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=====Places: Wharves and Keys in the River Thames===== | =====Places: Wharves and Keys in the River Thames===== | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:29, May 25, 2014
Research skills
Editorial history
Created 24/05/14, by CSG
Purpose
This Research Skills page is being developed by Colin Greenstreet for use as a training tool during the MarineLives Summer Programme 2014
Contents
Suggested links
Research skills component of Summer 2014 Programme
Research skills
Search techniques
- Full text search
- Broad search
- Narrowing down a search
- Database search
- Using the MarineLives Event Database
--What content does the database contain?
-- What can the database be searched for?
Suggested Research content topics for summer 2014 programme
For Group Work
Commodities: Oranges. lemons, and other fruit
Why look at oranges and lemons?
- Underresearched
- Opportunity to look at Mediterranean links with London
Questions
People: XXXX
Why look at people?
- XXXX
- XXXX
Questions
Research skills needed
Places: Wharves and Keys in the River Thames
Why look at wharves and keys?
- XXXX
- XXXX
Questions
Research skills needed
(1) Mapping
Ships: XXXX
Why look at ships?
- XXXX
- XXXX
Questions
- XXXX
- XXXX
Research skills needed
- XXXX
- XXXX
For Individual Work
Lighters in the River Thames
Why look at lightes?
Questions
- How many lighters can you identify in the MarineLives corpus?
- What can you learn about their physical characteristics?
- Tunnage?
- What can you learn about the crewing of lighters?
- What type of men (and women) owned lighters?
- What type of work were lighters employed for?
Research skills needed
- XXXX
- XXXX
Ship repair in the River Thames
Why look at ship repair?
Questions
- Where did ship repair work take place?
- How was repair work organised?
- Teams of shipwrights and servants?
- What can you learn about rates of pay and hours worked?
- What examples of specific reparis can you find in the MarineLives corpus?
- Lighters? Ships?
Research skills needed
- XXXX
- XXXX
