A Pocket Guide for Writing History Author:Mary Lynn Rampolla A Pocket Guide to Writing in History Paperback Book Guide For History Undergrad & Graduate Students. Designed as a valuable reference for students in any undergraduate history course, this guide offers all the advice students need to write effective history papers. This fourth edition introduces students to working with historical sources, c... more »onducting research, following the conventions of writing in history, avoiding plagiarism, quoting and documenting sources, and consolidating ideas and facts into clear, coherent papers.