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1.  Your working research topic

2.  Geography -- specific place and general context?  Why?

3a.  Chronology -- time frame (from when to when)?  Why?

3b.  Start date (year or decade)?  Why?

3c.  End date (year or decade)?  Why?

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4.  Bibliography of secondary sources, drawn from IUCAT, the America: History and Life database, and anywhere else.  (Ask a reference librarian for help with searching, and for help with finding the America: History and Life database.  This is a database that includes all academic articles written on any subject in American History for the last fifty years.  You do not need to include worthless sources like general textbooks or by small and obscure publishers.)

5.  Search terms for each search you try in IUCAT or any other database.  (Always keep track of searches.)

6.  Bibliography of any primary sources found.  (Note:  Secondary sources are interpretations written by scholars in the present; those go in #3 above.  Primary sources are historical documents produced by people in the past; these are for #5.)