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

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

Pedagogy

The article reports on the implementation of a digitial archival assignment in an upper-level Victorian Literature and Culture course at Florida Gulf Coast University. The assignment had students utilize ProQuest’s database, Queen Victoria’s Journals, a database composed of the journals of Queen Victoria. The implementation of digital archives in the course showed the value of primary historical research and emphasized the ways in which digital archives enhance student content knowledge, information literacy, and critical thinking skills.

Mattison, Laci
Tait-Ripperdan, Rachel

Duke University Press

2022-04

Katherine Weiss

Journal Article

DOI: 10.1215/15314200-9576485

Mattison, Laci, and Rachel Tait-Ripperdan. “Digital Archives and the Literature Classroom: Advancing Information Literacy through Queen Victoria’s Journals.” Pedagogy : critical approaches to teaching literature, language, culture, and composition 22, no. 2 (2022): 295–307.