The Microcomputer in Historical Research: Accessing Commercial Databases.

Rowney, Don Karl

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ERIC Number: EJ312872

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Publication Date: 1985

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The Microcomputer in Historical Research: Accessing Commercial Databases.

Rowney, Don Karl

History Teacher, v18 n2 p227-42 Feb 1985

Online information services (e.g., DIALOG, ORBIT) and computer databases (e.g., Social Sciences Citation Index, Historical Abstracts) that historians can use in their historical research are discussed. The important differences among representative databases are described. (RM)

Descriptors: Databases, Historians, History, Information Retrieval, Library Materials, Microcomputers, Reference Materials, Research Skills, Research Tools, Researchers, Resource Materials

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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