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Historical Research Techniques: Teaching with Database Exercises on the Microcomputer
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Burton, Vernon Blomeyer, Robert Fukada, Atsushi White, Steven J. |
| Copyright Year | 1987 |
| Description | Critical analysis is the basis of the liberal arts education, and computer analysis is so much a part of contemporary society that liberal arts majors need to learn to assess the veracity of computer-derived information just as they do the sources for a historical monograph. It is increasingly clear that humanists should acquire basic understandings of the use of the computer. Jobs for traditionally trained liberal arts majors are scarce, and computer skills will make history graduates more competitive in the job market. We are not necessarily suggesting that all historians understand “computerese,” or the way some computer users talk to one another. What is important for the historian, or for any humanistic scholar for that matter, is the ability to understand the algorithm, or in the language of the humanist, the logic of how a computer program operates to produce output. This is also essential if scholars in the humanities are to be able to understand and evaluate the new social science research. |
| Related Links | https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/2142/2298/1/file_1.pdf https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/850B17976B647C701ED7AE2FD7503F4E/S0145553200015947a.pdf/div-class-title-historical-research-techniques-teaching-with-database-exercises-on-the-microcomputer-div.pdf |
| Ending Page | 448 |
| Page Count | 16 |
| Starting Page | 433 |
| ISSN | 01455532 |
| e-ISSN | 15278034 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0145553200015947 |
| Journal | Social Science History |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 1987-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Social Science History Liberal Arts Arts Majors |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | History Social Sciences |
