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9781403934161

Using Computers In History

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  • ISBN13:

    9781403934161

  • ISBN10:

    1403934169

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-10-22
  • Publisher: Red Globe Pr
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Summary

Historians use computers for everything from word-processing and preparing presentations to more complex tasks such as the digitization of text and analysis of historical databases. Sonja Cameron and Sarah Richardson provide a jargon-free guide to the skills involved, offering step-by-step instructions, practical examples and guides to further reading. This book provides an excellent introduction both for students seeking to acquire IT skills and for other scholars and practitioners, including family and local historians.

Author Biography

Sonja Cameron is e-learning Officer at the LTSN Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology. Sarah Richardson lectures in History at the University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii
List of Tables x
Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction: Information and Communications Technology and the Historian 1(10)
The historian's workstation
5(5)
Guide to further reading
10(1)
2 A Guide to Presentation for Historians 11(41)
Basic presentation guide
11(1)
Page numbers
12(2)
Headers and footers
14(1)
Referencing
15(6)
Quotations
21(1)
Bibliographies
21(3)
Bibliographic software
24(1)
Spellchecking and grammar checking
24(2)
Complex presentation guide
26(1)
Styles
26(9)
How to make a 'Table of Contents'
35(1)
Bookmarks and cross-referencing
36(1)
Making a backup of your document template
37(1)
Presentation using Powerpoint
37(14)
Guide to further reading
51(1)
3 History on the World Wide Web 52(20)
History and the World Wide Web
53(1)
Finding history sites
53(1)
The difference between subject directories, general directories and search engines
53(7)
Evaluating information on the World Wide Web
60(6)
Archives
66(2)
Sound and film archives
68(1)
Other useful online resources
69(1)
Book-marking a site
70(1)
Plagiarism and the World Wide Web
71(1)
Guide to further reading
71(1)
4 Historical Databases 72(35)
What is a database?
72(4)
Creating a database
76(11)
Analysis and information retrieval
87(11)
Methodological issues
98(7)
Further study
105(1)
Guide to further reading
106(1)
5 Spreadsheets and the Historian 107(28)
What is a spreadsheet?
107(1)
Calculations and statistics
108(10)
Spreadsheets and databases
118(3)
Presenting information
121(12)
Further study
133(1)
Guide to further reading
134(1)
6 Digital Texts and Images 135(19)
Computer-based text analysis
135(6)
Further study
141(1)
Acquiring and manipulating digital images
142(9)
Web pages
151(2)
Guide to further reading
153(1)
Glossary 154(12)
Further Reading 166(5)
Index 171

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