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THEORETICAL

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Thomas III, William G. "Computing and the Historical Imagination." in A Companion to Digital Humanities. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publications, 2004, 56-68.

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Digital Humanities

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History and Computing

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Digital History

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APPLIED

Project Planning

Palmer, Carole L. "Thematic Research Collections."  chapter 24 in, A Companion to Digital Humanities Malden, MA: Blackwell Publications, 2004, 348-365.

Pitti, Daniel V. "Designing Sustainable Projects and Publications." chapter 31 in, A Companion to Digital Humanities Malden, MA: Blackwell Publications, 2004, 471-487.

Copyright

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Scanning and Digital Imaging

Conway, Paul. Digital Technology Made Simpler, Technical Leaflet, Section 5, Leaflet 4. Northeast Document Conservation Center, 1999. Online at http://www.nedcc.org/plam3/tleaf54.htm

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Electronic Text and Markup

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GIS

Knowles, Anne Kelly, Ed. Past Time, Past Place: GIS for History. Redlands, CA: ESRI, 2002.

Design and Navigation

Horton, Sarah. Web Teaching Guide: A practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.

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Kirschenbaum, Matthew G. So the Colors Cover the Wires : Interface, Aesthetics, and Usability,  chapter 34 in, A Companion to Digital Humanities Malden, MA: Blackwell Publications, 2004, 523-542.

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Narrative & Writing for Digital Media

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PEDAGOGY

Barrett, Edward, Deborah A. Levinson and Suzana Lisanti. The MIT Guide to Teaching Web Site Design. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2001.

Syllabi

Thomas III, William G. History 970 Syllabus. University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

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