Starting points in your research project. 1 RESEARCHING COLD WAR TOPICS.

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Starting points in your research project. 1 RESEARCHING COLD WAR TOPICS

2 Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Where to begin? Data bases: SSI; Historical Abstracts; Library reference guides; browsing in library; Internet sites. Newspaper/Journal accounts in Western countries (Europe, U.S.) Other media sources: BBC; VOA; Radio Free Europe Government sources: Foreign Office reports (U.K.); Hungarian/Soviet official agencies Eye-witness accounts: film and radio documentaries; published recollections. Memoir literature: autobiographical accounts of leading participants, e.g. Nikita Khrushchev. Secondary scholarly literature: Published (academic) journal articles and monographs on Hungarian rising.

3 Researching the Hungarian Revolution, cont. Evaluating primary source material: Pro-communist accounts; Anti- communist accounts; “Neutral” observers. Government documents: Which agency? Who is reporting? Completeness of descriptive narrative? Newspapers and journal reports: Based on first-hand observations or news services? Caliber of source: reputable paper and/or journal? Eye-witness testimonies: Participants; neutral observers; partisans of a political group or movement. Secondary sources: Quality of academic publication (University or Institution known for upholding scholarly standards. For example, peer reviewed articles.)

4 Interpreting sources: Do sources present a wide-ranging view of the event(s) being studied? Can sources – even those which appear to be one-sided -- be independently corroborated? Is the range of research material you are using to develop your narrative broadly based? Does your analysis take into account existing historiographical concerns/trends? Are your conclusions supported by discussions and supporting evidence cited earlier in the essay?

5 Essay’s analysis Can you identify clearly the major features of the event/topic you are developing in the paper? Does you description of event follow a well-established chronology? Is your interpretation/analysis grounded in a wide-range of sources? Do your views correspondent to existing interpretations of the events? Have you properly attributed in your narrative and/or footnotes insights and information obtained from other sources? Does your bibliography reflect the full range of materials you consulted in the course of investigating your chosen topic(s)?