Humanities E-Book SCELCapalooza Lee Walton

 The mission of the ACLS, as set forth in its constitution, is to “advance humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the Humanities and the related Social Sciences and to maintain and strengthen relations among the national societies devoted to such studies.”

 ACLS awarded over $16 million to 320 fellows and worldwide.  The Council’s critical role in helping to establish (in 1964) and to reauthorize (in 1985) the National Endowment for the Humanities  Supports new methods and subjects of humanities scholarship  Publishes well-used reference work:  The Dictionary of American Biography  The American National Biography  The Dictionary of Scientific Biography  The Dictionary of the Middle Ages &The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students

 Owned by the American Council of Learned Societies  Has been in operation for 15 years  Provides 4,681 unique titles in the Humanities and Social Sciences in a single collection  Non-profit enterprise  Over 760 subscribing libraries in 30 countries  Collection accessible through standard web browsers through an intuitive interface  Representing a wide variety of scholarly areas in the humanities and social sciences

 African  Animal Studies  American  Archaeology  Art and Architectural History  Asian  Australasian/Oceanian  Biblical Studies  Bibliographic Studies  Byzantine  Canadian  Caribbean  Central European  Comparative/World  Communication  Eastern European/Russian  Economic  Environmental  European  Film and Media Studies  Folklore  Hip Hop Studies  Jewish Studies  Latin American  Law  LGBT/Queer Studies  Linguistics  Literary Criticism  Literature  Medicine  Methods/Theory  Middle East  Musicology  Native Peoples of the Americas  Performance Studies (theater, music, dance)  Philosophy  Political Science,  Religion  Science/Technology  Sociology  Women’s Studies

 A carefully curated list of almost 4,700 unduplicated titles  “Scholarly” titles, vetted by renowned ACLS societies and individual scholars  Top humanities titles of the highest quality for research and course adoption  Backlist titles of enduring value as well as recent publications  Select titles from the collection are available for download and individual purchase for use with handheld devices and as print-on-demand titles

 Low priced digital delivery at a fraction of the cost of print books  Low cost of subscription vs. other collections  Unduplicated to any other electronic collection  Largest “scholarly” collection in the category  Annual releases of 200 to 400 new titles

 Available through major Web-scale Discovery services, and World Cat, EBSCO, Summons and Ex Libris  Free MARC records available by download for all titles, updated and coordinated with annual title release  Unlimited user access (simultaneous)  Simple, straightforward interface  Excellent, prompt customer service

HEB is one of ten awardees to have been selected for participation in this joint initiative of The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The American Council of Learned Societies has historically had a long and cordial relationship with ATLA. ATLA/HEB are jointly developing a special collection in Religion and Biblical Studies

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 A extensive selection of Humanities and Social Sciences subject matter that formulates a broader understanding of Humanistic Studies  Allows for cross disciplinary research

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