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* How many lighters can you identify in the MarineLives corpus?
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* What can you learn about their physical characteristics?
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- Tunnage?
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* What can you learn about the crewing of lighters?
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* What type of men (and women) owned lighters?
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* What type of work were lighters employed for?
  
 
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* Where did ship repair work take place?
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* How was repair work organised?
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- Teams of shipwrights and servants?
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* What can you learn about rates of pay and hours worked?
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* What examples of specific reparis can you find in the MarineLives corpus?
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- Lighters? Ships?

Revision as of 09:43, May 24, 2014

Research skills



Editorial history

Created 24/05/14, by CSG



Purpose

This Research Skills pages is being developed by Colin Greenstreet for use as a training tool during teh MarineLives Summer Programme 2014






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


Questions

People: XXXX


Questions

Places: Wharves and Keys in the River Thames


Questions

Research skills needed

(1) Mapping

Ships: XXXX


For Individual Work


Lighters in the River Thames


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?


Ship repair in the River Thames


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?