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historical research

Footnotes!

Nadya Williams   |  November 14, 2024

The love of footnotes is a well ordered love.

Wikipedia editors speak out

John Fea   |  June 15, 2023

I do not allow my students to use Wikipedia as a source in their research papers. But I do encourage them to go to Wikipedia to learn more about their topics. Sometimes Wikipedia footnotes can lead students to sources that […]

On reading other people’s diaries

John Fea   |  November 30, 2022

This weekend my daughter and her boyfriend came to visit for Thanksgiving. It was his first visit to our stately abode in south central Pennsylvania and during the course of his stay she decided to show him my basement office. […]