Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is the holiest Jewish holiday day on the Hebrew calendar. It is a solemn, penitent day focused on prayers for forgiveness and exploring…
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Research, a Constantly Moving Target
The process of research is ever changing and ongoing. Research is a constantly moving target that never ends. The changeable nature of research. While we have often written about sources used in…
Research and Writing Tools: Mind Mapping
At Researcher’s Gateway we try to bring to you some helpful tools for researching and writing, and this week I bring you the idea of Mind Mapping. Mind mapping is a method…
Black History Month – Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson was a world renown tennis player, the first black to compete at the international level. Among her many achievements, she was the first African-American to win the Grand Slam title…
Black History Month – Octavia Butler, Science Fiction Author.
Octavia Estelle Butler was a popular and much respected African American Science Fiction Author. Considered one of the great science fiction authors of all time, she is ranked up there with Andre…
What is Experimental Archaeology?
Experimental archaeology is a form of a primary source. It is undervalued in some areas of research, particularly in Living History and Re-enactment organizations. And yet, experimental archaeology is a fundamental part…
Research for Writers
Writers create and recreate worlds—stories that can immerse the reader in dramatically different times and places than where we live presently. Details about the time and place—things like clothing, important people and…
Research Customized for You
We can Customize Research just for you! Researcher’s Gateway strives to provide both general background and more detailed information and resources on a wide variety of topics, with a growing library of…