Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

Computing for historians : an introductory guide / Evan Mawdsley and Thomas Munck. - xvi, 231 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.



List of figures-- List of tables-- Preface-- Background-- Census: an introductory historical database Sources, resources, and approaches -- The Gorbals census datasetp189 -- CD-ROM and on-line historical-- History and computing: the second revolution-- Computer systems: an introduction-- Word processing for historians-- Structured sources-- Using a database: basic queries-- Enriching the information: coding and structure-- Simple statistics: description, correlation, and sampling-- More advanced database techniques: collective biography-- Tables and spreadsheets: voting and the census-- Using existing databases: economic perspectives-- Linking sources: comprehensive analysis of a community-- Beyond the database: text analysis, hypertext and Computer-Assisted Learning-- Pt.1. Pt.2. Pt.3. Appendix I: Appendix II:

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History--Data processing
Tarih--Veri işleme
Database management
Veri tabanı yönetimi

Data processing. Veri işleme.

D16.12 / .M38 1993