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Rant: I was at a library talk in Austin and a guy asked a question that flipped my whole research method.
The speaker was talking about finding old court records and I was just taking notes on the main points. A guy in the back asked exactly where the speaker found a specific 1890s land deed, and the speaker named a tiny county archive website I never checked. I went there and found three key documents for my project in an hour. What's a small tip you got from a random question that actually worked?
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the_robin14d ago
Ever ask about someone's exact search terms? Tbh, I read a blog where a guy said he always asks that at conferences. It sounds too simple, but I tried it once and got a way better database to check. That little detail changes everything.
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hall.jenny14d ago
That "little detail changes everything" is so true, it's like getting the secret map.
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