Going to the Sources - Chapter 5

In Chapter 5 of Going to the Sources, Brundage looks at the narrower meaning of historiography, which is to provide the reader with a sense of how a topic has been approached by different scholars.  Brundage further explains the process for searching for books on a topic and gives some pointers on how to manage the list of sources, the first of which is to be sure only secondary sources are considered.  The purpose of the essay is to give an account of how historians have written about the topic.

The majority of the chapter is an example of an essay on Lewis and Clark.  Brundage indicates where transitions are made between different works on the topic and different approaches to telling the story.  For instance, Sacagawea's story didn't come into focus until the 1970s which coincides with womens history as an emerging area of study.

Question 1
Endnotes versus footnotes?  I am not familiar with endnotes.

Question 2
This is the second instance where Brundage suggests using index cards for note taking versus entering notes on your computer.  Is this really a better way?