British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences
BRITISH ACADEMY PUBLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Oxford University Press is delighted to make the prestigious publications of the British Academy available online. At launch, British Academy Publications Online (BAPO) will offer readers access to the full text of 100 print titles comprising both of monographs and collections of essays. Among those included are Vernon Bogdanor’s The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century and Georgina Herrmann’s After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam.
The titles included on British Academy Publications Online cover a wide range of subject areas across the humanities and social sciences, including classics, archaeology, history, politics and philosophy. The British Academy, established in 1902, is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences. With an international reputation for its support of excellence in academic scholarship, the British Academy produces academic publications that are designed to stimulate curiosity, inspire and develop future generations of scholars, and encourage appreciation of the social and cultural value of these disciplines.
"For over 100 years, the British Academy’s books – published through Oxford University Press – have made a unique contribution to scholarship. We are delighted that these works will now be able to reach a wider readership, worldwide, through their inclusion in British Academy Publications Online," comments Professor Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy.
British Academy Publications Online is designed to provide a seamless research experience that will bring efficiency for students and scholars alike. All the titles published on British Academy Publications Online will be available as full texts, with abstracts at book and chapter level providing a quick overview to guide users to the content they want. The intuitive search and browse capabilities, extensive cross-linking, and numerous options to share and view the content, support an innovative and productive learning environment. The reader will also be able to save time in their research by using the personalization options on the site to link to favourite searches of books or chapters.
Chris Wheeler, Humanities Publisher at OUP, comments that "OUP is delighted to continue and strengthen its long association with the British Academy by enabling the development of an online resource that will make the Academy’s books more convenient to access and use than ever." Annual updates of the latest research from the British Academy will enable the user to stay up-to-date. Users will also be able to build bibliographies quickly with the citation export tool to ProCite™, End Note™, RefWorks™, ReferenceManager™, and Zotero™. Each printed chapter will contain a QR code that can take the reader quickly and directly to the chapter they are reading online. The site also provides MARC21 records available free of charge, COUNTER statistics available at book level, open URL compliance that links citations across the library catalogue, and extensive online help and superior customer support.
- Instant access to 100 British Academy titles, including monographs and collections of essays
- View content on screen, print chapters with QR codes, or download the pdf for reading on the go
- Annual updates that provide the latest research published by the British Academy
- Intuitive searching and browsing enabling quick access to relevant content
- Content can be shared via social networks, emails, citations of the use of DOIs to bookmark reading lists
- RSS feeds bring the latest information from British Academy Publications Online straight to your desktop
- Build bibliographies quickly with Citation Export tool, link citations across the library catalogue with OpenURL compliance
If you require any further information please contact:
Gabby Fletcher | Press Officer | gabby.fletcher@oup.com | 01865 35 39 69 |
Notes to Editors:
British Academy Publications Online is available on annual subscription or on perpetual access purchase to institutions world-wide.
http://www.britishacademypublications.com/
Contact institutionalsales@oup.com for a price quotation or to request further information.