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Опубликованно: 14.12.2004.
Язык: Английский
Уровень: Средняя школа
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  • Эссе 'What Challenges Does Information Technology Pose for the Historian?', 1.
  • Эссе 'What Challenges Does Information Technology Pose for the Historian?', 2.
  • Эссе 'What Challenges Does Information Technology Pose for the Historian?', 3.
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During the past few years' students of Social Science, including History have come to recognise the immense value of the Information Technology (I.T) and computers as an aid to research. In the social sciences the computer has already become a basic tool, and historians, somewhat more slowly, have also begun to appreciate the rich potentialities of electronic data processing equipment. But it is clear that only a beginning has been made in the application of the new technology to the social sciences and humanities. It is certain that gradually increasing use will result not only in significant expansion of knowledge but also in modifications of scholarly habits and interests. The problem that will be faced by many including historians will be is it trustworthy. Trust is a confident reliance on the integrity, honesty, or justice of another, exists as a medium in the pursuit of knowledge. Becoming visible in various varieties, our lives encompass evident amounts of trust. …

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