Research Techniques...
I do a great deal of time-consuming, eye-wearying microfilm reading.
My research interest is antebellum and bellum newspapers. I have
a microfilm reader in my home basement, and I regularly check out
microfilm reels from the university library, from interlibrary loan.
I often work in the Chattanooga City Library, the UTC Library, and I
should do more work in the Tennessee State Archives. (I should, but
what I should do and what I can do are two very different things.)
I use heavily a Macintosh PowerBook 165. I sit at the microfilm
reader with the powerbook on my right and note taking material on
my left. I am dedicated to EndNote Plus and Microsoft Word 5.1.
I run EndNote Plus on the PowerBook. The software is capable of
formatting, categorizing, and searching extensive and lengthy biblio-
graphic entries. EndNote Plus works well with Microsoft Word,
and the use of the two programs makes easy either in-text or
traditional footnotes or endnotes.
The PowerBook has changed my approach to traditional, "in the stacks"
research techniques. Now, rather than taking with me a legal pad
or a stack of note-cards, I use the PowerBook.
This is a very brief description of my "technique." Hope it
helps in your quest for information.
--peace --K--