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> Subject: Electronic research tool, > humanities and social sciences from the British Academy > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:04:34 +0100 > From: Nick Walford <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > CC: Nick Walford <[log in to unmask]> > > The British Academy has opened PORTAL, a directory of online resources in > the humanities and social sciences: > > http://www.britac.ac.uk/portal > > Please let your colleagues know about this new service for scholars and > researchers, launched to mark the Academy's centenary. > > PORTAL . . . > · offers scholars easy access to online information about research > resources in all areas of the humanities and social sciences. > · is intended primarily for post-graduate or post-doctoral workers, > but covers resources of interest to a wider community. > · only includes sites which demonstrate high quality and potential > utility to the academic community, responsible ownership and > up-to-date state. > · covers the whole range of subjects within the Academy's remit, > across the humanities and social sciences. > · links to different types of resource including texts of major works, > images of artworks and artefacts, datasets, maps, and dictionaries > and encyclopaedias. > > PORTAL covers a wide range of subjects across both the humanities and > social sciences, including > > · African and Oriental Studies > · Archaeology > · Classical Antiquity > · Early Modern History to C1800 > · Early Modern Languages and Literature > · Economics and Economic History > · History of Art and Music > · Law > · Linguistics and Philology > · Medieval Studies: History and Literature > · Modern History from C1800 > · Modern Languages, Literatures, and Other Media > · Philosophy > · Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International > · Relations > · Psychology > · Social Anthropology and Geography > · Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics > · Theology and Religious Studies > > (With apologies for any cross-posting) > > -------------------------- > Nick Walford > Web Assistant > The British Academy > www.britac.ac.uk -- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Dr. Andreas Motel-Klingebiel | Deutsches Zentrum für Altersfragen - German Centre of Gerontology | Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 2 - D-12101 Berlin | Tel ++49 (0)30 786042-77 - Fax ++49 (0)30 7854350 | http://www.dza.de - http://user.sireconnect.de/motel | http://www.ageing-in-europe.de | --------------------------------------------------------------------