1.3.1 Finding and interrogating historical data
In this video, Annika and Vincent do some ‘desk research’. Their task is to find out how many people died in the First World War.
As you watch, make a note of some of the ways in which you can find out for yourself about casualty rates, and think about some of the problems that you might face when doing this research. This will be your task after you have finished watching. Here are the casualty tables from Brill’s Encyclopedia of the First World War [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] (Hirschfeld et al., 2012) and The Cambridge History of the First World War (Winter, 2014).
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1.3 Online study skills