The microcomputer in historical research: accessing commercial databases

Collection article | Sammelwerksbeitrag

The objective of this essay is to describe the uses to which large automated information files may be put by historians who have access to microcomputers. The information files to which I am referring are generally bibliographic files that contain many thousands of citations relevant to the research interests of historians. Some of them exist in both printed and computerized, or "on-line" versions. However, since I want to discuss the use of these files in the context of such criteria as the speed and efficiency with which they can be used, I will discuss only the on-line version of any given file or information service.

Object Details

• ISBN: 3-922661-30-0
• Extent: Seite(n): 217-231
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Datenbanken und Datenverwaltungssysteme als Werkzeuge historischer Forschung; Historisch-Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungen : quantitative sozialwissenschaftliche Analysen von historischen und prozeß-produzierten Daten (20)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen ; Information und Dokumentation, Bibliotheken, Archive ; Einsatz ; Computer ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Datenbank ; Index

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rowney, Don Karl
• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Thaller, Manfred
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Scripta Mercaturae Verl.
• (where): Deutschland, St. Katharinen
• (when): 1986

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-341561
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST