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Digital Scholarship Guides

SHUM 2750: Introduction to Humanities

Dataset questions to consider:

  • Who created the data set? Who is the data set about?
    • In what context/why was the data created or gathered?
  • What kinds of data are in the dataset?
  • What could you use this data for?
  • How is the data formatted?
  • If you wanted to use this dataset, how would you get access to it?
  • If you had to find a similar dataset to this one, how would you search?
  • How does this dataset compare to another dataset on the list? How are they different and how are they similar?

Project questions to consider:

  • Who created the project? Why did they create it?
  • Who is the audience of this project?
  • What platforms or tools are being used to create and/or host this project?
  • What kind of data does the project use or showcase? Who created the dataset?
  • Do you like the project? What do you like about it and why? What do you not like about it and why?
  • Is the project accessible?
    • Is it financially accessible (i.e. are there paywalls? Is it subscription-only?
    • Is the content accessible (i.e. how is it written? Could a non-expert understand the content?)

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