Humanities Computing
/ Introduction to Electronic Resources
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British National Corpus and Other Linguistic Corpora Online |
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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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Jeff Garrett, Bibliographer for Linguistics and Assistant University Librarian for Collection Management |
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E-Sources for the Study of Medieval and Early Modern Continental Europe |
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A survey of digital resources in the medieval and Early modern period, with special emphasis on research opportunities created by full-text digital archives and appropriate search strategies to explore their query potential. |
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Martin Mueller, Professor of English |
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Effective Use of Electronic Journals |
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Beginning with JSTOR journals, the instructor will navigate among electronic versions of humanities journals, pointing out the differences -- where there are differences -- between print and electronic publications. Students will learn how to locate e-journals, and how to navigate between individual journals and groups of publications. |
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Harriet Lightman, Bibliographer for History, Economics, and Philosophy; and Beth Clausen, Head, Government Publications & Maps Department |
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Electronic Resources for the Study of the Early Modern British World |
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This session will focus upon the Early English Books Online (EEBO) project, a large-scale digitization project for pre-1700 British publications. We will also look at the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), a bibliographic resource for identifying published materials through the eighteenth century and, briefly, other large databases of literary texts from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. |
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Bill McHugh, Reference Collection Management Librarian |
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From the American Revolution to the First World War: An Introduction to Electronic Resources for the Study of the United States |
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The instructors will provide a general overview of electronic materials for the study of the American past, with an emphasis on primary sources. They will devote some attention to various bibliographic tools available for locating such resources, as well as to the different formats in which scholars can access primary source documents. |
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Harriet Lightman, Bibliographer for History; and Carl Smith, Professor of English, American Studies, and History |
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Gender Studies through Electronic Resources |
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Instructors will provide a general introduction to research materials in the broad area of gender studies, recognizing that many issues in this field cross disciplinary modes. |
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Sally Roberts, Reference Curriculum Integration Librarian, Reference Department; and Kristine Thorsen, Acting Bibliographer for Foreign Languages & Literatures and Lecturer in German, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (WCAS) |
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Introduction to Slavic Resources |
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This session will examine the various types of online bibliographic databases and full-text resources for Slavic literature. The types to be reviewed are: ABSEES Online: American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies; General resources for literature, including Slavic; Interdisciplinary resources, which include Slavic literature; NUcat, Electronic Resources finder, and Serials Solutions; Online Slavic-collection catalogs; Reciprocal Borrowing with the University of Chicago and interlibrary loan; Websites of important Slavic collections. |
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Tom Mann, Bibliographer for Slavic Languages & Literatures |
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Philosophical and Religious Studies Resources Online |
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Instructors will cover the ATLAS Full-text Plus Religion Database, Philosopher's Index, and the Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources in Theology. Students will also be introduced to the very rich InteLex Past Masters series of full-text philosophical works online. |
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Rochelle Elstein, Bibliographer for Religion & Jewish Studies; Sally Roberts, Curriculum Integration Librarian, Reference Department; and tbd. |
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Urban E-Spaces |
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The instructors will survey some important electronic resources for the interdisciplinary study and research of urbanism (city life, history and development, planning, architecture) by humanists. Participants will receive an overview of web sites, institutes, collections, databases, e-journals, bibliographies, finding aids, and similar resources, as well as electronic research strategies for humanists exploring urban subjects. The session will try to establish a continuing information exchange for Northwestern graduate students researching different aspects of urbanism and urban spaces. |
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Russ Clement, Art Librarian; and Carl Smith, Professor of English, American Studies, and History |
h-lightman@northwestern.edu
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