Posts in November 10, 2025

I was asked recently if I track everything I do in a research log. Everything. The answer to that is “no.” There’s no need to lie about it. When I find something I don’t track what I did as I have the document to indicate what I found and the citation to explain where and how I obtained it. But when I do not find something, I need to track what I have done–because I don’t have that document or record as evidence of my search. So I track the database I use and how I searched to find a certain person (name, search options, and the like). If I perform manual searches of records, I include that as well. I may even include why I tried the […]