How To: Research
Guides to help you research Scotland's buildings and urban spaces using archives, online databases and newspapers.
Download this series of guides to help you research Scotland's buildings and urban spaces using archives, online databases and newspapers. Each document covers a different element of researching the historic environment:
- An Introduction to Using Archives, Local History and Special Collections
- Online Catalogues and Databases
- Historic Environment Scotland Resources
- Buildings, Towns and Cities
- Places and People
- Newspapers and Multimedia Collections
- Using Aerial Photographs to Study the Urban Past
- Top Tips for Research
These How To guides were created as part of a series for Scotland’s Urban Past (SUP), a community-engagement project we ran from 2014-19. The project supported communities in recording, researching and celebrating the history on their doorsteps.
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- Historic Environment Scotland
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Local Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-using-archives.pdf (255.47 kb)
An Introduction to Using Archives, Local History and Special CollectionsLocal Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-01-online-catalogues-and-databases.pdf (678.76 kb)
Online Catalogues and DatabasesLocal Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-02-historic-environment-scotland.pdf (381.40 kb)
Historic Environment Scotland ResourcesLocal Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-03-buildings-towns-cities.pdf (246.54 kb)
Buildings, Towns and CitiesLocal Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-04-places-and-people.pdf (268.78 kb)
Places and PeopleLocal Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-05-newspapers-multimedia-collections.pdf (238.91 kb)
Newspapers and Multimedia CollectionsLocal Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-aerial-photography.pdf (2.24 mb)
Using Aerial Photographs to Study the Urban PastLocal Digital Format (Rank: 0)
research-guide-top-tips.pdf (347.90 kb)
Top Tips for Research