History (Comprehensive)  Tags: history historiography primary_sources  

Selected Tools for Evaluating Scholarly Credentials in History

This online toolkit is designed to assist Temple historians quantitatively evaluate their academic productivity.

The toolkit emphasizes:

• book impact
• journal impact
• article-citation analysis

TENURE / PROMOTION / MERIT - Demonstrate to the tenure and promotion committee the impact of your scholarly work. Consider that monographs might not tell the whole story. Peer-reviewed journal articles and conference presentations should hold some weight, particularly for newer scholars. 

CURIOSITY - Beyond the question of tenure a scholar might simply wish to assess the impact of his or her work on the discipline. I am available for individual meetings or group presentations to facilitate the use of the sources described in the toolkit.

Browse lists of new history books purchased by Temple University Libraries. Lists are arranged by Library of Congress Classification Number -- D, E, and F -- not by title or date. Click here to see new book lists in other disciplines.

Don't miss the Libraries' latest History database acquisitions.

Blogs authored by professional historians reveal a side of historical scholarship not found elsewhere. Here are several of my favoriate historian-generated blogs:

In this interview conducted at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City on March 31, 2009, Luis Figueroa and I discuss the significance of information literacy in undergraduate education.

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Information Literacy (IL), a concept centered on outcomes-based learning, has been formally incorporated into the General Education curriculum at Temple University. With very little effort, faculty can integrate Information Literacy outcomes into their own courses.

Please see this page for instructions on how to place items on reserve for your course(s). Books will be placed on reserve at the Circulation Desk, physically located in Tuttleman. Journal articles, book chapters, sample exams, and class notes will be placed on electronic reserve only. Some guidelines to keep in mind:

• Faculty may place up to 40 items per course on reserve for the current semester, including personal copies of their own texts if desired.

• It can take up to TWO WEEKS to process a reserve request assuming that the libraries already own the item in question and that it is not checked out to someone else. Therefore, please submit your reserve request as early as possible, preferably before the start of the semester.

• Books not owned by Temple Libraries can be purchased for reserve. Depending upon availability, it can take TWO MONTHS or more for a book to be ordered, acquired, cataloged and processed for reserve by the Libraries.

If a search of Diamond reveals that Temple does not own the book you need, consider placing an ILL request through PALCI E-Z Borrow. Search WorldCat to obtain holdings information for libraries in North America and beyond. For journal articles, use our ILLiad system.

I very much welcome all collection development requests from faculty, and will honor those requests within the constraints of my budget. If you feel that Temple should own a history book, email your request directly to me. Please indicate if the book is critical to your research or teaching, a core title in the field, etc.