Computers, History, and Historians: Converging Cultures?.

Burton, Orville Vernon

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ERIC Number: EJ445212

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Publication Date: 1991

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Computers, History, and Historians: Converging Cultures?

Burton, Orville Vernon

History Microcomputer Review, v7 n2 p11-23 Fall 1991

Explores the increased use of computers in the humanities. Discusses computer applications in dissertation writing, research databases, classroom teaching, professional communication, and statistical analysis. Cites problems with data entry and sampling, record linkage, and resistance among some historians to new technologies. (SG)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Data Processing, Databases, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Higher Education, Historians, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Technological Advancement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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