HIST337 COMPUTER AIDED RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN HISTORY
| Course Code: | 2400337 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(2-1) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.0 |
| Department: | History |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer Dr. AHMET HÝLMÝ GÜVEN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
-Classification of conventional resources (archive, museum, 1 st Hand, 2 nd Hand, etc.) and their formats-Electronical resources and their types (converting conventional resources into digital technology and 1 st Hand e-sources)
-Recognition, processing and mutual conversion techniques of e-sources, installation and setup routines of the required software.
-Acknowledgement of e-archives in Turkey (State Archives, Grand National Assembly, National Library, etc.)and digital resources, e-library, e-books, e-articles, electronic databases
-Search for e-articles and access to texts (JSTOR, Academic Search, EBSCO, ERIC, Elsevier, Oxford, Google-academics, vs)
-Effective course search in leading engines (Google, Bing, etc)
-Access to e-dissertations, e-Theses, and processing techniques, library catalog systems, Library of Congress e-resources
-Reference and citation styles (APA, Chicago, MLA), citing methods of electronic resources including footnote, end note and bibliography
-Internet tools (http://,ftp://,telnet://) and required software protocols, access to historical texts and maps using ftp sources
-Web page techniques, launching a personal web-site and publishing