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Rosenzweig, Roy – International Journal of Oral History, 1984
Microcomputers can offer much assistance in one of the major problems that faces virtually every oral history program--organizing, manipulating, and making available the vast quantities of historical data collected. How to automate an oral history program is described. The database management system dBASE II is discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Processing, Higher Education, Local History
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Armstrong, Thomas F.; Fennell, Janice C. – RQ, 1982
Describes project initiated at Georgia College to provide access to the information in small-town newspapers by developing an index-abstract for the Milledgeville, Georgia, "Southern Recorder" and its successors (1820-present). The nature of the index project, subject terms, funding, and the use of computers are discussed. Seven…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Grants, Indexes, Indexing
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Frisch, Michael; Watts, Dorothy L. – International Journal of Oral History, 1980
Examines the process by which oral history materials become public historical documents. As a case study, the article focuses on an interview-based article in the "New York Times" on unemployment in Buffalo, New York. Topics discussed include interview techniques, editorial policy, relevance, and social consciousness. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Analysis, Data Processing, Methods
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Hearty, John A.; Rohrbaugh, Valerie K. – Online Review, 1989
Examines possible reasons for the slow adoption of full text primary literature online by users. Areas discussed include the lack of complete online files, competition with better known sources, isolation of full text files, and the slow adoption of online services in general. Possible future developments are discussed. (three references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Storage Devices, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
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Martinsen, David; And Others – Online Review, 1989
Describes the method used by the American Chemical Society to keyboard its primary journals directly into a publishing database, which is then used to produce printed journals and create an online full text file. The use of a generalized mark-up format to convert journals not keyboarded in such a manner is suggested. (four references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Data Processing, Database Design, Database Producers, Electronic Journals
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Hramiak, Alison – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2005
Much of what can be described as online learning research and analysis advocates the use of software not only to collect the data, for example via an application such as a virtual learning environment, but also to analyze it, using a package such as NUDIST© or NVivo©. The intention of this article is to provide an alternative method of data…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Computer Software