Research Methodology – Exposition: Exposition is the writing part of the work. It is based on interpretation, communication and presentation with clarity and elegance with historical perspective. All the above process focused on scientific approach. But now writing should be an art, it need interpretation. While writing the thesis a scholar suddenly get inspiration during […]
Read More »Objectivity and Subjectivity Objectivity is the capital importance for the growth of healthy historical studies. Herodotus and Greeks freed history from mythology. Voltaire stressed upon the importance of reason. Ranke stressed the importance of objectivity in historical writing. These developments contributed objectivity in historical writing. This contributed to the emergence of history as an independent […]
Read More »The technique of data collection is called as ‘Heuristics’. It is derived from the Greek word ‘Heuriskein’ which means ‘to find’. It is for the skillfulness in the collection of evidences, memory for details and self discipline in recording notes. It involves three aspects – (i) identification of places where sources are found. (ii) Identification […]
Read More »Hypothesis means an idea that is formulated as a starting point for discussion. A working hypothesis is intended to bring out the importance of the scope of study, indicate the related studies so far undertaken, lost out the data to be collected, explain the methods of approach and give glimpse in the conclusions that are […]
Read More »A researcher has to fulfill certain qualifications for understanding a research. Intellectual curiosity. Personal ambition to gain recognition. To serve a social need. For a job. A researcher should be given freedom to define his or her own research problem. In this process the supervisor can guide and shape the beginners and not to […]
Read More »Historical research aims at making a new contribution to discover the historical truths in the events and developments. This process of research involves selection of proper topics, identify sources, collect data, analyze the data and finally present it to make the contribution. Selecting Topic or Selection of Problem: No enquiry can be done until […]
Read More »The Bibliography or List of References appears after the Body of the Document. It is a complete listing of all cited resources used to create your document. Even though Journal Model authors may have individual Reference sections for each article, this complete Reference list of all citations must appear at the end of the entire manuscript. […]
Read More »Space requirements and facilities will vary with the size of the institution and the development of the archival program. Planning for archival facilities should include consideration of the potential types of media to be stored, the archives’ organizational environment, the potential clientele for the archives to support and serve, and the types of functions and […]
Read More »What Are Footnotes? Footnotes are notes placed at the bottom of a page. They cite references or comment on a designated part of the text above it. For example, you want to add an interesting comment to a sentence you have written, but the comment is not directly related to the argument of your paragraph. […]
Read More »ORDER A. The Preliminaries Title page Abstract Preface and/or acknowledgements Table of contents List of illustrations, tables, etc. B. The Text Main body of the work Footnotes For many theses the text may look as follows: Introduction Literature review Materials and methods Results Discussion Conclusion C. The Reference Material Bibliography Appendices Index FORMAT and DESCRIPTION […]
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Unveiling the Mysteries of the Zam Zam Well: History, Significance, and Controversies
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