For this assignment, you will need to use the Chicago Style Manual to create your in-text parenthetical documentation and your bibliography at the end of your paper. This Manual is available for use upstairs in the reference section of the library.
There are basically two types of Chicago style citations. One is the author-date style and the other is the documentary-note (humanities) style. For this assignment, you are to use the documentary-note (humanities) type.
The first link below gives the best example of how this type appears in your paper. Citation guides are available on the M.P. Baker Library website. We suggest using NoodleTools Express.
Keep in mind that the Legislature influences and creates contemporary Texas history.
From the TSHA home page, click My TSHA at the top. Instead of choosing Register, choose Log in. Use your email address for Panola as the username and wd4k@by7 as the password. It will log you in. No need to register!
TSHA focuses on two major service areas: education programs and historical publications. These services primarily benefit students and adults throughout Texas, although individuals from across the globe access TSHA's online publications. Available at no cost to its users, the Association's most widely used publication is the Handbook of Texas. TSHA also operates a highly respected press that publishes the Southwestern Historical Quarterly journal and numerous books on Texas history, such as the biennial Texas Almanac..
The Legislative Reference Library’s site is a good starting point for all legislative history research. The LRL has digital images and documents in PDF format. It also links to Texas Legislature Online and to the Texas Register, a weekly publication that serves as the journal of state agency rule making for Texas. After adoption, rule making actions are codified into the Texas Administrative Code.
Official site of the Texas Legislature. Contains text and some legislative history of current and past introduced and enacted bills.
This PDF guide was updated by the Research Division of the Texas Legislative Council for the 85th Legislature (2017).
"The purpose of this publication is to help legislators, other state officials and employees, and interested citizens in researching the work of past legislatures and in tracking the work of the current legislature."
This independent arm of the Texas Legislature is governed by legislators from both parties. The HRO conducts and publishes research, bill analyses, and daily floor reports.
Provides research and bill analysis for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Senate.
Broad Categories include: Business and Economics, Cities and Counties, Doing a Report on Texas, Education, Flags and Symbols, Geography, Government, History, Holidays, Laws and Regulations, Maps, Media, Newspapers, Officials and Notable Texans, Parks, Population, State Agency Publications.
Some categories provide lists of links to online resources; others refer users to the library catalog or to collections at the library.
There is also a link to Federal Government Information, as the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is a federal depository library and receives all documents and publications distributed by the Depository Library Program of the U.S. Government Printing Office.
Plagiarism: From the Latin plagiarius, meaning "kidnapper." Copying or closely imitating the work of another writer, composer, etc., without permission and with the intention of passing the results off as original work. In publishing, copyright law makes literary theft a criminal offense. At most colleges and universities, plagiarism is considered a moral and ethical issue, and instructors impose penalties on students who engage in it. Plagiarism can be avoided by expressing a thought, idea, or concept in one's own words. When it is necessary to paraphrase closely, the source should be documented with a parenthetical citation and listed in the references at the end of the paper.