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Tips for doing archival research (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Lionir@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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I'm currently doing research to cover 50 years of history for a student union.

Most of the documentation comes from primary sources - minutes, photos, student newspapers. It's so many documents. 50 years is a long time it turns out.

I'm currently managing sources using Zotero and putting information down in Microsoft Word. I currently divide my sources by decade.

Do you have any tips from doing similar types of research?

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[–] Toes@ani.social 1 points 1 week ago

Some libraries offer microform. They tend to be old copies of newspapers and other notable documents.

When you're making copies of stuff for sources also record where and how you found it, not just the source.

Keep in mind sometimes original sources can be mistaken, so try to find more examples.