Humanities Computing / Introduction to Electronic Resources
The medallion entitled "Bookworm" aka ("Bibliomane") on Deering Library's stained glass
Breakout Sessions
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1:30 PM -- 2:30
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Cognition, Humanities, and Information Technology (IT): New Frontiers in Art Research |
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Description
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Digital projects are changing the landscape of art research. As cultural historian Johan Huizinga argued, our perception of history is primarily visual and artistic rather than intellectual — based on remembered images and forms rather than dates and facts. Think of Rome, and a triumphal arch may come to mind; the Middle Ages, a Gothic cathedral; China, Tiananmen square. Digital initiatives in art help to capture a rich sense of cultural history. This session focuses on image databases and digital projects, both locally and globally. The presenters will share experiences in current art history projects -- one well advanced and the other in the conceptual stage. Presentations will cover the accessibility of images on-line, new conceptual structures in humanities imaging, and connections of virtual reality to art historical studies. |
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Instructors
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Russ Clement, Art Librarian; Sarah Fraser, Associate Professor of Art History |
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Location
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PC Classroom B183, Lower Level |
Session Name |
Effective
Use of Electronic Journals
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Description
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Instructors will discuss the growth, development and importance
of electronic scholarly journals, pointing out the differences between
facsimile and html versions of e-journals and, more generally, differences
between print and electronic versions of specific titles. Through
examples, students will learn how the electronic journal format can
facilitate the development of entirely new types of research questions.
They will also learn how to locate e-journals, how to navigate between
individual journals and groups of publications, and how to find out
what is available to the Northwestern community. Section A will feature examples from literature journals, such as PMLA, while Section B examples will focus on historical examples, such as William & Mary Quarterly. Both sections will cover major collections, particularly JSTOR and Project Muse. In Section B, instructors will also give tips on locating and using certain kinds of digital information produced by government units. |
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Instructors
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Session A: Harriet Lightman, Bibliographer for History, Economics, and Philosophy; Scott Garton, Reference Librarian; Martin Mueller, Professor of English and Classics |
| Session B: Harriet Lightman, Bibliographer for History, Economics; Beth Clausen, Head, Government Publications & Maps Department; Henry Binford, Associate Professor of History | |
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Location
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Session A: New
Reference Classroom, # 2699A Session B: 2EAST Conference Room, # 2628, 2 East Tower |
Session Name |
Introduction to British Studies |
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Description
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This session will focus upon a variety of resources for the study of Britain from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Among the resources included will be the Early English Books Online (EEBO) project, a large-scale digitization project for pre-1700 British publications; the English Short Title Catalogue, a bibliographic resource for identifying published materials through the eighteenth century; the Internet Modern History Sourcebook; Palmer’s Index to the Times (with the accompanying full-text images), and large databases of literary texts from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. |
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Instructors
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William McHugh, Reference Collection Management Librarian; Ethan Shagan, Assistant Professor of History |
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Location
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Old Reference Classroom |
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Medieval/Early Modern Continental European Studies |
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Description
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The instructors will simulate research methods in medieval and early modern European religion, history, culture, arts, and literature by means of model questions and the variety of electronic tools available to help answer them. |
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Instructors
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Rochelle Elstein, Bibliographer for Religion, Jewish Studies, Journalism, Dance, Performance Studies, Radio/Television/ Film, Theatre, and Communication Studies; Richard Kieckhefer, Professor of Religion |
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Location
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2699B Library Staff Training Lab, 2EAST |
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2:45 PM -- 3:45
PM
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Bodies, Genders, and Beyond: Electronic Resources for Gender Studies |
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Description
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This workshop session will focus on the broad spectrum of resources including full texts, abstracts, directories, and other electronic material available to students whose investigations lead them to study women and men, gender and sexuality, and issues of cultural identity and sexual politics. In addition to suggesting effective search strategies and optimal electronic resources for initiating an investigation or research project, the workshop will also treat specialized resources in various humanities disciplines, depending upon participants' interests. |
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Instructors
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Denise Shorey; Head, Reference Department; Kristine Thorsen, Lecturer in German Department |
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Location
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New Reference Classroom, 2 East Tower |
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British National Corpus and Other Linguistic Corpora Online |
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Description
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Empirical research in linguistics today requires access to large corpora of natural language use in electronic form, together with data gathering and analysis tools that allow researchers to work with this material efficiently. This session will introduce you to several of our largest corpora, including the 100-million-word British National Corpus (and the analysis tool SARA), but also to other large bodies of recorded language that can be explored and manipulated easily, including the OED quotations file and the (new) extended backfile of the New York Times. |
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Instructors
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Jeffrey Garrett, Acting Bibliographer, American Literature, Linguistics, and Classics & Assistant University Librarian for Collection Management; Christopher Kennedy, Associate Professor of Linguistics |
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Location
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2EAST Conference Room, # 2628 |
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Electronic Resources for the Study of Philosophy and the History of Ideas |
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Description
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Participants will be shown some of the ways in which philosophers and students of the history of ideas use electronic materials in the course of beginning and pursuing a research project. In this session, instructors will examine the research possibilities of a variety of large philosophical and literary corpora, including the Past Masters series of philosophical texts, ARTFL and the Philologic system of the University of Chicago, and the Literary Theory database. |
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Instructors
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William McHugh, Reference Collection Management Librarian; Axel Mueller, Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
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Location
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PC Classroom B183 |
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Electronic Resources in American Literature, History, and Culture |
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Description
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This session will discuss online materials for the study of the United States, with an emphasis on bibliographical and related resources (including several excellent resources with user fees to which Northwestern subscribes and so are available without charge to our graduate students) and on primary source documents (both textual and visual). While the aim is this session is to offer a general overview, it will devote special attention to African American Studies in order to point out resources in this field in themselves and as an example of the kinds of materials available in other areas as well. |
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Instructors
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Kathleen Bethel, African American Studies Librarian; Carl Smith, Professor of English, American Studies, and History |
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Location
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Old Reference Classroom |
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Using Digital Resources for Teaching and Research in Slavic Languages and Cultures |
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Description
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Over the course of 10 years digital media have completely changed the way research and teaching are done in Slavic Languages and Cultures. Northwestern University's Slavic Department is a leader in web-based publication, our bi-lingual poetry anthology "From the Ends to the Beginnings" (www.russionpoetry.net) being only one example. In this session we will introduce students to what we are doing with digital media for teaching and research as well as well as show them a few useful tricks for their own research. |
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Instructors
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Thomas Mann, Bibliographer for Slavic Languages and Literatures; Elisabeth Elliott, Lecturer, Slavic Languages and Literatures |
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Location
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2699B Library Staff Training Lab, 2EAST |
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