Library Research Guide for US Environmental History

Guidelines:

• Stelzner, Michael (2006). Writing White Papers: How to capture readers and keep them engaged. Poway, California: WhitePaperSource Publishing.

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)'s guidance on writing white papers

Examples:

• A white paper from Apple

• A white paper from the Scottish government

• Search for white paper examples: change Document Type filter on left to "whitepaper/report" to see examples.

Guidelines:

• Guidance on consultant writing

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)'s guidance on writing reports

• Guidance on writing business reports from Victoria Business School

Examples:

• Report from the Boston Consulting Group

• Consultants' report for British Airways

Guidelines:

• Jill Lepore’s short essay on writing a history paper

• Guidance on History writing from the Writing Center

Examples:

• Sample research paper in Chicago style from Purdue OWL

Guidelines (see two documents above as well):

• Preparing to Write: Research and the Art of Narrative Non-fiction (from the perspective of writing a book, but applies to general non-fiction as well)

• 10 Steps for Writing a Magazine Query

• Typically, each magazine will have their own submission guidelines - look on the magazine’s website for such guidelines. If you need some help finding a relevant magazine to submit or pitch an article to, try the ones listed below, under Examples.

Examples:

• Smithsonian

• The Environmental Magazine

• Conservation magazine

• National Wildlife Federation magazine

• Audubon magazine

• Defenders of Wildlife

• National Parks Magazine

• The Environmentalist

• High Country News

• Orion Magazine

• Sierra Club magazine

• Atlas Obscura (pitch guidelines)