
Greetings,
Most History Department use the Chicago Manual of Style also known as Turabian Style. It uses footnotes to document sources. This is the style which I prefer. I require this style in my upper level history courses and I review it in the Senior Seminar class.
There are several online sources which can help you understand the style but I have found these to be most helpful:
Here is a quick guide to citations in
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php
Also check
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html
Also check this helpful website
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c10_s1.html
Which has a model paper online which should prove helpful
http://dianahacker.com/pdfs/Hacker-Bish-CMS.pdf
John Wineland, Grayson, KY