From: "Hansen, Dave" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 01:58:00 +0000 Dear Ann, You question may be more aimed at the text mining scientific literature, so my apologies if this is not entirely responsive-- Some resources regarding text mining and the digital humanities are available here: http://www.matthewjockers.net/ (many slides, presentations, and notes on his forthcoming book, Macroanalysis: Digital Methods and Literary History, UIUC Press, 2013). You will have to wait for Matt's book to come out. In the meantime, I think one of the best (and most concise) summaries of text-mining applications in the field of the digital humanities is Franco Moretti's well-known book "Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History" (Verso, 2005). Also perhaps of interest are some resources on the legality of copying of works (under the doctrine of fair use) to enable text-mining uses. Only applicable in the US, but still worth looking through: Brief of Digital Humanities and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Authors Guild v. Google, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2102542 . The brief itself has many citations to other good works. Essentially the same brief was filed in the HathiTrust case, and was cited approvingly by the court in its decision in favor of HathiTrust. See http://thepublicindex.org/docs/cases/hathitrust/156-opinion.pdf (at p. 16, foot note 22). Best, Dave David R. Hansen Digital Library Fellow Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic UC Berkeley School of Law [log in to unmask]