The Mind Trick That Will Change the Way You Write Cover Letters Forever

The Mind Trick That Will Change the Way You Write Cover Letters Forever Job hunting is no small task. You have to find the right job opportunity that matches with your qualifications and one that you are also excited about. After a few weeks of browsing through job boards and websites, you have finally come across a job opening that looks like it was tailor made for you. You have the right qualifications.The job opening looks like everything you have ever hoped for and then some.You have tweaked your resume to match this particular job opportunity. You can feel that you will get this job. You are almost there. You only need a cover letter and you will be ready to send your stellar application. There is only one small problem. There are no second chances when it comes to writing your cover letter. You have to get it right or your dream job will be gone forever!The cover letter is an important document that should accompany every job application you send out. The cover letter literally acts as a cover for your resume, explaining why you are sending the res ume in the first place. You can think of it as your sales pitch.It is meant to entice the hiring manager to take a look at your resume and explain why you are the best person for the job. Whereas the resume provides the hiring manager with facts about your qualifications and experience, the cover letter injects some personality into your job application. Finally, the cover letter closes with a call to action, such as asking to meet or requesting an interview.Being such an important document, you cannot afford to be lackadaisical when writing your cover letter. It has to be perfect.Question is, how do you write the perfect cover letter? Today, I will teach you a single mind trick that will change the way you write cover letters forever.With this trick, hiring managers will be eager to meet you after reading your cover letters, and you are going to get more interview invitations.This is because your cover letters will be effectively serving their purpose â€" which is to sell you to hi ring managers and show them how amazing you are.WHY THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH DOES NOT WORKBefore we get to this mind trick that will give your cover letters a complete makeover, let’s first take a look at how people ordinarily write cover letters and why this popular approach does not work.Let’s use the example of a content creation professional applying for a content management position at a fictitious fitness company known as Mr. Fitness.An ordinary cover letter applying for this position would look like the one below.Dear Sir/Madam,I’m writing to express my interest in the position of Senior Content Manager for Mr. Fitness, which was advertised on the company LinkedIn page and the careers page on the company website. I have been working as an Assistant Content Manager for Droid Content for the last two years, and I believe that the skills and experiences gained while in this position make me a good fit for the Senior Content Manager role.   In your job advertisement, you me ntioned that you are looking for someone who is conversant with content marketing and who understands the nuances that make content trend and the factors that influence audience engagement with pieces of content. When working at Droid Content, I was tasked with leading our content marketing efforts on a blog we had just launched. Part of my objectives was to build a targeted audience for the blog and convert visitors into leads through content upgrades. 5 months after being put in charge of leading the company’s content marketing campaign, I had grown the number of visitors on the new blog to 300,000 visitors per month. I had also achieved a conversion rate of 30%, which is quite an impressive achievement for a relatively new blog. Currently, I am working on replicating the same success on a similar blog that we have launched for one of our clients. When I saw your job advertisement on LinkedIn, I felt that this was a great opportunity for me to use my content marketing skills to promote the great cause your company stands for. I am passionate about content creation and I believe that my unique skills and experiences qualify me for consideration for the Senior Content Manager position at your company. I have attached my resume to provide you with a better picture of my educational background and my work experience. If you would like, I can also provide you with more examples of some content marketing campaigns that I have successfully executed. I would really appreciate the opportunity to meet and have a more detailed discussion about my qualifications and how they would fit in at your organization. Thank you for your time and consideration. Feel free to drop me and email or reach me through my cellphone contacts which you will find at the bottom of this email.Sincerely, Kelvin. At first glance, this seems like quite a great cover letter. How many times have you written such a cover letter yourself? Unfortunately, such a cover letter will not increase your c hances of getting interview invitations or getting hired. Can you guess why?The above cover letter is bent on trying to convince the hiring manager why you are worthy of being given a chance. Look at the following sentences from the cover letter.I have been working as an Assistant Content Manager for Droid Content for the last two years, and I believe that the skills and experiences gained while in this position make me a good fit for the Senior Content Manager role.I believe that my unique skills and experiences qualify me for consideration for the Senior Content Manager position at your company.If you would like, I can also provide you with more examples of content marketing campaigns that I have successfully executed.I would really appreciate the opportunity to meet and have a more detailed discussion about my qualifications and how they would fit in at your organization.All these sentences, as well as the entire cover letter convey one thing. You are viewing the hiring manager a s superior to you (perhaps because he holds the keys to the job) and painting yourself as another insignificant person who has to convince the hiring manager to give them a shot at the job. You are practically begging for the job.Is this the right way to go?Sometimes, you might actually be desperate for a job, especially if you are unsatisfied at your current job or if you have been unemployed for a while. Unfortunately, desperation is the last trait a hiring manager wants on a candidate. Hiring managers can smell desperation from a mile away, and if they have any reason to think you are desperate for the job, they won’t touch you with a ten foot pole.Let’s consider your typical approach to others areas of life. If you are interested in someone romantically, do you try to convince them why you are worthy of their love? I don’t think so. Instead, you show your amazing personality and leave it to them to decide whether they are interested in you. Instead of begging, you show the m that they stand to lose out by not picking you.And because you are amazing, and because you are confident in your awesome personality, this approach often works. You are able to attract your romantic interests without having to beg them for love and attention and convince them why you are worthy to be loved. Begging for attention signifies insecurity, which would push romantic interests away, instead of attracting them.So, why then do job seekers try to convince hiring managers that they are worthy of a chance, instead of letting their awesome personality shine through in their cover letters? To make matters worse, this approach becomes even worse when you consider that virtually every job seeker is doing it.If you want to get interview invitations, you need to stand out and let your personality shine.You need to show the hiring manager that you are special, that his company would lose out by not hiring you. But how do you do this? This is where our mind trick comes in.THE MENTAL SHIFT FOR BETTER COVER LETTERSThe next time you sit down to write a cover letter when applying for a job, I want you to make a slight mental shift and exercise your imagination. Instead of writing as someone who is asking for a job, I want you to imagine that you have already gotten the job.Instead of having to convince the hiring manager why he or she should give you a shot, imagine that the hiring manager has been extremely impressed by your resume.You are not trying to prove your worth. You stood out from all the other candidates and the hiring manager is happy that you are going to put your great skills into use for the company.Now imagine that after arriving at your new workplace, the hiring manager has called you to his office for a little chat to help him know a little more about his new rock-star employee.So he wants you to tell him more about yourself.He might ask questions like: What are your goals, dreams and aspirations? What are you passionate about? What inspired you t o apply for the role? Do you have any plans to make things better at your new workplace?How would you answer these questions? I can imagine that you will be at ease when answering these questions, because you are just having a little chat about yourself. You are not trying to impress. Your personality, your passions and your confidence will be very clear from the conversation.Now, go back to your computer and start typing your cover letter as if you are simply chatting with the hiring manager after you have been hired, telling him about your dreams, aspirations and passions. The resulting cover letter will probably look like the one below.To the great team at Mr. Fitness:I was so elated when I came across your LinkedIn post advertising the position of a senior content manager. I have always loved creating content. During my free time, you will always find me hunched over my laptop creating new content for my blog (www.myblog.com) â€" that is, if I am not working out at the gym. In a ddition to my love for content creation, I am a fitness fanatic who spends at least an hour at the gym each day. So, when I came across a job that involves not one but two of my greatest passions, I felt right away that this job was created for someone like me. For the last two years, I have been working as an assistant content manager for Droid Content, a position that been quite satisfying. Not only is the work enjoyable, but the position has also allowed me to learn from the best in the business. And while I do love my current position, I am interested in a new position that will provide me with a greater challenge. Being a big fitness brand with an audience all over the world, I feel working for Mr. Fitness will provide me with the kind of challenge I am seeking. Better yet, the Senior Content Manager role at Mr. Fitness is more aligned with my passions. What’s better than using my passion for creating content to teach people about my other passion â€" fitness?Before I sign of f, I wanted to offer you a small gift. I took a look at your website and came up with a short list of guidelines that can help you increase audience engagement on your content. This has worked really well for my blog, and I’m pretty sure it will work on your website too. You can download the list here. I hope it will be helpful to your team. I have attached my resume to provide you with a better picture of my educational background and my work experience. Oh, and if you would like to discuss the list of guidelines over a cup of coffee, or chat about the senior content manager position, I’d be delighted. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, Kelvin. If you were the hiring manager, which of the two cover letters would you fall in love with?Which one would make you more eager to meet the applicant? The second one of course.Imagining that you have already gotten the job creates a significant shift in your mind that changes the way you write your cover letters. It does not matter that you are simply imagining, it will still work.If you compare the two cover letters, you will realize that the tones are entirely different. There are a number of reasons why the second cover letter is more likely to work. These include:In the second cover letter, the applicant is not trying to convince the hiring manager to give him a chance. He is not trying hard to impress with his qualifications and experience. The applicant is not begging for a chance. Instead, he is confident in his qualifications and experience. If anything, it makes the employer feel like he will be missing out by not hiring such a great applicant, not the other way round.The second cover letter also lets the applicant’s personality shine. Remember, one of the purposes of a cover letter is to inject some personality to your job application, something you cannot do through your resume. In the first cover letter, the applicant states that he is passionate about content creation. However, you c annot really see his passion. It is not evident from the cover letter. In the second cover letter, the applicant’s passion is quite evident. He makes it clear that he spends his free time either creating content for his blog or working out at the gym. He talks about how happy he was to learn about the job opening. He even provides a link to his blog, which does two things. It proves that he is indeed so passionate to the point of creating a blog and it provides the potential employer with an opportunity to check out his work, without explicitly asking him to do so.In the second cover letter, the applicant goes an extra mile by providing value to the potential employer. This is the perfect way to catch someone’s attention. In today’s world where everyone is constantly thinking about themselves and what they stand to gain from any interaction, going out of your way to show some generosity is the perfect way to stand out from the crowd. For you to provide something valuable, you should be willing to put in some extra effort. For instance, going through the potential employer’s website to find something they can improve and then coming up with a solution to help them improve takes some time and effort. By showing some generosity, you will make a lasting impression on the hiring manager. Even if he doesn’t end up hiring you, you will have created a true connection, which might pay off at a later date. This technique is not restricted to cover letters. You can also use it in other kinds of communication, such as a Thank You note or a follow up note. A word of caution here. Only use the generosity technique if you are sure that whatever you are offering will provide real value for the other person. If your gift is superfluous, this technique will backfire on you.Finally, in the second cover letter, the applicant continues offering value even when asking for an interview. In the first cover letter, the applicant says that he would really appreciate the oppor tunity to meet. He’s essentially begging for a meeting. In the second cover, the applicant says he would be happy to meet over a cup of coffee and discuss the list. In other words, he is still trying to offer some help to the potential employer. He also says he is open to chat more about the open position. Note that he doesn’t ask for a meeting to discuss why he is a good fit for the position. Instead, he keeps his request light hearted, without pressuring the hiring manager for a job.WRAPPING UPSending a great cover letter is a bit like pursuing a romantic interest. When you are romantically interested in someone, you don’t win them over by begging them for attention and trying to prove that you are worthy of their love and attention.Instead, you show your best self â€" your awesome and fun personality â€" and leave it to them to decide if they really want to miss out on being with such an awesome person. Trying to convince them that you are worthy of their attention puts you at a disadvantage and pushes the person away.The same approach should apply to your cover letters. Don’t try to convince a potential employer why they should give you a chance. If you are good at what you do, why would you beg for an interview or a meeting? Instead of boring a potential employer with your qualifications and experience â€" which they can read from your resume anyway â€" allow your personality and passion to shine through the cover letter.Don’t say that you are passionate. Your words should show the passion. The aim is to make the potential employer feel like they will be missing out by not hiring you.Using this simple mind trick will change the way you write cover letters forever and lead to more positive responses from potential employers. Remember, the key is to think like someone who has already gotten the job and is therefore not trying too hard to impress.

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Current Health Care Issues HCS/545 Camille Fuller University of Phoenix The health care industry exist to provide preventative measures, diagnose health conditions, repair, and provide services to improve the quality of life. The cost of health care continues to rise each year. Health care fraud is a factor that continues to plague the health care industry. We will write a custom essay sample on Current Health Care Issues or any similar topic only for you Order Now The affect health care fraud has on hospitals, is the increasing cost of medical services. The following research will examine and evaluate how organizational structure and governance, culture and the lack of focus on social responsibility affects on health care fraud. The following research will also include recommendations for prevention of health care fraud, recommendations for change of structure, governance, and culture. The following research will include prevention measure for future situations involving health care fraud. Health care fraud is a preventable situation in hospitals across the nation. Hospitals spend thousands of dollars on quality assurance and patient safety and still health care fraud continues to occur. Individuals across the nation make a living through health care fraud. Honest, hard working citizens of this country are financing health care fraud recipients, not by choice. Insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid are being schemed by fraudulent businesses. Channel 11 news in Colorado a scheme called, â€Å"Medical Provider Identity Theft† has been uncovered. Perpetrators stol the identity of a physician in Pueblo, Colorado. The perpetrators set up an office in Denver, Colorado called, â€Å"A Plus Billing. † The office and address was used to receive mail and phone calls. 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Fraudulent claims are nothing new to insurance companies. Perpetrators have targeted insurance companies for a long time. Medicare and Medicaid are the two type of insurance companies targeted. Medicare and Medicaid staff is inundated with claims. There are more claims to be processed then there are staff and time. New timelines and guidances to follow, allow the staff to follow up on suspicious claims. Since the Affordable Health Care Act was passed and implemented â€Å"Medicare officials say with their new tools for fighting fraud, they have reclaimed $4 billion last year alone (Potter, 2011)†. The previous organizational structure for payment of services rendered did not allow officials enough time to investigate claims to ensure the claims were legitimate. Perpetrators study the law and use the knowledge to fraud insurance and government agencies. The governance of rules, regulations and laws was not stringent enough to stop perpetrators from frauding the system. New guidelines allow agencies more time to detect suspicious claims, investigate and save the insurance companies millions of dollars. Society does not concentrate on proactive actions to prevent fraud, instead society deals with the problem after the fact. Consumer watch groups do not have tools in place to prevent fraud. Perpetrators rely on the oversites of insurance companies in order to target and fraud insurance companies. Insurance companies and the federal government should pool resources using a percentage of profits to finance a task force to arrestively fight fraud. The penalty for fraud should be more stringent which will cause perpetrators to think twice before formulating a plan to commit fraud. The Affordable Health Care Act is the beginning of many programs established to fight against fraud. Health care fraud is a growing problem and should be taken more seriously by citizens of the United States. Physicians, health care workers, and patients are responsible for proactively protecting personal information to prevent identity theft. The case of Dr. Cabiling could not have occured if his medical identity had not been stolen. A closer watch of personal information to prevent identity theft is the beginning to prevent health care fraud. The federal government should have in place the ability to prosecute offenders to the fullest extent. Harsh punishment may deter offenders from comiting the offence. Ethical issues concerning medical fraud is as simple as knowing what is right and what is wrong. Society should take responsibility of his or her own personal information. Identity theft is no secret, therefore society should be more proactive. Do not leave an open door for offenders to walk in and take what does not belong them. The laws for offenders should be more stringent. The current structure of physicans medical information is too easy to obtain. The structure of physicains medical information should be in encripted messages making the degree of difficulty high enough to ward off offenders. There are some offenders that will stop at nothing until they have gotten the information he or she is wishes to obtain. Stricter rules and guidelines can ward off these offenders. Governance over the guidelines for payment for services rendered should include the following; varification of physician’s medical information making sure the physican is aware of the charges being submitted to insurance companies. The time line for payments to be released to physicians or billing companies are lenghtened to allow incurance companies time to investigate suspecious claims. The culture of one waiting for another to do what is right is an occurance needing change. The culture can be changed through leading by example. Educating society through public service announcement is a start. Public service announcements reach more people than emails, newspaper articles, and phoone calls. An aggressive campaign to stamp out medical fraud through prosecuting identity theft offenders is an additional way to combat medical fraud. Through public service announcements society is informed of his or her responsibility to protect personal information to prevent identity theft and medical fraud. Fighting identiy theft and medical fraud cost less than the billions of dollars paid out to offenders. Remind society they the communities in which he or she live in are the one that ultimately pay the price through higher health care premiums, higher prices for health care services, and through higher taxes. In conclusion health care fraud is now being done through identity theft. Identity theft can be combatted through public awareness and the public taking responsibility to protect his or her own persoanl information. Dr. Cabiling through no fault of his own was a victim of identity theft. Dr. Cabiling did not know that his medical identity had been stolen until he received a phone call from Medicare. Dr. Cabiling can now contact the different insurance companies to alert them of the fraudulant activities concerning his medical information. The insurance companies can contact Dr. Cabiling prior to making payments on calims. The insurance companies making phone calls to Dr. Cabiling may take more time, but will save the companies money in the long run. Combatting medical fraud and identity theft is everyone’s responsibility. References Cohen, G. (2010, March/April). Medical tourism: The view from ten thousand feet. Hastings Center Report, 40(2), 11. Health care reform to have impact on ethics. (2010, May). Medical Ethics Advisor, 26(5), 54. K. Potter, 2011. Medicare Fraud Scheme Takes Nearly $2 Million, Pueblo Doctor’s Identity Stolen; http://www. kktv. com/home/headlines/Medicare_Fraud_Scheme_Steals_Millions_131567818. html How to cite Current Health Care Issues, Papers

It Was A Saturday Afternoon, And I Was Sitting In The Living Room Recl

It was a Saturday afternoon, and I was sitting in the living room recliner watching my normal morning cartoons while eating my bowl of Lucky Charms. All of a sudden, a newsflash appeared on my screen. A newscaster appeared and stated in a serious voice, "We interrupt this program for an important announcement. It has been discovered that a large meteor is traveling at a fast pace towards the Earth and has been calculated to hit the Earth at approximately 12:00pm, Tuesday. We urge everyone to move in a calm manner to a storm shelter or any other form of security." The Lucky Charms I had been chewing fall out of my mouth while the TV converts from the fear-inducing newscaster to Scooby Doo. I jump up in fear, and then embarrassingly realize that I had been dreaming. I sit down and wonder to myself, "What if that had really happened? What would I take with me?" In my opinion, medicine and electricity would be the most beneficial because of the advances and demands for the two ingenious discoveries. One hundred fifty years ago, in the operating theater on the top floor of the MGH's Bulfinch Building, one of the greatest moments in medicine occurred. On Oct. 16, 1846, William T.G. Morton, a Boston dentist, demonstrated the use of ether during surgery, ending the indescribable pain that had been associated with the surgeon's knife. Using a specially designed glass inhaler containing an ether-soaked sponge, Morton administered the anesthetic to Gilbert Abbott, a printer who had come to the MGH for treatment of a vascular tumor on his jaw. After several minutes, Abbott was rendered unconscious. John Collins Warren, MD, one of the most widely recognized surgeons of that time, then surgically removed the tumor. Upon wakening, Abbott informed the curious and skeptical physicians and medical students in the theater that he had experienced no pain. If it wasn't for a medical discovery like ether and other medicines, many would be experiencing the indescribably pain of the surgeon's knife and some would own a gravestone. Through the Renaissance, both men and women practiced medicine. For most of history, the human heart has been regarded as a forbidden organ, too delicate to tamper with. It might have remained so, if not for World War II. Military doctors, facing injury and suffering on a massive scale, pioneered advances in antibiotics, anesthesia and blood transfusions -- advances that would usher in the age of modern surgery. In addition to medicine, I would include electricity. Electricity, like light, travels extremely fast at 300,000 kilometers per second. It flows easily through metal wires. In particular, copper and silver are very good conductors of electricity. Electricity also generates heat as it flows through most objects. It can be controlled and utilized easily using many different technologies. Electricity is very useful because it can be converted into many kinds of energy. Electricity can be converted in to light using light bulbs, and even heat by using heating coils. It can also be converted into motion or even stored chemical energy. Electricity is used everywhere; to produce goods, provide services, and transport materials and people. Electricity also is used in commerce, agriculture, medicine, communications, entertainment, and a variety of other areas. Expanded uses for electricity are constantly being developed. Not only does electricity provide energy, it also provides jobs. A total of 510,595 workers were employed by electric utilities at the end of 1990 in a wide variety of jobs. From repairing power lines, to providing information to electricity customers, to constructing new power plants. These developments are driven by technological advances that both improve traditional uses of electricity and create entirely new ones. Because of the advances and demands for medicine and electricity, the great necessities would be beneficial to my survival. If it weren't for people like Benjamin Franklin or William T.G. Morton, we would not have such luxuries as heat or light, or some would not be enjoying the breath of life. If you take medications and electricity out of this world, you take out our culture and way of life.

Digital Image Manipulation Investigation Essay Example

Digital Image Manipulation Investigation Essay Example Digital Image Manipulation Investigation Paper Digital Image Manipulation Investigation Paper Essay Topic: Arabesques In our ICT unit, Art Gallery, we have had to do a bit of research on Digital Image Manipulation. We will then be creating our own.  In this report, you will probably learn something new about the world of Digital Image Manipulation.  What is Digital Image Manipulation?  Digital Image Manipulation is altering, trimming, colouring, layering, basically changing an image. This may be done using computer software of programs like Adobe Photoshop. Digitally Manipulated Images are sometimes made for good purposes like advertising. Sometimes, users of Photoshop will change and/or recreate images to offend others, purposefully. The final result of an image that has gone through this process sometimes are so well done and are of very high quality so we question them as to whether or not they are genuine.  Since when has Digital Image Manipulation been used?  Digital Image Manipulation has been around since photography started but now Digital Image Manipulation is becoming more and more popular. This is mainly due to the falling rates of the software and programs needed to alter an image as one likes. Where are Digitally manipulated images found?  Digitally Manipulated Images can be found anywhere, from bus stops to magazine covers, from bill boards to movie posters. Nowadays, with all the technology we know, humans can make just about anything using computers and Photoshop and are not try to show their art to the rest of the world.  Who and why was Photoshop created for?   hotoshop was originally designed for the industry purpose, not for private owners wishing to play around with their images. Therefore if you buy Photoshop or any other up to industry standard software you will be paying very high rates for some tools and features you may never use. The Knoll brothers, Thomas and John, created Photoshop. The first version, Photoshop 1.0 was shipped out in February 1990.  Why do people enjoy Digitally manipulating Images so much?  I think that we enjoy using Photoshop and altering images because it is fun. On a rainy day, it can be a great pastime. I like the competition. If I dont win an award, I try again but if I do, I have to beat my best next time. says one user I interviewed in a www.worth1000.com chat room. Another said that you dont need to get out all your painting material and start from scratch, just switch on the computer! Having the power of a God, was another answer. How do you make digitally manipulated Images?  Digitally Manipulated Images are made by adding together two images or changing/altering one image. Depending on which technique you want to achieve, you can use different tools on the software you are using.  Artistic Techniques  This list shows what some of the artistic techniques to Photoshopping, the term now used for making digitally manipulated images, and art with a few notes about what they are and how they are used in art.  Political Art: Caricatures of Political Images or people. Play of words on political subjects. Political Awareness Texture: Texture can change the mood or ambience of an image.  Perspective: A point of view. Often has a vanishing point where all lines meet. The closer an object, the larger. The farther the object, the smaller and the fainter.  Humour: To make fun of certain people or societies. Play of words used in images.  Patterns and Repetition: Repetition- repeated many times, doesnt have to be exact. Pattern- also repeated many times but has to be more precise. Patterns and repetitions can be found in the nature, on tiles, on arabesques, in geometric drawings, etc.  Colours: Primary colours {red, blue, yellow} are very strong colours. Colour can change a mood or feeling of art. Colours can be used to attract attention or focus on a certain object in the image.  Composition and Use of Space: Layout of the image. Make the object that you want to be focused the first thing that the viewer would see.

Glossary of Historical Terms

Glossary of Historical Terms All eras of history have their own terms and words unique to them; if you’re lucky, they’ll even be in a language you speak. But the act of studying history has a range of terms too, and this page will explain the historiographical terms used both throughout the site, and the books students commonly need. Read these  tips for writing a history paper. History Terms From A to Z Archive: A collection of documents and records. Archives can be huge and take years to adequately master (or, in the case of some museums, even longer), and they can just be small but deliberate groupings of material. They are the homes of the previous generation of historians but are increasingly going online. ​Autobiography: An individuals account of their life. The auto part means that individual has had major input, if not writing it themselves, but this doesn’t mean the work will be historically accurate. The historian will have to judge that, but it does mean it’s the past as the individual wishes it to be remembered.Bibliography: A list of works, including books, journals, and essays, on a particular subject. Most serious historical works have a bibliography of what was used to create it, and most students and readers are encouraged to use it as a basis for exploration.Biography: An account of an individuals life, written by another person. This might be a historian, it might be a hack selling tawdry rumors and needs to be assessed just as carefully as an autobiography. Book Review: A critical examination of a text, usually including a summary of the work and opposing views. Journalistic book reviews will tend to focus on whether the book is good, academic book reviews will tend to place the book in the context of the field (and whether it’s good.)Context: The background and specific circumstances of a subject, such as an authors lifestyle, or the weather during a car crash. Context is absolutely everything when it comes to analyzing  a document, or setting the scene for your essay.Discipline: The study, or practice, of a subject using a specific set of methods, terms, and approaches. History is a discipline, as is Archaeology, Chemistry or Biology.Encyclopedia: A written reference work, composed of informative articles arranged alphabetically. These can either focus on a particular subject or, in the case of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, on everything. The more an encyclopedia covers, the less depth it tends to have, so volumes specific to your target subject are the goal. History: Either the study of the past or the product of our attempts to understand the past. See ‘the Past’ below for the full explanation.Historian: An individual who studies the past.Historiography: Either the methods and principles used in the study of history or the written result.Interdisciplinary: The study, or practice, of a subject which applies the methods and approaches of several disciplines. For instance, while History, Literature, and Archaeology are separate disciplines, they can be combined.Journal: A periodical which normally deals with a specific issue, for instance, National Geographic. By periodical, we mean a sort of magazine.Past, The: Events which happened previously in time. It might sound strange to have ‘history’ and ‘the past’ meaning different things, but the distinction is important when you remember that all our attempts to narrate and explain earlier events are affected by our own biases and difficulties of time and transmission. What historians have done is used ‘The Past’ as a base point: this is what happened, this is what most people think of as history. Historians then consider ‘history’ as the product of our attempts to recreate the past. Primary Sources: Material from, or directly related to, the past. In History, primary sources are usually letters, records or other documents created during the period that is being studied, such as diaries, legal notices or accounts. However, primary sources can include photographs, jewelry, and other items.Reference Work: A text, usually in the form of a dictionary or encyclopedia which contains facts and information, but not normally discussions.Secondary Sources: Material created by somebody removed from the event being studied - who was either not at the event, or was working later. For instance, all history textbooks are secondary sources.