It also means that it is quite long. Next is its title. This takes us to the heart of the methodological and pedagogical notions that have shaped our choice of topics and materials and have guided our decisions about site design and navigation. Next, a few words about how to read it. There are, as yet, few conventions about hypertext.
Historians know what a monograph or an article is supposed to look like.
We are still learning about hypertext. It is different precisely in the way it gives the reader new choices. You can read this piece straight through. But there are links which, if you click on them, will take you more deeply into whatever topic is under discussion. In some cases they lead to the complete texts of sources referred to or quoted.