@article {deswarte_growing_2010,
	title = {Growing the {\textquoteleft}Faith in Numbers{\textquoteright}: Quantitative Digital Resources and Historical Research in the Twenty-First Century},
	journal = {Journal of Victorian Culture},
	volume = {15},
	number = {2},
	year = {2010},
	note = {00001},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {281{\textendash}286},
	abstract = {This article reflects on the influence of computing on modern, historical research. This article "is based on the experiences of the History Data Service (HDS) which preserves and disseminates a collection of almost 700 mainly quantitative datasets." The biggest advantage of resources like those included under the umbrella of HDS is "that they allow straightforward access to high quality digital images and transcriptions of the original source documents." Importantly, Deswarte highlights that in order to use a resource properly, the user must understand how the material was created and what the resource{\textquoteright}s "key characteristics are." To conclude Deswarte notes that historical data should be conceptualized as mediated through both the technology and its principal creator. },
	issn = {1355-5502},
	doi = {10.1080/13555502.2010.491665},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13555502.2010.491665},
	author = {Deswarte, Richard}
}