2h-1. Using RAB to do research for a school paper
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This article is from the rec.arts.bodyart Welcome & Netiquette FAQ, by Heidi Anderson with numerous contributions by others.
2h-1. Using RAB to do research for a school paper
If you need to do a school paper on bodyart, your most important step
is to go to the various libraries in your community. One can easily
perform bibliographic searches on tattoos and body piercing, and can
find many citations for articles in both popular and academic media..
Basic questions about the history of tattooing, etc. should be done
on your own at the library. Start with the major encyclopedias.
Before you post a "survey" to RAB for your class paper, please think
very carefully about the validity of such a survey. Unless you are
studying the behavior of bodyart enthusiasts in an electronic
community, you will be obtaining your data from a very skewed
population. Depending on the thoroughness of your data, your teacher
may not consider it valid. Remember that regular readers of RAB see
quite a few surveys posted here--most people are pretty jaded because
posters don't follow up by posting their findings, or make their
papers available online via email to the survey respondents.
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