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How do you do history as a historical researcher or historian?​

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Lists books, journals and websites that may be useful sources when conducting historical research.

What is historical research?

Historical research or historiography, "attempts to systematically recapture the complex nuances, the people,meanings,events,and even ideas of the past that have influenced and shaped the present". (Berg & Lure, 2012, p. 305 )

Historical research relies on a wide variety of sources, both primary & secondary including unpublished material.

Primary Sources

Eyewitness accounts of events

Can be oral or written testimony

Found in public records & legal documents, minutes of meetings, corporate records, recordings, letters, diaries, journals, drawings.

Located in university archives, libraries or privately run collections such as local historical society.

Secondary Sources

Can be oral or written

Secondhand accounts of events

Found in textbooks, encyclopedias, journal articles, newspapers, biographies and other media such as films or tape recordings.

Answer 2

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Explanation:(i) An expert knowing the language and script of a  

historical document can read and understand it.

(ii) The expert can examine the authenticity of the  

document by using criteria such as lettering style,  

authors style of writing, manufacturing date,  

type of paper, etc.

(iii) Such documents can further be scrutinized2

by  

historians with the help of relevant3

historical  

references.

Thus experts having knowledge of history in  

various fields are essential for historical research.