Documents as Data - Online

This online course will explain when and why to use documents as data for research, show you how to gather documentary data, and consider some ways to analyse that data.

The course covers: 

• When and why to use documents as data

• How to find personal and official documents, historical documents, mainstream print media documents, virtual documents, and self-published documents

• How to assess the quality and usefulness of documents for research purposes

• Some methods of analysing documentary data

By the end of the course participants will:

• Know how to find the documents they need for their research
• Know how to assess the quality and usefulness of documents
• Understand how to approach the analysis of documentary data
• Have an action plan for using documents in their own research

This is an intermediate level course assuming a good basic knowledge of research methods. It would suit postgraduate students, early career researchers in academia, practice-based and independent researchers.

THIS COURSE IS TAUGHT OVER TWO AFTERNOONS (14:00 - 17:00) AND EQUATES TO A ONE DAY COURSE FOR PAYMENT PURPOSES.