28 September 2024

Marches & mobility

H.G.W. Davie

Mechanized Corps – a study in mobility and ...

Mechanised Corps were the elite of Soviet armoured forces, kept fully up to strength, more tanks than a Tank Corps, twice the size of a Rifle Division. So what does the word 'Mechanised' mean, how many vehicles did they have, how mobile were these units in reailty?

Research techniques

H.G.W. Davie

5 August 2021

Electric Historian

Zettelkasten Zkn3 English Language Manual - Part 2: User guide

H.G.W. Davie

5 August 2021

Electric Historian

Zettelkasten Zkn3 English Language Manual - Part 2: User guide

Following on from my Zkn3 English User Manual, this blog will add in more advanced user methods and record my experience of using a Zettelkasten in research and turning the writing cycle.

H.G.W. Davie

18 February 2021

Electric Historian

Your personal research assistant - Reference Managers

H.G.W. Davie

18 February 2021

Electric Historian

Your personal research assistant - Reference Managers

Digital reference managers have the potential to be a powerful tool to aid your writing by automating the citation process. However clever use of their Folders, Notes, Tags and Links features can take this a step further and turn them into a proper digital research assistant.

H.G.W. Davie

8 February 2021

Electric Historian

Research in archives

H.G.W. Davie

8 February 2021

Electric Historian

The aim of this blog piece is to outline the kind of research methodology that I use when doing a small project, say 10,000 words, a journal article, MA dissertation, something at that level. I will be using both libraries and archives for research, coupled with some online sources and some reference books.