Research Guides @ Fordham: Digital Humanities: Instructional Books &amp; Tutorials

Tutorials & Library Databases

The following subscription-based databases offer books and tutorials on DH tools and research methods.

Books24x7 - Skillsoft This link opens in a new window
Wide range of full text instructional books covering technology topics. Publisher restrictions prevent downloading content. IE 8,9,&10 not supported.

LinkedIn Learning This link opens in a new window
Formerly known as Lynda.com. Offers a range of online tutorials on technology and design.

SAGE Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
Explore research methods and concepts to help design research projects. Can be used across many disciplines. Use Chrome or Firefox for Best Results.

Selected Open Access Instructional Books

Database Design - Second Edition by Adrienne Watt
B.C. Open Textbook Project, 2019.
The Missing Link : An Introduction to Web Development and Programming by Michael Mendez
Open SUNY Textbooks, 2014.
Python for Everybody : Exploring Data in Python 3 by Charles Severance
Self-published, 2016.
Tools for Podcasting by Jill Olmsted
American University, 2019.
What Is the Text Encoding Initiative? : How to Add Intelligent Markup to Digital Resources by Lou Bernard
OpenEdition Press, 2014.

Open Access Tutorials

The Programming Historian
A peer-reviewed set of tutorials from a global team of academics, archivists, and librarians available in English, Spanish, and French.

#dariahTeach - Open Educational Resources (OER) for Digital Arts and Humanities
Open access DH tutorials from Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH-EU).

Python Research Guide
Fordham's Python Research Guide by Katie Wolf, Science and Technology Librarian.

SSRC Labs - Doing Digital Scholarship
A self-guided introduction to digital scholarship from the Social Science Research Council designed for digital novices.

Storybench
Tutorials from Northeastern University's School of Journalism.

TEI by Example
Online tutorials moving users through the different stages of marking up a document in TEI (Text Encoding Initiative).

W3Schools.com
Reference resource for coding support along with tutorials and exercises on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more.

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