Connected Histories: New Methodologies for Searching Distributed Electronic Sources -- 19 January 2010

The London Digital Humanities Group

'Connected Histories: New Methodologies for Searching Distributed Electronic Sources'

Tim Hitchcock (Hertfordshire) and Bob Shoemaker (Sheffield)

This paper, presented by the directors of the Old Bailey Proceedings Online, will introduce two new projects which will facilitate integrated searching of diverse datasets. The first, Plebeian Lives and the Making of Modern London, incorporates manuscript records from several London archives, the Old Bailey Proceedings, and historical datasets from the former AHDS, while the second, in partnership with the Institute of Historical Research, will create a federated search engine for over a dozen major electronic resources in British History, 1500-1900, including British History Online, EEBO, ECCO, the Burney Collection, and the Parliamentary Papers.

All scholars with an interest in digital humanities are welcome to attend. Early career researchers and PhD students are particularly welcome.

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