How to make a database in historical studies / / Tiago Luís Gil

• Autore: Gil Tiago Luís
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (101 pages)
• Disciplina: 907.2
• Soggetto topico: History - Data processing; History; History - Research - Data processing; Història; Disseny de bases de dades; Dades de recerca; Processament de dades
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Some Theoretical and Methodical Questions -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 One Craftsman, One Operation -- 1.3 Dismantling Things in an Organized Way -- 1.4 On the Shoulders of Giants -- 1.4.1 The Experience of Father Busa in 1949 -- 1.4.2 The Colloquium of the École Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud, 1965 -- 1.4.3 Lawrence Stone in the Early 1970s -- 1.4.4 The First Computation Manual for Historians -- 1.4.5 Reconstructing Historical Communities: A Pioneering Project -- 1.4.6 Manfred Thaller and the Kleio -- 1.4.7 The Fichoz system -- References -- 2 Some Computer Issues -- 2.1 On Granularity -- 2.2 Database Models -- 2.2.1 Flat-File -- 2.2.2 Hierarchical -- 2.2.3 Graphs -- 2.2.4 Key-Value -- 2.2.5 Document-Oriented Databases -- 2.2.6 Relational Databases -- 2.2.7 Conceptual, Logical and Physical Models -- 2.3 Visual Form of Databases -- 2.3.1 Different Ways of Viewing Data -- 2.3.2 Colors -- 2.3.3 Forms -- 2.4 Technique and Theory: Everyday Problems and Practical Decisions -- 2.4.1 Homonyms -- 2.4.2 Update, Standardize or Maintain the Original? -- 2.4.3 Date Formats -- 2.4.4 Full Text or Excerpts? -- 2.4.5 Data Reuse -- 2.4.6 Fuzzy Information -- 2.4.7 The ``Remarks'', ``Comments'' and ``Notes'' Fields -- References -- 3 Research Engineering -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Initial Survey -- 3.2.1 Creation of Teams -- 3.2.2 Training -- 3.3 Collection Strategies (Archives Survival Tips) -- 3.4 Manual Filling of the Database -- 3.5 Importing Data and REGEX Usage -- 3.5.1 Importing Data (Analog) -- 3.6 Database Administration -- 3.6.1 Checking Data -- 3.7 Problems and Dangers in Collective Databases -- Reference -- 4 Constructing Databases: Some Concrete Examples -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Source-Centered Databases -- 4.2.1 Baptism Records -- 4.2.2 Public Deeds -- 4.2.3 Correspondence. ; 4.2.4 Dialogical Sources -- 4.3 Method-Centered Databases -- 4.3.1 Prosopography -- 4.3.2 Demographic Analysis (the ``Henry Method'') -- 4.3.3 Social Network Analysis -- 4.3.4 Multi-task Databases -- References -- Appendix A Original Documents (Chapter 1.3) -- A.1 Baptism Records Examples of Part 1.3, Example 1 -- A.2 Baptism Records Examples of Part 1.3, Example 2.
• Titolo autorizzato: How to Make a Database in Historical Studies
• ISBN: 3-030-78241-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495179403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology