Resources for Current Students
Scholarships
The scholarships described below are just a few funding opportunities available to Murray State students. History majors should contact the University Scholarship Office to obtain information and application materials on these and other scholarships.
- T. Wayne Beasley Undergraduate History Scholarship
One award per academic year is available to undergraduate students of history who show high academic promise. - Clifton J. Bradley Memorial Scholarship
History students completing Sophomore Year are encouraged to apply for this scholarship if they have a 3.0 GPA. - Wilson and Virginia Gantt Scholarship
This scholarship is available for upper division students in the fields of engineering, chemistry, history, mathematics, speech communication, organizational communication, computer science, physics, or nursing. - Mary Helen Gregory Hoover Scholarship
This scholarship is available to students who are residents of Graves or Marshall County, KY and majoring in Education, Music or History with a 2.5 GPA. - Hammack Graduate Scholarship
This scholarship is available for History graduate students of high academic promise. One award per academic year.
For more information on these and other scholarship opportunities, please visit the University Scholarship Office.
History Websites
- American Historical Association
- American Association for State and Local History
- Directory of History Departments and Organizations
- Internships and Funding for History Students posted by Swathmore College
- Murray State Study Abroad
- Teaching History: National History Education Clearinghouse
- The Kentucky Historical Society
- The Organization of American Historians
- The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Research Resources
- Academia
- Academic Search Complete
- Directory of History Dissertations
- Directory of History Journals
- Google Books
- Google Scholar
- History Library Guide – Murray State University Waterfield Library
- Internet History Sourcebook Project – Fordham University
- Institute of Historical Research – University of London
- JStor – Database of academic journals
- WorldCat
Writing Resources
Writing Help at Murray State
Writing Guides and Quicklinks
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Turabian Citations
- Patrick Rael, “Reading, Writing, and Research for History: A Guide for Students” (Bowdoin College, 2004)
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Steps for Writing a History Paper
- Primary and Secondary Sources
- Thesis Statements
- Annotated Bibliography
- Introductions and Conclusions
- How to Write a Historiography
Handouts
- Handouts for History Writing from UCLA - includes sentence structure, verb tenses, quotations, subject-verb agreement, etc.
- Handouts for History Writing from Harvard - includes organization, formulating arguments and questions, citations and notes, etc.
Careers
- Academic Jobs Online
- American Alliance of Museums
- American Association for State and Local History
- American Historical Assocation
- Association for Midwest Museums
- Chronicle of Higher Ed
- Digital Humanities Now
- H-Net Job Guide
- Inside Higher Ed
- National Council on Public History
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- US Government Jobs