Field research

collection of information outside a laboratory, library or workplace setting

non-destructive exploration of the archaeological material culture in a given area

journey by a group of people

thumb|upright=1.4|A page of Robert Henry Gibbs|Robert H. Gibbs Jr.'s field notebook Fieldnotes refer to qualitative notes recorded by scientists or researchers in the course of field research, during or after their observation of a specific organism or phenomenon they are studying. The notes are intended to be read as evidence that gives meaning and aids in the understanding of the phenomenon. Fieldnotes allow researchers to access the subject and record what they observe in an unobtrusive manner.

experiment conducted outside the laboratory

A pugmark is a footprint left by a wild animal. The distinctive pugmark of an individual species is useful for identification. "Pug" means foot in Hindi (Sanskrit पद् "pad"; Greek πούς "poús"). thumb|right|300px|An image of a thylacine pugmark Pugmark tracking is a technique used by wildlife conservationists to identify the distribution of species. For some species, such as tigers, pugmark tracking is now considered to be an unreliable method of determining an area's total animal population, leading to the rise in the use of alternative techniques to count populations, such as photographic ca