Digital Egypt for universities

The website provides much information about ancient Egyptian culture especially useful to Egyptology students.

Blended Learning newsletter available online

LINK 17 Blended Learning is the December 2006 newsletter from HEA Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Network.

It includes an article on blogging to keep academics informed, written by me, so is definitely worth a look!

Archaeology and Performance

Archaeology and Performance is the latest Limelight feature from Intute. It refers to resources described in Intute which present theoretical debate within archaeology about ancient performance (such as ritual, dance, theatre, music), resources about specific evidence of performances in antiquity and general resources on the study of performances.

Borrow a Librarian – new library service for staff

How do I use electronic databases?   How do I access online journals?   What is an Athens password? What are the best Internet resources for my subject?   How do the online reading lists work?   How do I select and order resources?   How do I keep up to date with new developments?    

Have you ever borrowed books and resources from the Library and wished you could borrow the support and expertise to go with them? Well, now you can! Our new Borrow a Librarian project lets you borrow a Subject Librarian from the Library. We will visit you in your office (anywhere on the University of Worcester campus) for up to 30 minutes to offer individual support with using Library resources and services.

Browsing the latest journals

You’ve probably noticed the carousels which have recently appeared in the Library foyer. These contain the current issues of each journal title, making it easier to browse through the latest information in your favourite journals.

Weekly titles are still on the rack by the newspapers, and the latest issues of practical teaching journals are upstairs in the School Resource Area.

Online Historical Populations Reports launched today!

 

A major new resource, Online Historical Populations Reports, which makes freely available for the first time the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937, was launched today. Fascinating stuff.

Companion to Digital Humanities now online

 

The complete text of A Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004) is now freely available online. It has sections covering archaeology, art history, history, literary studies, performing arts and multimedia.

Arts & Humanities peer-reviewed e-journals freely available

 

There are a lot of freely available e-journals out there. Here are some peer-reviewed e-journals Intute have added to their gateway recently:

• 49th Parallel (American Studies)
• Anistoriton (Archaeology, Art History, History)
• Consciousness, Literature & the Arts (Art, Drama, English)
• Cultural Analysis (Media & Cultural Studies)
• Ecclectica (Art, Drama, English, Media & Cultural Studies)
• ECHO: a music-centred journal (Drama, Media & Cultural Studies)
• Journal of Religion & Theatre (Drama)
• Platform (Drama)
• NeoAmericanist (American Studies)
• Scan: Journal of Media Arts Culture (Art, Digital media, Media & Cultural Studies)

HEA History, Classics & Archaeology

 

The aim of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for History, Classics & Archaeology is to enhance teaching and learning within these subject areas.

The web site includes case studies and details about the annual National Awards for History Teaching in Higher Education (NAHTHE).

Internet Archaeologist

A new online tutorial – Internet Archaeologist – has been published in the Intute: Virtual Training Suite.  Internet Archaeologist is an interactive step-by-step guide created to help archaeologist make the best use of Internet resources in their academic work.