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Voyant Tools – VA_Word_1
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Voyant Tools 2.0 Example
Word #1 – “good” from the Corpus Word #2 – “slaves” from the Corpus Word #1 – “good” from Virginia Word #1 – “good” from Alabama Word #2 – “slaves” from Virginia Word #1 – “slaves” from Alabama
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Why Metadata Matters
Using this example from the JSTOR database, Equilibrium in the Jungle: The metadata describes the object image, title, authors, object type, object’s tags, publisher, and abstract. The metadata of this object does not describe the location or when it was originally published. It allows me to ask why this item was digitized, what was its importance? I believe that metadata is important because it gives the user more information about an object. They can then use it for various reasons, i.e. academic, personal, etc. The JSTOR example references some of the standard metadata fields but I would like to be able to have more data and other ways of viewing the…
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Database Review
Overview Looking at the JSTOR database, it provides digitized searchable historical journals and books. Search The JSTOR database search options are being able to by author, item title, abstract and caption. One can then take those results and filter by item type, language, publication date, ISBN, and journal or book title. Facts The date ranges from 1545-2014 Publisher is Ithaka Object type is Array Able to export images Able to make facsimile images Full text is searchable History/Provenance https://about-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/mission-history/ Reviews N/A Access Access without subscription and has public domain content Info from the Publisher https://about-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/publishers/ Other Info https://about-jstor-org.mutex.gmu.edu/news/ Citing Able to cite sources in MLA, APA, Chicago, and export the…
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A Guide to Digitization
This activity showed that digitization of objects can prove useful and informative but it has its limits. The photos and videos shown here are what I used in the activity.
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A Definition of Digital Humanities
I believe that defining what Digital Humanities (DH) is can be complex. The best way that I can describe it as, knowing who is doing the work, what technologies being used, and what do they want to accomplish and why. From the early 2000s to present-day, those involved in this field have been struggling to define what it is that they do and how. This field has begun to standardize what technology is used and how but it is mostly by trial and error. What can they do to make their subject enjoyed by the public? In order to accomplish this there has been a shift of how the information…