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McIntush, Karen E.; Pierce, Robin; McIntush, Elizabeth; Alcala, Angel; Garza, Karla A.; Hardin, Emily; Lawson, Lindsey; Ramirez, Robyn; Torres, Salma; Waheed, Uzair; Yarbrough, Deshaun; Burlbaw, Lynn M. – American Educational History Journal, 2019
The combination of two technological tools, Microsoft Excel and ArcGIS, has proved powerful in organizing, categorizing, and expressing data visually in meaningful ways. The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has found its way into historical research due to its interdisciplinary nature and usefulness. The goal of this paper is not to…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational History, Data Analysis, Geographic Information Systems
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Kinney, John M. – College and Research Libraries, 1971
Sixteen Texas libraries, in June 1969, founded the Texas Consortium to Microfilm Mexican Archival Resources in a cooperative effort to preserve Mexican records for research. Members of the Texas Consortium choose an area of Mexico in which they wish to work, and the Consortium coordinates activities. (7 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Archives, Consortia, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Campbell, Randolph B. – 1978
Information from local records can be used in a variety of ways to strengthen and add interesting detail to undergraduate history courses on slavery in the United States. Specifically, the author describes the use of county records to teach about slavery in Texas before the Civil War. Four sources of records can be consulted: (1) United States…
Descriptors: Archives, Colonial History (United States), Data Collection, Higher Education