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Use this important tool to help organize and track your research work. Research logs document where you search, and what has or has NOT been found. | Use this important tool to help organize and track your research work. Research logs document where you search, and what has or has NOT been found. | ||
'''<span>Research log definition.<span> </span></span>'''<span>A <span>research log</span> is comprehensive list of sources you already searched, or plan to search including the purpose of each search (what you want to find), a summary of significant findings and where your copies are, notations showing sources searched where you found nothing, and plenty of comments about your search strategies, suggestions, questions, and discrepancies.</span> | |||
== '''<span>Value of Research Logs</span>''' == | == '''<span>Value of Research Logs</span>''' == | ||
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# <span>Reduce unwanted duplication of effort.</span> | # <span>Reduce unwanted duplication of effort.</span> | ||
<span>Research logs show negative evidence (what you do not find). NO other tool does this nearly as well. And logs save time by helping avoid repetitive searches after a research pause. Logs can become a table of contents to documents in your file. Research logs | <span>Research logs show negative evidence (what you do not find). NO other tool does this nearly as well. And logs save time by helping avoid repetitive searches after a research pause. Logs can become a table of contents to documents in your file. Research logs '''serve as a foundation on which the next generation of researchers can build. Use research logs to help in EVERY step of the research process.'''</span> | ||
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== '''<span>Contents</span>''' == | == '''<span>Contents</span>''' == | ||
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<span>Research logs vary in form and content. The following elements work well for most researchers.</span> | <span>Research logs vary in form and content. The following elements work well for most researchers.</span> | ||
* <span></span><span>'''''Ancestor''''''''''’s name''''''''''and years:'''''husband being researched,''for example,''William FRAZIER 1826-1881''''''''''</span> | * <span></span><span>'''''Ancestor''''''''''’s name''''''''''and years:'''''husband being researched,''for example,''William FRAZIER 1826-1881'''''''''''''''''''''''''</span> | ||
* <span></span><span>'''''Researcher''''''''''’s name:'''''your name.'''''</span> | * <span></span><span>'''''Researcher''''''''''’s name:'''''your name.'''''</span> | ||
* <span></span><span>'''''Date''''''' of search''<nowiki>:</nowiki><span>for example,</span> 8 May 2001; Records you plan to search without a date until searched.''</span> | * <span></span><span>'''''Date''''''' of search''<nowiki>:</nowiki><span>for example,</span> 8 May 2001; Records you plan to search without a date until searched.''</span> | ||
* <span></span><span>'''''Place of research'''''<nowiki>: use full mailing address, telephone/fax number, e-mail address, or Internet URL.</nowiki></span> | * <span></span><span>'''''Place of research'''''<nowiki>: use full mailing address, telephone/fax number, e-mail address, or Internet URL.</nowiki></span> | ||
* <span></span><span>'''''Purpose''''' (objective) of search: '''event'''and '''person''' being sought (use symbols), ''for example,'' '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' Robert (Event symbols for objectives and results: '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''<nowiki>=birth</nowiki><span> </span></span>'''<span><span></span></span>'''<span>'''oo'''<nowiki>=marriage</nowiki><span> </span>'''†'''<nowiki>=death)</nowiki></span> | * <span></span><span>'''''Purpose''''' (objective) of search: '''event'''and '''person''' being sought (use symbols), ''for example,'' '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' Robert (Event symbols for objectives and results: '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''<nowiki>=birth</nowiki><span> </span></span>'''<span><span></span></span>'''<span>'''oo'''<nowiki>=marriage</nowiki><span> </span>'''†'''<nowiki>=death)</nowiki></span> | ||
* <span></span><span>'''''Call number'''''''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''library or archive call <span>number,</span>FHL book 977.162 D3d''for example'''''''</span> | * <span></span><span>'''''Call number'''''''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''library or archive call <span>number,</span>FHL book 977.162 D3d''for example''''''''''''''''''''''</span> | ||
* <span></span><span>'''''Source Description'''''<nowiki>: author, title, where the original is (</nowiki>''that is'' a publisher or repository), date, and page.</span> | * <span></span><span>'''''Source Description'''''<nowiki>: author, title, where the original is (</nowiki>''that is'' a publisher or repository), date, and page.</span> | ||
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== <span>What to Complete AFTER a Search</span> == | == <span>What to Complete AFTER a Search</span> == | ||
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* <span></span>'''''<span>Results</span>'''''<span>of search (positive or negative).</span> | * <span></span>'''''<span>Results</span>'''''<span>of search (positive or negative).</span> | ||
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# <span>Log such a source on '''all''' applicable ''logs''. Some logs will list another family’s numbers.</span> | # <span>Log such a source on '''all''' applicable ''logs''. Some logs will list another family’s numbers.</span> | ||
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== <span></span><span>Related Content</span> == | == <span></span><span>Related Content</span> == | ||
[[Document AS YOU GO!|<span></span>]][[ | [[Document AS YOU GO!|<span></span>]][[Keeping a Research Log]] | ||
[[Document AS YOU GO!]] | [[Document AS YOU GO!]] | ||
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