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Professor, and Asst Dept Chair, History, |
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Welcome to my Instructional Website |
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EMAIL: tmthomas@austincc.edu PHONE: (512) 223-8164 FAX:
(512) 223-8900 VOICEMAIL: (512) 223-8164 URGENT MESSAGE: Call Dr. Al Purcell,
History Dept Chair,
(512) 223-3398 |
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ADDRESS: 7748 Hwy 290 West,
Austin, TX 78736 (Driving directions at bottom of this page) |
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OFFICE: Pinnacle Campus 815 (8th floor) OFFICE
HOURS: SPRING 2013 Mondays and Weds, 10:30
-11:45 am and again from 1:30 - 3 pm. Other days and times, by appointment
at Pinnacle Campus 815 (8th floor)
(Driving directions at bottom
of this page) |
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History Courses at ACC – What You Can Expect ACC Distance Learning
Courses - General Information Degrees and Certificates Available at ACC Link to Degree Plan Worksheets Some Career
Options for History Majors |
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New and/or Noteworthy |
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Seven
famous people who missed being on the ill-fated Titanic…Photos
of African Americans on the Great Plains…“The
Great New England Vampire Panic” article in Smithsonian Magazine…inks to history journals
(periodicals) online (when you get to this page, scroll down about ˝ a
page to see the list of journals)… History Organizations
on the Web…Links to U.S.
History Museums…World War I
photo archive….Links to Military History
sites…“Bound
for Glory: America in Color, 1939 - 1943” Color photos of everyday life in the U.S.
from the Library of Congress archives…Images and Documents of “The West”…ACC Transfer Academy – all the info about how to transfer to a
4-year institution… History News Network…Search the Web (Internet search engines)… General
Reference Website (encyclopedias, dictionaries, news headlines,
how to find stuff, etc)…Today
in History … Austin, TX Information |
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Online Map
Test Practice Quiz of States in the U.S. (This
site also contains other world geography quizzes that you might find fun and
interesting.) Learn about the U.S. government and how it
works (geared towards younger students, but fun and informative -
includes online games!) |
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SPRING 2013 Courses |
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16-week session beginning Jan 14th |
Section 22899-056 |
US History 2 |
M/W 9:00– 10:20 am at PIN 402 |
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16-week session beginning Jan 14th |
Section 22864-021 |
US History 2 |
M/W 12 – 1:20 pm at PIN 402 |
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16-week session beginning Jan 14th |
Sections 22918-079 22916-073 22921-087 |
US History 2 ONL (independent study via
computer) No class meetings |
Distance learning course, with exams taken at ACC
Testing Centers |
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SUMMER
2013 Courses |
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8-week session beginning Jun 19th |
Sections 31347-077 31346-010 |
US History 1 ONL (independent study via
computer) No class meetings |
Distance learning course, with exams taken at ACC
Testing Centers |
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8-week session beginning Jun 19th |
Section 31348-003 |
US History 2 ONL (independent study via
computer) No class meetings |
Distance learning course, with exams taken at ACC
Testing Centers |
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6-week session beginning July 8th |
Sections 31014-066 31020-076 |
US History 2 ONL (independent study via
computer) No class meetings |
Distance learning course, with exams taken at ACC
Testing Centers |
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RESEARCH Information &
Assistance |
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“Ask a Librarian” and “Live Chat” links |
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Writing a Research Paper |
Finding Sources |
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A Guide to Researching & Documenting HISTORY papers |
Finding &
Using Primary
sources on the Web |
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How to write a research paper |
History Sources on the Web |
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Footnotes or endnotes - when and how to use them |
U.S. History sources on the Web (more at bottom of page) |
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Citing Internet (online) sources for footnotes and bibliography |
Links to history journals
(periodicals) online (when you get to this page, scroll down about ˝ a
page to see the list of journals) |
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Using Turabian’s
Manual of Style for footnotes & Bibliography |
How
to search for books and articles on a particular
subject. |
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Documents
of the Founding Fathers (Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers,
etc.) |
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SAMPLE PAPER with
endnotes |
Colonial American History
documents |
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MORE
primary source links below |
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Finding
Articles in Scholarly Journals/Periodicals (a good 15-min tutorial) |
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Rules for CAPITALIZING |
Periodicals Search
page – finding articles by SUBJECT |
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Links
to U.S. History Museums |
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LOCAL Academic Libraries |
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