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Audio-visual material

Research is often associated with finding textbased sources. However, taking advantage of material that comes in the form of images, video and sound can be highly beneficial – indeed, these can bring people, places and objects to life in a way that textual descriptions cannot do justice to. Therefore, it’s often a good idea to consider explicitly adding the audio-visual element into your research plan.

Audio-visual material online

We’re very lucky that these days there is a multitude of audio-visual resources online, right at and images at .

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