Recently I wanted to create a report in Microsoft Access that would display my query search (say, at the top of the report) and who was generating the report (say, the user logon in the footer). I discovered that there were two parts to this issue: 1) insert textboxes during the report design; 2) for […]
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Getting started with research
There are fantastic resources available online that will help with doing your research: how to do research, how to use genealogical software, how to collect and organise your references. Some of them are listed below to get you started. Writing There are lots of free resources available on how to produce good academic-level writing.
Open source bibliographic reference management
Recently I’ve been looking around the internet for bibliographic database software (for Windows). Years ago I used a great program called Papyrus which was fantastic (and now free if you want it) and which I can still get to work in a DOS/ Command window. But this really isn’t terribly practical anymore. Yes, there are […]
Using Word for your bibliography
There’s a lot on the internet about reference management that are used to gather references and to create a bibliography in your paper or dissertation. Endnote, Zotero and others have their defenders and detractors, but many don’t know that Microsoft Word contains a bibliographic manager. There is a good explanation and simple instructions about how […]
How to format your thesis – don’t revinent the wheel
Are you setting up to write your thesis in Microsoft Word? There’s no need to struggle alone. There are plenty of resources available online – try Googling for Word templates, stylesheets etc. It is worth spending some time now on getting your file right. Your department or university might have a fixed style or perhaps […]
Planning an imaging project
Some years ago I researched and wrote a report for the National Museum of Ireland advising on best practice for digitising a photographic 35mm slide collection of significant importance. Obviously as technology and knowledge moves forward all the time, much of the information I gathered at the time is out-of-date now. However, in my report […]
Digital JCHAS Project now complete
I have just completed a major digitisation project – the complete run of the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society from 1892 to 2007 – 115 volumes in all. The journal proper consists of over 22,000 pages with over 3,000 pages of additional material as well. A table of contents database had to be […]
Funding for Independent Scholars
Although there are a lot of funding possiblities available, many of these are available only to academic students and staff/ scholars. This post shows some funding scholarships, fellowships, prizes, etc that do not exclude independent scholars. Some of these opportunities are repeated so check them out even if it looks out of date here. Centre Culturel […]
Burial register 1868-1896 for St Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork City, now online
Well done to the Cork City & County Archives for creating a new search aid that will be incredibly useful for relatives, historians and genealogists. This is a 118 page “Register of Interments St. Finbarr’s Cemetery, Glasheen Road, Cork 25 Feb 1868-14 Jun 1896” available online at http://corkarchives.ie/media/CP-CY-FI-1-web(Surname-Order).pdf . The register is sorted alphabetically by […]
Preparation for doing a PhD
I’ve been looking around the internet for tips about ‘doing’ a PhD and quickly realised that this topic can be broken down into: choosing a topic choosing a supervisor think about funding doing the research keeping track of everything writing the thesis probably something I’m missing here … the viva voce/ interview/ oral examination The […]
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