Access: History is a refereed journal produced by the University of Queensland Department of History in association with the University of Queensland History Graduates’ Association.   Background Access: History was conceived by history students in 1995.   Encouragement for the development of the project was given impetus by the creation of the University of Queensland History Graduates’ Association in late 1996.  With the support of both the Association and the Department itself, the first issue was published in 1997.  Also, each issue has subsequently been reproduced in a limited print run.   Rationale Originally the purpose of the journal was to fill the gap of the perceived lack of high-quality historical essays provided for undergraduate students for use as example papers.  The attempt to fill this need was complimented by the decision to employ top rated essays written by final year undergraduates and postgraduates form the University’s history department.  Essays which would otherwise have merely gathered dust on a bookshelf or un a closet.    Development Recently the decision was made to narrow the journal’s focus further still in order to concentrate on assisting first year students in their development as historians.  To this end, from volume three onwards, articles will be commissioned which will attempt to address some of the questions first year history students tend to ask.  Also, the essays chosen by the editors will reflect the example of best practice of the craft of the historian in subject selection, research and delivery.   Awards & Recognition In July 2000 Access: History was recognised by the Academic Resources Channel as a web site of high scholastic quality and featured on it’s Academic Top100 page.  Further, it has also come to our attention that the journal scores highly on a number of search engines and historical resource lists on the World Wide Web.  Doubtless this favourable listing is due in no small measure to the number of sites which list pages alphabetically.  Despite this mild embarrassment, the editorial board is grateful for the support we have received both inside the University of Queensland and from outside parties as well.   Editorial Board Laurence Brown (Editor) Mark Dash Michael Barr   Former members: David Cammeron Rebecca Craig-Smith  Yeong-Han Cheong

 

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