READ ME File For 'Pickwick in the Papers: Charles Dickens and the Politics of Remediation in the Newspaper Press, 1836-1870'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2181

Date that the file was created: April, 2022

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: DR KATIE VICTORIA HOLDWAY, University of Southampton [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4841-829X]

Date of data collection: 27/09/2018 - 31/01/2022

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
This work has an embargo period of three years 01/04/2022 - 01/04/2025 inclusive.

Recommended citation for the data:

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: Dr Katie Victoria Holdway
TITLE: 'Pickwick in the Papers: Charles Dickens and the Politics of Remediation in the Newspaper Press, 1836-1870'.

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:

1.	Database 1: “HOLDWAY_Katie_Victoria_26935902_Database_1”
2.	Database 2: “HOLDWAY_Katie_Victoria_26935902_Database_2”
3.	Database 3: “HOLDWAY_Katie_Victoria_26935902_Database_3”
4.	Coventry Standard Adaptation Part 1: “HOLDWAY_Katie_Victoria_26935902_Coventry_Standard_Adaptation_1”
5.	Coventry Standard Adaptation Part 2: “HOLDWAY_Katie_Victoria_26935902_Coventry_Standard_Adaptation_2”
6.	Hampshire Advertiser Adaptation: “HOLDWAY_Katie_Victoria_26935902_Hampshire_Advertiser_Adaptation”

If data was derived from another source, list source: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

If there are there multiple versions of the dataset, list the file updated, when and why update was made: N/A


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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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Methods for processing the data: Data were recorded via manual keyword searches of source archive

Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: Spot checks of every fourth or fifth record were performed, proportionate to database scale

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
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Database 1

Number of variables: 31

Number of cases/rows: 509

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: I.D.; N-Gram; Genre; Title of Piece; Title of Section; Weekday; Day; Month; Year; Newspaper; Page Number; Column Number; Excerpt 1; Excerpt 2; Excerpt 3; Excerpt 4; Excerpt 5; Excerpt 6; Excerpt 7; Excerpt 8; Excerpt 9; Excerpt 10; Excerpt 11; Preceding Article; Subsequent Article; Author; Pseudonym; Title; Publishers; Page Number; URL
 
Missing data codes: N/A

Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A

Database 2

Number of variables: 27

Number of cases/rows: 621

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: I.D.; N-Gram; Genre; Title of Piece; Title of Section; Weekday; Day; Month; Year; Newspaper; Page Number(s); Column Number(s); Details of Advert, Article, Letter, Review or Preamble; Excerpt 1; Excerpt Tag; Excerpt 2; Excerpt Tag; Excerpt 3; Excerpt Tag; Author; Pseudonym; Title; Publishers; Page Number; Preceding Article; Subsequent Article; URL
   
Missing data codes: N/A

Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A

Database 3

Number of variables: 24

Number of cases/rows: 545

Variable list, defining any abbreviations, units of measure, codes or symbols used: I.D.; N-Gram; Genre; Title of Piece; Title of Section; Weekday; Day; Month; Year; Newspaper; Page Number(s); Column Number(s); Topic 1; Topic 2; Geographical Comparison; Contents; Author; Pseudonym; Title; Publishers; Page Number; Preceding Article; Subsequent Article; URL

Missing data codes: N/A

Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: N/A