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Composition Students Online: Database Searching in the Undergraduate Research Paper Course.

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Kollmeier, Harold H.; Staudt, Kathleen Henderson – Computers and the Humanities, 1987

Discusses the use of databases for research by undergraduates in the standard freshman research paper course. Explains how students were introduced to database operations and uses. Discusses some perceived problems and enumerates benefits of this program. (AEM)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Experiential Learning, Higher Education

DOC 1988: The Modernization of a Chinese Dialect Dictionary on Computer.

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Yaruss, Jonathan Scott – Computers and the Humanities, 1990

Reviews improvements to the Dictionary on Computer (DOC) research system redesigned by the University of California Berkeley Project on Linguistic Analysis. Emphasizes the redesigned program's greater accessibility since its introduction into a microcomputer environment. Underscores DOC's research value for studying the history of Chinese…

Descriptors: Chinese, Coding, Computational Linguistics, Computer Uses in Education

The Century of Prose Corpus: A Half-Million Word Historical Data Base.

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Milic, Louis T. – Computers and the Humanities, 1995

Describes the structure, purpose, and some of the idiosyncracies of the Century of Prose Corpus. The database covers English prose for the 1675-1780 period. Part A consists of 20 major authors; part B contains 100 secondary authors. Selections vary in length and allow scholars to search for comparisons and inconsistencies. (MJP)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Technology, English Literature

Weighing the Evidence: Legal Discourse in the 19th-Century Spanish Feminist Concepcion Arenal.

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Irizarry, Estelle – Computers and the Humanities, 1995

Utilizes a computer program to search for legal terminology in Concepcion Arenal's 1861 treatise "The Woman of the Future." Arenal appropriated two different types of legal discourse in her work. Discusses the problems this presented for linguistic analyses. Includes fascinating details on Arenal and her work. (MJP)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Educational Change, Educational Technology