What is DH?
Digital humanities can be understood both as a field in its own right and as a way of identifying digital research and project development efforts in specific humanities fields. More broadly, it also refers to any digital activity that furthers research in the humanities, or assists in the scholarly activities of its practitioners. Some of these activities may operate outside of any particular humanities field: for example, digital publishing or digital libraries.
Flanders & Mylonas. "Digital Humanities," Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (3rd ed.)
Introductions to the Field
Defining Digital Humanities by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9781409469636Publication Date: 2013This reader brings together the essential readings that have emerged in Digital Humanities. It provides a historical overview of how the term 'Humanities Computing' developed into the term 'Digital Humanities', and highlights core readings which explore the meaning, scope, and implementation of the field.
The Digital Humanities by ISBN: 9781107013193Publication Date: 2015The Digital Humanities is a comprehensive introduction and practical guide to how humanists use the digital to conduct research, organize materials, analyze, and publish findings.
A New Companion to Digital Humanities by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9781118680599Publication Date: 2016Brings together a global team of authors who are pioneers of innovative research in the digital humanities. Surveys the past, present, and future of the field, offering essential research for anyone interested in better understanding the theory, methods, and application of the digital humanities.
Interdisciplining Digital Humanities by ISBN: 0472052543Publication Date: 2015-01-05Interdisciplining Digital Humanities sorts through definitions and patterns of practice over roughly sixty-five years of work, providing an overview for specialists and a general audience alike. It is the only book that tests the widespread claim that Digital Humanities is interdisciplinary.
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