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NEW WEBSITE WILL OFFER UNRIVALLED ACCESS TO SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
A major new website offering unrivalled access to high quality social and
economic research is soon to be launched in the UK. Created by the Economic
and Social Research Council (ESRC) - the UK's largest funding agency for
research and postgraduate training on social and economic issues - ESRC
Society Today will provide academics, students and researchers with a
valuable, free digest of social sciences research available, planned and in
progress.
As well as bringing together all ESRC-funded research, the website will
provide a gateway to other key online resources from the UK such as Social
Science Information Gateway (SOSIG), the UK Data Archive and the Office of
National Statistics (ONS) - as well as international coverage from services
such as Europa and Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
ESRC Society Today will offer a broad picture of the latest research on the
full range of social science subjects, including early findings, full texts
and original data sets. Users can also establish online discussion fora,
track down researchers in their key subject fields or find details on ESRC
funding and training opportunities. Users can also register for regular news
bulletins and email alerts on their areas of interest - to stay abreast of
the latest research in their field.
To encourage non-academic visitors the site will also feature plain-English
summaries of research findings, quick facts and figures, presentation slides
and topical articles on subjects as diverse as pensions, the environment,
lifestyles, terrorism and ageing.
Librarians are invited to register for further details of the new website
www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk - which is available in test phase from March
2005 and due to be launched in April 2005 - by emailing
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Jo Webb
Academic Librarian (Business, Law & Humanities Team Manager)
Kimberlin Library
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester LE1 9BH
Tel: 0116 207 8046; Fax: 0116 257 7046
Email: [log in to unmask]; Internet: www.library.dmu.ac.uk
UC&R Hon. Secretary
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