QuickSheet: The Historical Biographer's Guide to the Research Process

QuickSheet: The Historical Biographer's Guide to the Research Process; by Elizabeth Shown Mills; 4 pp. folded; Laminated; Published: 2012; 8.5x11; ISBN 9780806318929; Item GPC3867 Building on a lifetime of experience, Elizabeth Mills argues that successful research can be achieved by following four specific models: The Research Process Model The Research Analysis Model The Identity Triangulation Model The Reliability Model The first of these, the research process model, involves several indispensable steps: analyze the problem, place it in legal and social context, identify related and associated individuals, identify relevant resources, identify pros and cons in their use, and, finally, develop a research plan. The second model--the research analysis model--contains this simple bedrock principle: Sources provide information from which we select evidence for analysis. A sound conclusion may then be treated as “proof” until and unless new evidence emerges to the contrary. The third i