[stylist] {Spam?} Research

Fri Oct 14 01:11:06 UTC 2016

Julie, Thanks, great tips.
Tessa

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From: "Julie J. via stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] {Spam?} Research

:I just Googled "hymns sung before 1941 in London" and got:
: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_of_music_in_World_War_II
: that one will be pretty general, but should be a good overview
:
: next up: http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/ww2-music-uk.asp
: I used the JAWS hotkey "N" to go to the beginning of the text since there
: weren't headings.  That takes you directly to the beginning of the 
article.
: I read the first bit.  It looks like a good listing of popular wartime 
music
: at the time.
:
: My general Google strategy is to type in specifically what I'm looking 
for.
: For example something like: "how to repot aloe vera plants" not just
: "repotting plants" or "aloe vera".  The second two will get you general 
info
: and won't be what you want.  You'll wade through a lot of junk before
: getting to answers. If I notice in the first few search results that most
: people use a different word to describe the same thing, I might do another
: search using that term.  In my aloe example it might be succulents instead
: of aloe vera or just aloe.
:
: Usually if you use the JAWS hotkey "H" or the number 1, that will take you
: to the first headingg.  Often that is the beginning of the main article.
: Sometimes you have to go down a couple of headings, just press "H" and 
then
: the down arrow to check for the text.  A lot of articles begin with 
sharing
: links and then the text.  So if you down arrow and find those sharing 
links
: keep arrowing down, the text is likely to follow.
:
: In the listing of search results is usually a part of a sentence, which is
: the beginning of the text on the linked page.  That text is a good 
indicator
: of the information to expect.  If there is no text or it's some sort of
: code, I skip it.  In my experience those are the heavily graphics based
: pages or pages with a load of ads that will load slowly.
:
: If you are doing academic research, where you need to cite sources, I 
stick
: to sites that end with .edu or .gov or a specific country designation.  I
: will use a Wicky page to get an overview for myself or to find helpful
: search terms, but Wicky isn't much more reliable than asking your next 
door
: neighbor.
:
: I'm happy to help folks with research.    I really enjoy it.
:
: Julie
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: Subject: [stylist] {Spam?} Research
:
: Hi:
: I am curious to find out how those of you who do research for your 
writings
: manage it.
:
: The novel I'm closest to having publisher ready is set in London and
: Cornwall during the second world war. It's the story of a young woman who
: loses her family and home to the blitz and ends up working in the hospital
: caring for victims of shell-shock.
:
: I wanted to write something about civilian life during that time as all 
the
: books I'd seen were all about the military side of things. Since then of
: course I've discovered a half dozen or so authors who have done just what
: I'm attempting. Anyway my issues are around getting information about the
: time how people lived, what they ate what they wore that sort of thing.
:
: I know sighted writers use the internet a lot for this sort of thing but
: what I find is that a lot of information is stored as photos or as
: inaccessible pdf's or I simply don't know how to find the details I need,
: such as the basics on the structure of a nurses training program at the
: time.
: Basically I'm winging it LOL. I read a dozen or more books on the subject,
: diaries as well as fiction and the rest I'm just making up as I go along. 
I
: have talked a lot with the ladies and one guy at our local public library
: and they provided me with a few web sites for example "which ships were 
sunk
: in november of 1941?" They know how to find that stuff and have been a
: tremendous help.
:
: So, I wonder if any of you have research tips that you'd care to share or
: websites that are accessible and useful.
:
: Two things I'm looking for in particular,
: hymns that were sung before 1941
: and
: popular music of 1940/1941.
: There are a couple dances in the book and I would like to be sure the
: musical references are correct.
: I have several friends who were alive at the time, but they were children 
so
: don't remember much of the detail for many of my questions.
:
: With my second piece that I submitted here it's a little closer to home 
the
: Alberta Badlands about which I know nothing and getting information is a
: little challenging, again it's mostly pictures. Ideally I'd like to go
: there, visit the area get a sense of it, see what it smells like, feels 
like
: all that stuff, the details of a dig, though I have some of that already
: from a background in anthropology.
:
: As you see, I tend to be rather detail oriented LOL.
: Anyway if anyone has tips for finding info to share I'd love to hear them.
: Tessa
:
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