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From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection

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From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection. / Gregory, Ian Norman; Atkinson, Paul David; Hardie, Andrew et al.
In: Journal of Siberian Federal University: Humanities and social sciences, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2016, p. 994-1006.

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Gregory, IN, Atkinson, PD, Hardie, A, Joulain-Jay, A, Kershaw, D, Porter, C, Rayson, PE & Rupp, CJ 2016, 'From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection', Journal of Siberian Federal University: Humanities and social sciences, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 994-1006. <http://journal.sfu-kras.ru/en/article/20211/20189>

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Gregory, I. N., Atkinson, P. D., Hardie, A., Joulain-Jay, A., Kershaw, D., Porter, C., Rayson, P. E., & Rupp, C. J. (2016). From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection. Journal of Siberian Federal University: Humanities and social sciences, 9(4), 994-1006. http://journal.sfu-kras.ru/en/article/20211/20189

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Gregory IN, Atkinson PD, Hardie A, Joulain-Jay A, Kershaw D, Porter C et al. From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection. Journal of Siberian Federal University: Humanities and social sciences. 2016;9(4):994-1006.

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Gregory, Ian Norman ; Atkinson, Paul David ; Hardie, Andrew et al. / From digital resources to historical scholarship with the British Library 19th Century Newspaper Collection. In: Journal of Siberian Federal University: Humanities and social sciences. 2016 ; Vol. 9, No. 4. pp. 994-1006.

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