds) History and Introduction to theory, method and practice

Mary Abbot, History Skills (2nd ed.)

The course is more skills based. How to find sources, where to find them --online, in archives, libraries, museums, private collections etc.

Types of sources and how to use/read them --looking at primary and secondary sources. Might try get a field trip into an archive or national library.

Overview of some of the different approaches to the past: Annales school, Marxist historiography, Gender history, Social history, Cultural History, Postmodernism.

If you have taught a module like this and have any advice on what went down well with students I would love to hear your suggestions. I am really excited to teach this course. Anyone ever use any of these texts? What did you think of them? How did students find them?

All the best!