Noun
historical research (uncountable)
Research performed using the historical method.
I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills. Iris Chang
A party philosopher who was interested in historical research and had no idea of the violence which his philosophy was inciting in the twentieth century. Alfred Rosenberg
Historical research is my drug of choice. E. Lee Spence
So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle. Nancy Horan
My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries. Robert Darnton
You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies. Tony Kushner