Research skills

Research skills

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Editorial history

Created 24/05/14, by CSG

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Purpose

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

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Research skills component of Summer 2014 Programme

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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?

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Suggested Research content topics for summer 2014 programme

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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

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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?