Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bair, Sheila
• Carlson, Sharon

Titel

Where Keywords Fail: Using Metadata to Facilitate Digital Humanities Scholarship

Ist Teil von

• Journal of library metadata, 2008, Vol.8 (3), p.249-262

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Primary sources are foundational to digital humanities research. Their study is a valuable part of developing critical thinking skills in students. Enhancing access to these "hidden" resources through digitization is a valuable service to scholars, students, and educators. However, merely scanning and providing full-text keyword searchability may not fully meet the needs of digital humanities scholars. Abbreviations, obsolete and regional word usage, idioms, misspellings and alternate spellings, and omissions in primary sources make keyword searching difficult. The addition of metadata in the form of normalized name headings and topics greatly enhances the research experience and saves the time of users.