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Databases in Historical Research

Theory, Methods and Applications

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  1. Charles Harvey
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  2. Jon Press
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Databases in Historical Research

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 1-21

  3. Database Concepts and Terminology

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 22-46

  4. Database Management Software

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 47-72

  5. The Database Project Life-Cycle

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 73-101

  6. Database Design and Implementation

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 102-146

  7. Information Retrieval

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 147-187

  8. Source-Oriented Database Systems

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 188-221

  9. Coding and Record Linkage

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 222-256

  10. Conclusion: Databases and the Future of Historical Computing

    • Charles Harvey, Jon Press
    Pages 257-260

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 261-331
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About this book

This textbook builds knowledge progressively and sympathetically, from first principles to advanced topics. The authors explain how to take a project from the specification stage to completion, and offer guidance on choice of approach, techniques, hardware and software. Key ideas are presented in a readily understandable form through the use of diagrams and summary boxes, and the text is brought to life through the use of case studies. An ideal handbook for the undergraduate, postgraduate and professional historian embarking on a dissertation or historical research.
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About the authors

CHARLES HARVEY is Professor of Business History and Management, and Director of the School of Management, at Royal Holloway, University of London.

JON PRESS is Professor of History and Dean of Humanities at Bath College of Higher Education.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Databases in Historical Research

  • Book Subtitle: Theory, Methods and Applications

  • Authors: Charles Harvey, Jon Press

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24392-1

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 347

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Historiography and Method

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