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Ask an NEH Expert: Wide Research
Jeffrey Ludwig, Director of Education at the Seward House Museum (Auburn, New York), discusses the benefits of wide research—the range of source types a researcher uses—when developing any research project.
This video is one in a series about historical research and writing developed through a collaboration between the National Endowment for the Humanities and National History Day.
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