The Renovation of Historical Researching Tools in the Internet Era: The Applications of Academic Databases in Historical Studies
Luo Xua · 2003
With the rapid development of digitalization and the widespread of Internet, there appear various kinds of academic databases. Accordingly, the formats, structures, functions and existing environment of the carriers for academic files have changed fundamentally. As a novel kind of historical researching tool, database is bring radical transformation to the ways historians conducttheir research in the following aspects: increasing the efficiency of research work, changing the nature of every step for material collection, tracing the latest academic trend, and enriching researching sources, etc.. Therefore, databases will trigger a renovation in traditional historical studies.