Routledge’s South Asia Archive has received a ‘highly recommended’ review in Choice
Choice – Current Reviews for Academic Libraries has published a review of South Asia Archive, which gives the digital resource its coveted ‘highly recommended’ status. The review recommends the resource for all levels from undergraduate to research faculty, in line with Routledge’s commitment to providing materials that are valued by students as learning aids and by researchers as powerful access tools to original sources.
The review identified how the Editors-in-Chief “bring significant expertise as historians of South Asia to their selection and organization of materials”, as well as the resource’s “rich coverage in terms of content type”, while also identifying how the “image display screens allow for full-color views, easy zooming, toggling to the full page, and PDF downloading”. It concluded by saying that the South Asia Archive “will prove an invaluable resource to those studying South Asian (specifically Bengali) history, particularly because of its helpful and relatively consistent organizational scheme.”
Dr David Green, Taylor & Francis Group’s Global Journals Publishing Director, comments, “This review is a testament to the time and effort put in by our team to make the South Asia Archive a product that is informative, detailed in its content and easy to use. We are delighted to receive such a positive review from people who represent the end users who are using the resource.”
The South Asia Archive provides a portal to 4.5 million pages of South Asia specific original source historical and cultural material including extensive runs of journals, hundreds of books, thousands of reports and proceedings, as well as rare film ephemera and more. Featured publications range from: Modern World; Indian Journal of Medical Research; and The Islamic Review, through to The Social History of Kamrupa; Bombai Chitra; Bibliotheca Indica, and much more.
The South Asia Archive has recently been purchased by Jawaharlal Nehru University and Dr. Ramesh C Gaur, the University Librarian (Professor Grade) observed that: “I would certainly recommend the South Asia Archive to other universities as this resource contains rare primary and secondary historical content from and about South Asia, reducing the need for research-related travel. More importantly, it offers the flexibility to use the archive as both a research and teaching tool, offering value to both lecturers and students. This diversity provides an opportunity to uncover fresh sources, and to explore new lines of inquiry in your research.”
To find out more about the South Asia Archive, visit www.southasiaarchive.com and sign up for a free trial using the online form today.
Media Contact: Iain Matthews, Senior Marketing Executive, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN
Email: Iain.Matthews@tandf.co.uk Website: www.southasiaarchive
The South Asia Archive contains over 4.5 million pages of original source material, including extensive runs of journals, hundreds of books, thousands of reports and proceedings, rare film ephemora, and much more. The Archive spans the Humanities and Social Sciences - from economics, politics and law, Indology, archaeology, and anthropology, to cultural studies, history and education. This diversity provides an opportunity to uncover fresh sources, and to explore new lines of enquiry in your research.