technology studies

SCIM-C Model

Source Type Specific Information Specific Purpose Author/Audience

Summarizing

What type of historical document is the source? What specific information, details, and/or perspectives does the source provide? What is the subject, audience, and/or purpose of the source? Who was the author and/or audience of the source?

When/Where Produced Why Produced Contexts of Source

Summarizing Context

Contextualizing

When and where was the source produced? Why was the source produced? What was happening within the immediate and broader context at the time this source was produced? What summarizing information can place the sources in time, space, and place?

Information Suggested Drawing Interpretations Identifying Perspective Absences/Omissions

Inferring

What is suggested by the source? What interpretations may be drawn from the source? What perspectives are indicated in the source? What inferences may be drawn from absences or omissions in the source?

Additional Evidence Clarifying Definitions Checking Significance

Process Check

Monitoring

What additional evidence beyond the source is necessary? What ideas, images, or terms need further defining from the source? How useful or significant is the source for its intended purpose in answering the historical question? What questions from the previous stages need revisiting in order to analyze the source successfully?

Similarities/Differences Explaining Differences Drawing Conclusions Extending Analysis

Corroborating

What similarities and differences between the sources exist? What factors could account for the similarities and differences? What conclusions can be drawn from the accumulated interpretations? What additional information or sources are necessary to answer more fully the guiding historical question