Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Online Resources for the Humanities and Social Sciences Presented by Louise Valier-D’Abate, Bezi Publishing Services Monday 13 October 2014

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Local Support Bezi Publishing Services Bezi Publishing Services offers local representation for international academic publishers in the humanities, social sciences, law and other areas Types of resourcesPublishers represented Ebook collectionsBrill, Readex Ejournal collectionsBrill Online reference worksBrill Primary source databasesBrill, Readex News information databasesNewsBank, Readex

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in History Readex: South Asian Newspapers, 1864–1922 Full-text access to ten historical newspapers from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Covers British Colonial rule, the start of Gandhi’s independence movement, and more Includes eyewitness reporting, editorials, letters, death notices, shipping information, and more

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Classics Brill: Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online Newly released in 2014 Over 500 entries on the history and study of Ancient Greek All Greek has been transcribed from the original characters Full-text searchable Hyperlinked cross-references Useful research tool for those studying Ancient Greek, linguistics, Biblical studies and classical studies Also available from Brill: Hebrew and Arabic Coming soon in 2015 from Brill: Chinese

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Linguistics Brill: Linguistic Bibliography Online The most comprehensive bibliography in the field for over 65 years Comprises over 300,000 records, with 20,000 new records added each year Published under the auspices of UNESCO Special attention paid to endangered and extinct languages Coverage includes Austronesian, Papuan and Australian Languages

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in International Law Brill: Foreign Law Guide Now available from Brill Long considered the standard research tool for foreign and comparative law Edited and updated systematically Offers information on sources of foreign law in 190 jurisdictions worldwide, such as the legal system, sources of legal information, links to major online sources, and more

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Maritime Law Brill: International Maritime Boundaries Online Offers expert analysis of all international maritime boundaries, zones and agreements worldwide, including: every modern maritime boundary treaty from 1942 to the present; analysis of international maritime boundaries established by bodies such as the International Court of Justice; full-colour regional maps, updated annually; expert essays on the theory and practice of maritime law; and a country-by-country index. Also available from Brill: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Online

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Maritime Law Brill: International Maritime Boundaries Online

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in News Information NewsBank: Access World News The world’s largest full-text news information database Now includes 33 newspapers from NZ, including The New Zealand Herald User tools: save searches/articles, set up alerts, generate citations

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Politics Brill: US Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945–2009 Now available Covers more than six decades of conflict from the end of WWII to 2009 (inc. Obama administration) Time period includes the Middle East Wars; the recognition of Israel; the nuclear ambitions of Israel, Iraq and Iran; WMDs in Iraq; the PLO and Hezbollah; the Iran-Iraq War; Lebanon; Syria; Libya and Muammar Qaddafi; 9/11; the War on Terror; and more Includes 2,740 documents on the Middle East and North Africa (19,500 pages)

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 What’s New in Politics Brill: US Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945–2009

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 Coming Soon in 2015 from Brill Arkyves Database for the history of art and culture, comprising 500,000 images and typography Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics Online Niermeyer Online Dictionary of Medieval Latin, covering the period 550–1250 AD and comprising 17,000 Latin terms Brill’s Companions in Classical Studies Online II Second set of Brill’s acclaimed series U.S. Intelligence on Europe, 1945–1995 Declassified CIA documents on Europe during the Cold War

Bezi Publishing Services – October 2014 For more information… Please contact: Louise Valier-D’Abate, Director Bezi Publishing Services