The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "historical archives" ...
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PIECES OF THE PAST Building your stories from archives and historical documents
If you're covering any topic that touches government, business, or influential people, you may be missing out on a piece of the story if you aren't using archives and historical documents. Neff provides useful tips on how to utilize these.
Tags: archives; history; public records; Worldcat
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Using Archives and Historical Records for Environmental and Land Use Investigations
Young explains how to use historical records when conduction environmental and land use investigations.
Tags: historical archives; records
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Finding Treasures in Archives
Neff's tipsheet shows what can be mined from archival materials, such as the Presidential Libraries and the National Union Catalog and Manuscript Collections.
Tags: archives; libraries; historical records
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How to Conduct a Historical Investigation
"How to Conduct a Historical Investigation" is filled with tips and strategies for unearthing data and reasons for attempting to do so; includes possible sources, such as military and FBI records and photo archives.
Tags: 7 pages