Publications for Melodee Wood
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Journal Articles
Hauswedell, T, Nyhan, J, Beals, M, Terras, M, Bell, E (2020)
Of global reach yet of situated contexts: an examination of the implicit and explicit selection criteria that shape digital archives of historical newspapers,
Archival Science, 20, pp.139-165, ISSN: 1389-0166. DOI:
10.1007/s10502-020-09332-1.
Beals, M (2019)
Close readings of big data: Triangulating patterns of textual reappearance and attribution in the Caledonian Mercury, 1820-1840,
Victorian Periodicals Review, 51(4), pp.616-639, ISSN: 0709-4698. DOI:
10.1353/vpr.2018.0046.
Beals, M (2017)
Scissors and paste: The Georgian reprints, 1800–1837,
Journal of Open Humanities Data, 3, DOI:
10.5334/johd.8.
Beals, M (2017)
Stuck in the middle: Developing research workflows for multi-scale text analysis,
Journal of Victorian Culture, ISSN: 1750-0133. DOI:
10.1080/13555502.2017.1301178.
Beals, M (2017)
Review of Jude Piesse, British Settler Emigration in Print, 1832–87 (2016),
Journal of European Periodical Studies, 1(2), pp.133-136, ISSN: 2506-6587. DOI:
10.21825/jeps.v1i2.3859.
Beals, MH (2013)
Rapunzel and the Ivory Tower: How Open Access Will Save the Humanities (from Themselves),
Journal of Victorian Culture, 18(4), pp.543-550, ISSN: 1750-0133. DOI:
10.1080/13555502.2013.865977.
Beals, MH (2009)
The Sojouring Settler: Transatlantic Networks and Identities in the British-American Tobacco Trade, 1740-1841,
Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies, 3(1), pp.157-173, ISSN: 1753-2396.
Beals, M (2008)
‘Passengers wishing to embrace this commodious conveyance, will apply immediately’: the rise in emigrant passage advertising in the Scottish Borders, 1800–1830,
International Journal of Regional and Local History, 4(1), pp.21-46, ISSN: 2051-4530. DOI:
10.1179/jrl.2008.4.1.21.
Beals, M (2007)
Caledonian Canaan: The Scotch-American Company of Farmers (SACF) and Scottish Cultural Identity in Colonial New England,
International Review of Scottish Studies, 30, ISSN: 1923-5755. DOI:
10.21083/irss.v30i0.152.
Beals, MH (2005)
Caledonian Canaan: Scottish Cultural Identity in Colonial New England as Demonstrated by the Scotch-American Company of Farmers,
International Review of Scottish Studies, 30, pp.42-85, ISSN: 1923-5763.
Books
Beals, MH (2011) Coin, Kirk, Class and Kin Emigration, Social Change and Identity in Southern Scotland, Peter Lang Pub Incorporated, ISBN: 9783034302524.
Chapters
Beals, M (2020)
Transnational exchanges. In Finkelstein, D (ed)
The Edinburgh History of the British and Irish Press, Volume 2: Expansion and Evolution, 1800-1900, Edinburgh University Press,ISBN: 9781474424882.
Beals, M (2016)
The role of the Sydney Gazette in the creation of Australia in the Scottish public sphere. In
Historical Networks in the Book Trade, © Routledge, pp.0-0, ISBN: 9781848935891.
Internet Publications
Beals, M, Bell, E, Cordell, R, Fyfe, P, Galina Russell, I, Hauswedell, T, Neudecker, C, Nyhan, J, Ovia, M, Padó, S, Peña Pimentel, M, Rose, L, Salmi, S, Terras, M, Viola, L (2020)
The Atlas of Digitised Newspapers and Metadata: Reports from Oceanic Exchanges. DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.11560059.
Datasets
Hauswedell, T, Nyhan, J, Beals, M, Terras, M, Bell, E (2020)
Interview questionnaire about the selection criteria used by digital archives of historical newspapers, DOI:
10.17028/rd.lboro.11602755.
Beals, M and Bell, E (2020)
Full Map of Digitised Newspaper Metadata, DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.11560110.
Beals, MH (2016)
Scissors and Paste: The Georgian Reprints, 1800-1837, DOI:
10.5281/zenodo.200399.
Beals, MH (2015)
Scissors and Paste Core Dataset and Derived Data v1.0.0, DOI:
10.5281/zenodo.33682.
Beals, MH
16 Re-Visualisations of The Caledonian Mercury, 16 June 1825, by Source Type and Source Location with legends and associated data, DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.5998496.v1.
Beals, MH
16 Re-Visualisations of The Caledonian Mercury, 15 June 1820, by Source Type and Source Location with legends and associated data, DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.5998502.v1.
Beals, MH
16 Re-Visualisations of The Caledonian Mercury, 15 June 1840, by Source Type and Source Location with legends and associated data, DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.6011597.v1.
Beals, MH
Likely percentage of the optical character recognised word count of the average issue of the Caledonian Mercury for a given year to be duplicate material, with associated data, DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.6011630.v1.
Beals, MH
16 Re-Visualisations of The Caledonian Mercury, 15 June 1835, by Source Type and Source Location with legends and associated data, DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.5998454.v1.
Beals, MH
16 Re-Visualisations of The Caledonian Mercury, 14 June 1830, by Source Type and Source Location with legends and associated data, DOI:
10.6084/m9.figshare.5998493.v1.
Other
Beals, MH (2014)
The American Idea of England, 1776–1840. DOI:
10.1016/j.jhg.2014.05.007.
BEALS, MH (2014)
Reading the Scottish Enlightenment: Books and Their Readers in Provincial Scotland, 1750‐1820. By MARKTOWSEY. Leiden: Brill. 2010. 361 p. €104 (hb). ISBN 978‐90‐04‐18432‐9. DOI:
10.1111/1754-0208.12061.
BEALS, MH (2013)
The Shaping of Scottish Identities: Family, Nation, and the Worlds Beyond. Edited by JODI A.CAMPBELL, ELIZABETHEWEN and HEATHERPARKER. Guelph, Ontario: Centre for Scottish Studies, University of Guelph. 2011. 263 p. £25 (hb). ISBN 978‐0‐8895‐5589‐1. DOI:
10.1111/1754-0208.12012.
Beals, MH (2012)
Scottishness and Irishness in New Zealand since 1840 By Angela McCarthy. Pp. xvi, 235. ISBN: 97800719077616. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011. £60.00. DOI:
10.3366/shr.2012.0131.