It is critical for everyone to use the proper format for citations; you
may choose footnotes or endnotes, but citing books, articles, and
primary materials properly will be evaluated for the final essay. You
should, of course, look for the links on the course website (see links
at the left side of the page), but also here are a few more:

http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/plagiarism.shtml
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.html
http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/svolk/citation.htm

As
a disclaimer, I have selected these web guidelines after a long search
of the web. I have selected items already posted on the web by
reputable university libraries, style manual, or historians/colleagues
at other institutions.