desk research

Databases have an obvious use as an information source for desk research.

List, describe and compare the main sources of information from which desk research may be carried out.

Two complementary approaches can be used to study landscape history - fieldwork and desk research.

In archaeology and landscape history, desk research is contrasted with fieldwork.

"How do you do a movie of a guy at his desk researching legal briefs?"

Further detailed information about the specific companies would be gained by desk research methods using:

Documentary desk research involves finding references to landscape features in primary and secondary sources.

Initial 'desk research' in the UK is a useful start.

The purpose-built research facilities can be booked on appointment by anyone wishing to carry out their own desk research.

The researchers aim to track the latest updates of political prisoners, through their contacts in Burma and through desk research.

Start with desk research, and use the company's own files or readily-available library sources, official statistics, databases, trade associations and so on.

A five-phased approach begins with desk research, to identify and evaluate recent opinions of the contribution of marketing to corporate success.

Secondary research (also referred to as desk research), initially conducted for one purpose, but often used to support another purpose or end goal.

Mr. Fletcher, a Republican appointee, acknowleged that the report was the product of "desk research."

In addition to 12 months of study, the Dual Degree programme includes a master thesis consisting of either a three-month optional internship or desk research.

The Marketing Intelligence Centre based in IDB House, offers a free desk research facility for local companies.

Secondary research (also known as desk research) involves the summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research rather than primary research, where data is collected from, for example, research subjects or experiments.

Your earliest indicators whether a school is a worthwhile investment will be from your desk research (the feel of the school from its website and prospectus; examination results and university destinations) and word-of-mouth recommendations.

The FIRST stage in any good export is to find out as much as possible about the foreign market being considered and the most economic way of doing this is from your own base -'the desk research'.

For the 5pc of books that crosses its threshold that were published before 1970, it's the desk research and specialised knowledge of the staff that determines whether they make it on to the shelving system or into the recycling bins.