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== <span><span></span></span>What to Fill-in BEFORE a Search ==
== <span><span></span></span>What to Fill-in BEFORE a Search ==


It is important to partially fill-in a research log before you view a source. <br>
It is important to partially fill-in a research log before you view a source:<br>


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# Date
 
# Place
<span><span></span></span><br>
# '''Purpose''' - write the person-event you seek for '''each''' seach so you will later know whether you need to search the same source again for a different person or event.
 
# Call Number (if any)
<span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>1. Log the source information at the catalog BEFORE retrieving the item.</span>
# '''Source''' - write source descriptions in [[Cite_Your_Sources_(Source_Footnotes)|footnote format]] (see the ''Chicago Manual of Style''<sup>1</sup>)


<span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>a. Source information is easier to find in the catalog than in the source itself.</span>
<span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>a. Source information is easier to find in the catalog than in the source itself.</span>


<span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>b. It is easier to write '''nil''' if the search is negative; overcomes a temptation to not write it at all.</span>
<span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>b. It is easier to write '''nil''' if the search is negative; overcomes a temptation to not write it at all.</span>
<span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>2. Write source descriptions in [[Cite Your Sources (Source Footnotes)|footnote format]]. Use the ''Chicago Manual of Style''''''as a guide.<sup><span><sup><span>[i]</span></sup></span></sup>'''</span>
* <span></span>'''''<span>Document number</span>'''''<span>(your number) makes your ''log'' a table of contents to your copies.</span>
# <span><span></span>If the search results are negative, leave the document number field blank.</span>
# <span><span></span>If positive, use husband’s name/years (file name), plus the next unused number, ''for example:''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>''</span>
<div><center><span>
{| class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders"
|-
| William
&nbsp; FRAZIER 1826-1881 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8
|}
</span><br><span></span></center></div>
<span>''''''''''''''''''''''</span>'''''<br>'''''


== <span>What to Complete AFTER a Search</span> ==
== <span>What to Complete AFTER a Search</span> ==
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