I'm doing some research on the nineteenth century in the U.S. and I've realized I need to understand the Civil War better. Can you help me?
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posted by colfax
on Jun 26, 2012 -
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How should I manage my workflow for researching and writing a nonfiction book using Evernote and other tools?
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posted by incandescentman
on Oct 16, 2011 -
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I know I'd like to buy my first house in the next five years. Help me learn as much as possible before I get to the point where I'm ready to do it!
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posted by lovableiago
on Jun 28, 2011 -
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Tell me about growing up in a small town in the 50s: I'm looking for books, articles, memoirs, interviews, etc that describe or detail growing up in a single industry town in American Rust Belt the late 50s. Ideally I'm looking for stories in places like Braddock or Centralia, mill or mine towns located in the Central Pennsylvania-ish area.
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posted by The Whelk
on Jul 6, 2010 -
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How do I do a good literature review for a research paper in philosophy? I have access to good resources, but I really want to make sure that I cover everything that's been written on the topic. How can I put myself at ease while making sure I don't miss a beat?
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posted by superiorchicken
on Jun 23, 2010 -
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Can you please recommend some books on daily life, home life, and general society in the UK and the US in the 1840s - 1880s for me?
I already have
What Jane Austen Ate, and What Charles Dickens Knew and
An Elegant Madness. It doesn't have to be specifically on daily life- creative nonfiction like Larson's
The Devil in the White City or Johnson's
The Ghost Map are awesome, too.
posted by headspace
on Feb 16, 2009 -
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How might I obtain images or facsimiles of the first and last page of the very first German edition of Wittgenstein's Tractatus?
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posted by treepour
on Jan 11, 2008 -
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I'm thinking of purchasing a pen scanner to use for my research. The Irispen, C Pen, and Quicklink lines seem to be the most commonly used. Can anyone advise me on which one to buy?
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posted by historybuff
on Aug 27, 2007 -
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I want to find if and where a given literary critic (Mikhail Bakhtin in
Rabelais and his World) comments on a specific passage (Chapter 32 of Book 2 of Rabelais's
Gargantua and Pantagruel), can anyone recommend a strategy?
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posted by jrb223
on Nov 10, 2006 -
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Researchers, academics, and readers: how do you deal with taking notes, recording passages, keeping a common-place book, and reading long books? What is your note-taking workflow?
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posted by josh
on Jan 19, 2006 -
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