1. Brill Over three centuries of scholarly publishing

2. Brill Brill Key facts International scholarly publisher with offices in Leiden (NL) and Boston (U.S.) International scholarly publisher with offices in Leiden (NL) and Boston (U.S.) Founded in 1683 in Leiden and listed at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange since 1896 Founded in 1683 in Leiden and listed at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange since 1896 Operates globally to disseminate academic content as widely as possible Products are available in print and online Products are available in print and online Focus on Humanities & Social Sciences, International Law and Biology Focus on Humanities & Social Sciences, International Law and Biology 99% of Brill publications are in English language 99% of Brill publications are in English language

3. Brill products Brill products Main subject areas African Studies Ancient Near East and Jewish Studies Art History Asian Studies Biblical & Religious Studies Biology Classical Studies European History and Culture International Law and Human Rights Jewish Studies Language & Linguistics Middle East & Islamic Studies Philosophy Slavic Studies Social Sciences Theology and Missiology

4. Brill products Brill products Four main types Books Primary Source Materials DatabasesDatabases Journals Journals

5. Brill products Brill products Journals 200 journals Many indexed in major A&I services – 50 in Web of Science (Thomson-Reuters) – 125 in Scopus (Elsevier) Available in 3 options – Individual titles in print and/or online – Brill Online Journal Collections access to content from year 2000 – Brill Journal Archives Online, access to content < 1999 and/or 2000-2009

6. Brill products Brill products Books Monographs, edited volumes, handbooks – print and online – ca. 800 books p.a. E-books available in 11 collections (since 2006/07) – By copyright year and subject area, e.g. Middle East & Islamic Studies E-Book Series – Available back to volume 1, e.g. Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Integration into library catalogue by free MARC 21 records No DRM restriction Brill MyBook – personal paperback copy for only EUR 25 / US 25

7. +50 databases Different types – Encyclopedias (e.g. Encyclopaedia of Islam Online) – Bibliographies (e.g. Index Islamicus) – Dictionaries (e.g. Etymological Dictionaries) – Text collections (e.g.Collected Courses of the Hague Academy on International Law) – Sources & commentaries (e.g. Brill’s New Jacoby) Brill products Brill products Databases

8. Brill products Brill products Primary sources +60 research collections Original material, which scholars study and interpret as a basis for their own academic works Scans of different types of printed or handwritten material: – Oriental manuscripts (e.g. MEMO) – Printed art sales catalogues (e.g. Art Sales Catalog Online) – Contemporary (e.g. U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009) – Historical documents (e.g. Prize Papers)