Databases in historical research : theory, methods, and applications
- Title
- Databases in historical research : theory, methods, and applications / Charles Harvey and Jon Press.
- Published by
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.
- Author
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- Description
- xvi, 331 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Subject
- Contents
- 1. Databases in Historical Research -- Case Study A: Investigating Regional Economies: The Gloucester Portbooks Database / Peter Wakelin and David Hussey -- 2. Database Concepts and Terminology -- Case Study B: The Register of Music in London Newspapers, 1660-1800 / Catherine Harbor -- 3. Database Management Software -- Case Study C: Hypermedia Database Management Systems: Microcosm as a Research Tool / Frank Colson -- 4. The Database Project Life-Cycle -- Case Study D: Creating a Machine-Readable Version of the 1881 Census of England and Wales / Matthew Woollard -- 5. Database Design and Implementation -- Case Study E: Indicators of Regional Economic Disparity: The Geography of Economic Distress in Britain before 1914 / David Gilbert and Humphrey Southall -- 6. Information Retrieval -- Case Study F: Analysing Social Structure and Political Behaviour using Poll and Rate Books: The Westminster Historical Database / Edmund Green -- 7. Source-Oriented Database Systems --
- Case Study G: Community Reconstruction and the Viana Do Castelo Database / Jean Colson -- 8. Coding and Record Linkage -- Case Study H: Researching the Population History of England / Kevin Schurer -- 9. Conclusion: Databases and the Future of Historical Computing.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-319) and index.