Digital Archives and the Literature Classroom: Advancing Information Literacy through Queen Victoria's Journals

This article describes the implementation of and assessment findings for a digital archival assignment in the 3000‐level Victorian Literature and Culture course at Florida Gulf Coast University. The assignment utilized ProQuest's database, Queen Victoria's Journals, which comprises the ext...

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Published in:Pedagogy : critical approaches to teaching literature, language, culture, and composition language, culture, and composition, 2022-04, Vol.22 (2), p.295-307
Main Authors: Mattison, Laci, Tait-Ripperdan, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Literature and Literary Studies
Pedagogy and Higher Education
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Summary:This article describes the implementation of and assessment findings for a digital archival assignment in the 3000‐level Victorian Literature and Culture course at Florida Gulf Coast University. The assignment utilized ProQuest's database, Queen Victoria's Journals, which comprises the extant journals of Queen Victoria, and demonstrated the value of primary historical research and digital archives in enhancing student content knowledge, information literacy, and critical thinking.
ISSN:1531-4200
1533-6255
DOI:10.1215/15314200-9576485