Abstract:This short reflection considers how the Eighteenth Century Collections Online database has changed scholarship, sometimes for the worse. Through the example of a paper I wrote on the Pacific Northwest sea otter trade in Canada, I argue that more texts do not equal more knowledge. This essay suggests two positive ways digital resources can assist eighteenth-century studies: freetext searches of primary texts and humanities-based linked knowledge such as Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles.

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思考：关于使用数据库的论文汇编

摘要：这篇简短的反思考虑了 18 世纪在线收藏数据库如何改变学术，有时甚至更糟。通过我写的一篇关于加拿大太平洋西北海獭贸易的论文的例子，我认为更多的文本并不等于更多的知识。这篇文章提出了数字资源可以帮助 18 世纪研究的两种积极方式：原始文本的自由文本搜索和基于人文的相关知识，例如奥兰多：不列颠群岛的女性写作。