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Electronic bookshelf or electronic library? An examination of the medieval and early modern data bank
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Abstract This article attempts to illustrate the use of computer databanks in history by examining the Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank (MEMDB). The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank, of which both an on-line version and a CD-ROM are under construction, will contain an expanding collection of historical... mehr
This article attempts to illustrate the use of computer databanks in history by examining the Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank (MEMDB). The Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank, of which both an on-line version and a CD-ROM are under construction, will contain an expanding collection of historical monetary, price and wage data, concentrating on the geographical area of the Low Countries, France, England and north-west Germany in the period 800-1800. MEMDB has European offices in Leiden and Brussels. Since 1988 MEMDB offers a PC-prototype which contains 13,256 medieval currency exchange rate quotations. The article observes from a number of different angles the choices and decisions that were made by MEMDB. It relates to questions concerning the theoretical requirements and limitations of historical data banks and examines in which way MEMDB has dealt with these problems.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Geschichtswissenschaft; Datenbank; Neuzeit; Mittelalter
Klassifikation
Information und Dokumentation, Bibliotheken, Archive
Methode
deskriptive Studie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
1993
Seitenangabe
S. 213-229
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 18 (1993) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.18.1993.2.213-229
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)