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Beyond the Archives : Research As a Lived Process by Southern Illino Southern Illino (2008, Trade Paperback)

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When researchers pursue information and perspectives from sources beyond the archives—from existing people and places— they are often rewarded with unexpected discoveries that enrich their research and their lives.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSouthern Illinois University Press

ISBN-100809328402

ISBN-139780809328406

eBay Product ID (ePID)61480011

Product Key Features

Number of Pages188 Pages

Publication NameBeyond the Archives : Research As a Lived Process

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistoriography, Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries, Rhetoric

Publication Year2008

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, History

AuthorSouthern Illino Southern Illino

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2007-027459

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsBeyond the Archives brings back the smell of the chase, the excitement and mystery of the unfolding of each and every archival or historical project. Captivating." —Catherine Hobbs, author of Rhetoric on the Margins of Modernity: Vico, Condillac, Monboddo , " Beyond the Archives brings back the smell of the chase, the excitement and mystery of the unfolding of each and every archival or historical project. Captivating." -Catherine Hobbs, author of Rhetoric on the Margins of Modernity: Vico, Condillac, Monboddo , " Beyond the Archives brings back the smell of the chase, the excitement and mystery of the unfolding of each and every archival or historical project. Captivating." --Catherine Hobbs, author of Rhetoric on the Margins of Modernity: Vico, Condillac, Monboddo

Dewey Decimal001.4

SynopsisThis collection of highly readable essays reveals that research is not restricted to library archives. When researchers pursue information and perspectives from sources beyond the archives--from existing people and places-- they are often rewarded with unexpected discoveries that enrich their research and their lives. Beyond the Archives: Research as a Lived Process presents narratives that demystify and illuminate the research process by showing how personal experiences, family history, and scholarly research intersect. Editors Gesa E. Kirsch and Liz Rohan emphasize how important it is for researchers to tap into their passions, pursuing research subjects that attract their attention with creativity and intuition without limiting themselves to traditional archival sources and research methods. Eighteen contributors from a number of disciplines detail inspiring research opportunities that led to recently published works, while offering insights on such topics as starting and finishing research projects, using a wide range of types of sources and methods, and taking advantage of unexpected leads, chance encounters and simple clues. In addition, the narratives trace the importance of place in archival research, the parallels between the lives of research subjects and researchers, and explore archives as sites that resurrect personal, cultural, and historical memory. Beyond the Archives sheds light on the creative, joyful, and serendipitous nature of research, addressing what attracts researchers to their subjects, as well as what inspires them to produce the most thorough, complete, and engaged scholarly work. This timely and essential volume supplements traditional-method textbooks and effectively models concrete practices of retrieving and synthesizing information by professional researchers., Presents narratives that demystify and illuminate the research process by showing how personal experiences, family history, and scholarly research intersect. This book traces the importance of place in archival research and the parallels between the lives of research subjects and researchers., Beyond the Archives: Research as a Lived Process presents highly readable narratives that demystify and illuminate the research process by showing how personal experiences, family history, and scholarly research intersect. Editors Gesa E. Kirsch and Liz Rohan emphasize how important it is for researchers to tap into their passions, pursuing research subjects that attract their attention with creativity and intuition without limiting themselves to traditional archival sources and research methods.Eighteen contributors from a number of disciplines detail inspiring research opportunities that led to recently published works, while offering insights on such topics as starting and finishing research projects, using a wide range of types of sources and methods, and taking advantage of unexpected leads, chance encounters, and simple clues. In addition, the narratives trace the importance of place in archival research, the parallels between the lives of research subjects and researchers, and explore archives as sites that resurrect personal, cultural, and historical memory.

LC Classification NumberD16.B56 2008