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)
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Nick Walford
Web Assistant
The British Academy
www.britac.ac.uk
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