archival research

collocation in English

meaningsofarchivalandresearch

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archival
adjective
uk
/ˌɑːˈkaɪ.vəl/
us
/ˌɑːrˈkaɪ.vəl/
relating to an archive of historical records or ...
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research
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈsɜːtʃ/
us
/ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a ...
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(Definition ofarchivalandresearchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofarchival research

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Our libraries do not hold volumes of their collected works and their project has had to be reconstructed here fromarchivalresearch.
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Now labelled as 'positivism' and described negatively,archivalresearchhas fallen from its pinnacle of high esteem.
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The study combined quantitative and qualitative methods including a survey (n=400), focus groups, in-depth interviews, ethnography, oral histories andarchivalresearch.
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The footnotes in the book bear witness to the very great amount ofarchivalresearchthat was necessary during the course of their work.
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Can anything more be learned about the silences in the census record through furtherarchivalresearchor informed speculation?
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They are both based on a wealth ofarchivalresearch, primarily for the colonial period.
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Numerous interviews, published memoirs, and press accounts supplement hisarchivalresearch.
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Burrage has synthesized a vast secondary literature rather than conducting his ownarchivalresearch.
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She has conducted an impressive amount ofarchivalresearchin order to get at how elite and popular actors fought over these norms and institutions.
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This effort, undertaken hand in hand with some impressivearchivalresearch, makes this a landmark biography.
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His hands-on knowledge enables him to present a more informed reading of the data he gathered fromarchivalresearch, interviews, and observation.
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This adds little to our understanding of the period, despite being based in part onarchivalresearch.
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It is based on oral andarchivalresearchconducted in the 1950s, while the majority of the manuscript was written in the 1960s.
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It is a work of synthesis, rather thanarchivalresearch.
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This is slightly disconcerting given that the book is apparently ' based on extensive interviews and thorougharchivalresearch' and is the work of several women.
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In part the latter point has been achieved by a judicious use of new and otherwise previously unutilisedarchivalresearch.
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To bring together a dazzling wealth of originalarchivalresearchwith a steadfast determination to challenge cherished myths and assumptions is a truly awesome task.
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It is based on deep and broadarchivalresearchand, although highly detailed, is written with great lucidity.
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My work in the field was brief and primarily intended to supplement myarchivalresearch.
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