Methods of Working with Local Digital Resources on History: Foreign Experience and Russian Practices

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the best techniques and approaches to working with digital resources on history suitable for both scientific research and teaching. The methodological basis of this study was the author's methodology for measuring the level of students' involvement in working with digital resources on history. The conducted empirical research revealed this level to be average since as much as 98% of respondents turned to the resources of e-libraries for educational purposes, and 46% of interviewed used online-based historical archives for academic activity. The study showed that the main way of conducting historical research in the context of digitalization is to work with images and scanned copies of scientific papers. The obtained materials and conclusions can be included in the curricula of academic disciplines for students of historical specialties at the undergraduate and graduate levels of Russian and foreign universities.