Digital Humanities Coursebook

<p><em>The Digital Humanities Coursebook</em> provides critical frameworks for the application of digital humanities tools and platforms which have become an integral part of work across a wide range of disciplines. </p><p>Written by an expert with twenty years of experience in this field the book is focused on the principles and fundamental concepts for application rather than on specific tools or platforms. Each chapter contains examples of projects tools or platforms that demonstrate these principles in action. The book is structured to complement courses on digital humanities and provides a series of modules each of which is organized around a set of concerns and topics thought experiments and questions as well as specific discussions of the ways in which tools and platforms work. The book covers a wide range of topics and clearly details how to integrate the acquisition of expertise in data metadata classification interface visualization network analysis topic modeling data mining mapping and web presentation with issues in intellectual property sustainability privacy and the ethical use of information. </p><p>Written in an accessible and engaging manner <i>The Digital Humanities Coursebook </i>will be a useful guide for anyone teaching or studying a course in the areas of digital humanities library and information science English or computer science. The book will provide a framework for direct engagement with digital humanities and as such should be of interest to others working across the humanities as well.</p>