Discipline
Humanities
Humanities work is judged on the quality of the argument and the handling of primary sources. Summarising the secondary literature well is not an argument, and examiners distinguish the two immediately.
Referencing in this field
- MHRA
- Chicago
- MLA 9th edition
Your department’s own guide overrides any published version, and that is the one we work from.
Typical projects
- History dissertations using archival and primary sources
- Literary and critical analysis
- Philosophy essays and dissertations
- Art history and visual culture research
- Cultural and area studies projects
Methods and tools
- Close reading and textual analysis
- Archival and primary source research
- Historiographical analysis
- Conceptual and argument analysis
- Critical theory applied to specific material
Footnote-based styles distinguish between the note form and the bibliography form of the same source. Markers check that specifically, and it is one of the more common avoidable errors.
Where research depends on archival material you have accessed, send your notes and transcriptions — we work from what you have rather than describing sources we cannot see.
01Referencing
Conventions in this field
Styles that come up most often in humanities. Your department’s own guide always takes precedence where it differs.
- MHRA
- Modern languages, literature and humanities research
- Chicago
- History, theology, art history and parts of the humanities
- MLA 9th edition
- Literature, languages, cultural and film studies
02Services
Most relevant to this discipline
Dissertation & thesis
Full-length Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral projects, delivered chapter by chapter.
Literature reviews
A synthesised argument built from sources you can retrieve and defend, not a summary list.
Editing & proofreading
Three levels of intervention, so you get the one your document actually needs.
Research papers
Original papers built on peer-reviewed sources, with a method and stated limitations.
Discuss a humanities project
Send your assessment criteria and the department guidance with the brief, and we will confirm a specialist and a fixed price. We reply within a few hours on working days.
What to have ready
- The assessment criteria or handbook
- Your deadline and word count
- Anything already written or approved
Not sure which service you need? Describe the project and we will tell you — including when the cheaper one is enough.