Fundamentals of evidence analysis -- Fundamentals of citation -- Archives & artifacts -- Business & institutional records -- Cemetery records -- Census records -- Church records -- Local & state records: courts & governance -- Local & state records: licenses, registrations, rolls & vital records -- Local & state records: property & probates -- National government records -- Publications: books, CDs, maps, leaflets & videos -- Publications: legal works & government documents -- Publications: periodicals, broadcasts & web miscellanea

History is not just a collection of documents-- and all records are not created equal. To analyze and decide what to believe, we also need certain facts about the records themselves