Digital sources and digital archives: historical evidence in the digital age | SpringerLink Advertisement Search Log in Search SpringerLink Search Research Article Published: 04 May 2020 Digital sources and digital archives: historical evidence in the digital age Trevor Owens  ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8857-388X1 & Thomas Padilla  ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6743-65922  International Journal of Digital Humanities (2020)Cite this article 2868 Accesses 96 Altmetric Metrics details Abstract As the cultural record becomes increasingly digital the evidentiary basis of history expands and shifts. How must historical scholarship change when the evidentiary basis shifts toward the digital? Through explorations of a series of born digital and digitized sources, we identify and discuss key issues relating to humanities scholars ability to develop claims and arguments grounded in digital sources and digital archives. 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Int J Digit Humanities (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42803-020-00028-7 Download citation Received: 06 July 2019 Accepted: 22 April 2020 Published: 04 May 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42803-020-00028-7 Keywords Digital history Historigraphy Research methods Collections as data Source criticism Digitization Archives Access options Buy single article Instant access to the full article PDF. US$ 39.95 Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout. Rent this article via DeepDyve. 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