Developed specifically for the Canadian marketplace, the Nelson Guide to Writing in History provides students with research and writing instruction specific to the discipline. The book emphasizes what it means to think and write historically, and the authors provide step-by-step instructions on how to cope with the variety of assignments commonly expected of students in history courses. Using practical information and examples, it is designed to help students research and write historical essays and learn to think about primary and secondary sources as a historian would. This brief guide can be used on its own or packaged with any Nelson or Cengage history title.