[ **up: [[Historiography]] | [[History]]** ] --- # Historical research ## Methodology [[2024-0527. For most historians, research is not only the most time-consuming part of their task. It is also in many ways the most enjoyable.|For most historians, research is not only the most time-consuming part of their task. It is also in many ways the most enjoyable.]][^1] [[2024-0527. When considering historical sources, sometimes the absence of information is, in itself, informative. (AKA a 'negative fact'.)|When considering historical sources, sometimes the absence of information is, in itself, informative.]][^2] ---- - *See:* [[Writing history]] [^1]: Jacques Goutor, *[[Goutor. 'The Card-File System of Note-Taking', 1980.|The Card-File System of Note-Taking]]* (Toronto: Ontario Historical Society, 1980), p. 8. [^2]: Jacques Goutor, *[[Goutor. 'The Card-File System of Note-Taking', 1980.|The Card-File System of Note-Taking]]* (Toronto: Ontario Historical Society, 1980), p. 29.