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FIBIS fact file No 2: Getting started with the India Office Records

– pdf digital version of printed Fact File

by Lawrie Butler & Elaine MacGregor

ISBN 978-0-9547-116-6-5

pdf digital version of 20 page booklet, 2nd edition

Planning your first visit to the British Library? This very practical booklet contains two articles which will reduce stress and possible frustration when beginning research using the India Office Records at the British Library in London. Lawrie Butler was the former FIBIS Research Officer and his helpfully illustrated article “Hints on research in the India Office Records at the British Library Asian and African Studies reading room” carefully sets out what can be accomplished before visiting the library, how to gain admission to the library, and what to do once you enter the reading room in order to obtain maximum results. Elaine MacGregor’s article “First visits to the OIOC by a ‘newbie'” is a useful case study recounting her experience of using the reading room. Both articles were previously published in the FIBIS “Journal”

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