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Introduction to Historical Research: Home - Research Guides

This guide is an introduction to selected resources available for historical research. It covers both primary sources and secondary materials.

A Step by Step Guide to Doing Historical Research

This step-by-step guide progresses from an introduction to historical resources to information about how to identify a topic, craft a thesis and develop a ...

Researching the past | University of Oxford

Study the literature, history, philosophy, languages and archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

Conducting Historical Research - History

LSU Libraries Special Collections has a vast collection on rare books, manuscripts, and other special research materials on a variety of topics.

History: What is Historical Research? - History Research

What is Historical Research? Historical research is working to understand the past through the interpretation of primary and secondary sources.

How Historians Work - National Council on Public History

There are many different ways of exploring and thinking about the past, and many different ways to use that knowledge. ... Historical Research Associates, Inc.

World: The Basics of Research in History - Guides - Stetson University

A brief guide to resources in World History. Primary and Secondary Sources. There is no better way to study the past than through consultation of original, ...

Historical Research | Voicedocs

Historical Research. Historical research is a process of collecting and interpreting data about past events or ideas in order to find how they affected the ...

Researching the Past | Historical Romance Author

Research often proves to be a difficult hurdle for beginner-writers of historical romances. What is the best way to research a specific era of history? How and ...

How Institutions Use Historical Research Methods to Provide ...

Historical research methods primarily involve collecting information from primary and secondary sources. While differences exist between these sources, ...

Tools and techniques for historical research

Some standard reference works. Your research should become more focussed as time goes on. Don't just gather randomly: you should always have at least some idea ...

HIS 250: Historical Methods: Home - Research Guides

This class, an intensive introduction to the concepts, methods, and issues in the study of history, is vital to your understanding of how to do research.

LibGuides: Historical Research Method: Home - ECU Library Guides

Historical Research Method: Home Lists books, journals and websites that may be useful sources when conducting historical research.

Researching the Past Using Primary Sources | Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan, students analyze primary sources in the form of census data to do research that helps them answer questions about famous people.

How do you research history correctly? - Quora

Understand the Context · Read Widely and Analytically · Develop Analytical Skills · Create a Chronological Framework · Connect Events and Themes ...

Beginner's guide to historical research - Unique and Distinctive

Welcome to this beginner's guide to historical research. This lesson provides you with an overview of some of the key aspects of historical research.

Starting your research - Finding historical information

This curated list shows you search tips and examples of the types of historical overviews and timelines you can find from websites and books to help you get ...

HY3265 Researching the Past - NUSMods

HY3265Researching the Past ... This class will introduce students to the process of conducting research on historical topics. They will discuss and critique ...

Research Methods - Graduate-Level Historical Research

Qualitative and Quantitive Research. Historians rely on primary and secondary sources when conducting research and writing historical works.

Researching the Past (ARTS90008)

The subject, conducted as six fortnightly seminars, introduces commencing graduate students to various tools and traditions of reading, ...