Nonfiction Research

 What's involved in doing research for your nonfiction book?

https://writersrumpus.com/2026/08/11/researching-and-writing-nonfiction/

Historical Fiction Resources

 Here are some resources to use when researching and writing historical fiction.

http://www.literaryrambles.com/2025/11/help-im-lost-in-past-how-to-find.html

Primary Sources

 Using primary sources will enhance your nonfiction book.

https://bethandersonwriter.com/2025/09/05/behind-the-scenes-how-primary-sources-can-grow-your-nonfiction-nature-picture-book-by-lynn-street/

Research

 The joys and perils of doing research.

https://writerunboxed.com/2024/08/02/the-joys-and-perils-of-research-or-a-lack-thereof/

Researching STEM Topics

 Here are five steps to research for your STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) book.

http://nancycastaldonaturespeak.blogspot.com/2019/12/researching-stem-kidlit-welcome-guest.html

Research for Fiction

 How deeply do you need to research if you're writing fiction?

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/08/research-is-murder-how-far-fiction-authors-go-for-facts/

Research Tips

 If you're writing historical fiction (or nonfiction!), you need to do a lot of research.

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/5-research-tips-for-writing-historical-fiction

Timelines

 Setting up a timeline of events can be a helpful tool while doing your research.

https://www.nonfiction-ninjas.com/blog/timelines-as-research-tools

Research

 Whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, you'll usually end up having to research some fact to make your story more believable.

https://annerallen.com/2022/03/reference-research-resources/

Contacting Experts

 During the course of your research, whether for fiction or nonfiction, you might have to contact experts.

https://www.nffest.com/2022/02/research-with-confidence-contacting.html

Research

 How do you know when you've done enough research?

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/01/how-much-research-is-enough/

Images for Research

 You can now use Smithsonian Open Access to search through millions of images in their collection.

https://www.si.edu/openaccess

Nonfiction Research

 Writing nonfiction requires a lot of researching and re-researching.

https://www.nffest.com/2020/02/getting-to-truth_1.html

Research Tips

 Here are some suggestions for making your preliminary research process easier.

http://www.marcieatkins.com/2019/07/08/research-tip-using-google-alerts-for-preliminary-research/?sfns=mo

Organizing Research

 If you're writing nonfiction or fiction, you often have piles of research that need to be organized to be useful.  

https://www.donnajanellbowman.com/2020/09/20/organizing-a-mountain-of-research/

Newspaper Photos

 Newspaper navigator helps you find just the right photos you need for your project.  

https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-060/library-of-congress-launches-new-tool-to-search-historical-newspaper-images/2020-09-15/

Using Photos for Research

A wonderful way to understand a character, location, or time period is to use photos as a research tool.

http://www.marcieatkins.com/2020/07/17/portals-into-your-subject-using-photographs-as-research-tools/

Limited Research Materials

How do you craft a true story when there are not a lot of primary and secondary sources? 

https://www.nffest.com/2020/02/crafting-true-story-when-information-is.html

Library of Congress

Twice a week, the Library of Conference has webinars of interest to authors doing research for a book. 

https://loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/office-hours/

Researching

Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, research often needs to be a part of your writing process. 

https://zoemmccarthy.com/writing/13-suggestions-for-when-and-what-to-research-for-your-story