Main Library.
Photograph by Kalev Leetaru.
Digital
humanities (also known as humanities computing, or digital
scholarship)
is broadly defined as the teaching, learning, and researching
of humanities subjects via computing or computational tools. It
is a research approach that
embraces an array of activities, including--but not limited
to--electronic publishing, text encoding, as well as data archiving,
mining,
and visualization. Typical subjects
covered by digital humanities are art, history, linguistics,
literature, music, and pedagogy.
This guide serves as an introduction to digital humanities research. Geared toward students and faculty, its purpose is to:
- help users locate books and articles about digital humanities at the UIUC Main Library
- educate them about some of the tools used in the field
- reference
a few current digital
humanities projects
as examples and inspiration
- suggest possible courses to take at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science in order to learn more about digital humanities research
Most images on these pages are linked to a
corresponding URL. For print-out convenience, a list of the URLs
used in these pages is provided at the end of this site.
