What is on this website?

1. Making contact with an interviewee

• How to contact people
• What questions should you be prepared to answer?
• Preliminary contacts

2. Preparing for the interview

• Points to consider
• Check List
• Practise interviewing

3. Safety

• Assess the possible hazards
• Travel Tips
• Before the interview
• Further advice

4. Using Audio Equipment

• The equipment and how you use it
• Positioning equipment
• Recording Environment
• Starting the recording

5. Using Video Equipment

• Introduction
• Sound
• Picture
• Other tips

6. Issues around interviewing

• Bias
• Rapport
• Ethnic/Cultural Considerations
• Using Interpreters
• Deaf People
• After the interview

7. Asking the Questions

• Listening skills
• Asking questions
• Silences
• Other tips

8. Copyright and Ethics

• Informed consent and copyright
• Ethics
• University of Leicester Codes of Practice

9. Citing Interviews

10. Summaries and transcriptions

• Summaries
• Transcripts
• Style Guidelines
• Equipment
• Tips
• Example

11. Archiving and Preserving Recordings

• Keeping records
• Preservation

12. Other Information

• Web sites
• Books

Help with listening to the sound and video clips