8.9 Conclusion

In this chapter, planning your research has been situated within the classical realms, demonstrating that the work you do at university has the potential to reach beyond it and highlight the important role you play as the historian making content available.

The skills presented in this chapter will help you to:

• record and build on your searching
• ensure you’ve checked a range of databases
• navigate the complexities of copyright and Creative Commons
• consider access and sharing sensitivities, restrictions and requirements
• attribute collection items you use in your project.

Your audience and the access and sharing sensitivities, restrictions and requirements on the material you find will help you decide what licence and format will be most appropriate to use when publishing your research beyond the university.