Digital Databases and Archives
The growing online availability of full-text primary and
secondary sources creates new and different opportunities for working
with archival sources. Below is a (by no means comprehensive) list of
useful digital archives and databases in the humanities.
The readings below examine the construction, use, and impact of digital archives such as those listed above:
- Brogan, M., and D.
Rentfrow. A Kaleidoscope of Digital American Literature,
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and
Digital Library Federation, 2005.
- Crane, Gregory, and Amy Friedlander. 2008. Many More than a Million: Building
the Digital Environment for the Age of Abundance. Washington, D.C.:
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), March 1.
- Henry, Charles, Lisa Spiro, Geneva Henry, Paul Courant,
Matthew Nielsen, Kathlin Smith, and Roger C. Schonfeld. 2010. The Idea of Order: Transforming
Research Collections for 21st Century Scholarship. Washington,
D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), June.
- Proffitt,
Merrilee, and Jennifer Schaffner. 2008. The Impact of Digitizing Special
Collections on Teaching and Scholarship: Reflections on a Symposium about
Digitization and the Humanities. Dublin, OH: Online Computer Library Center (OCLC),
July.
- Segal, Jane, Lisa
Spiro, and Pamela Francis. 2007. The Impact of Digital Resources on
Humanities Research.
Houston, TX: Rice University, May.
