BRILL
Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. Their publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and Biology.
Brill is committed to publishing a range of e-resources for academic libraries worldwide, including:
EBOOK COLLECTIONS
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Each year, Brill publishes approximately 1,200 ebooks, which are organised into subject-based collections to support a wide range of discipline areas across the Humanities and Social Sciences, Education, International Law and Human Rights, and Biology.
Perpetual access to each ebook collection is available to acquire via a one-time outright purchase, with no ongoing fees.
All standard ebook collection pricing is inclusive of a 30% discount compared to purchasing individual ebooks one by one.
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More than 300 ebook collections are hosted on the brill.com platform. Title lists for each collection can be found here and MARC21 records can be found here.
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EJOURNAL COLLECTIONS
Brill publishes more than 960 issues within 320+ scholarly ejournals each year in the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and Human Rights, and Biology. Institutions can subscribe to these ejournals either by title or in a collection.
All standard ejournal collection subcription pricing is inclusive of a 20% discount, compared to subscribing to individual ejournal titles one by one.
Institutional customers that take out a calendar-year subscription to a Brill ejournal collection are granted perpetual access to the volumes published that year, plus temporary access to all backvolumes back to the year 2000 during the calendar-year subscription period.
Brill's ejournal collections are hosted on the brill.com platform, which offers full-text searching, extensive linking, full-text PDF downloads, and saving, printing and sharing options. The brill.com platform is COUNTER-compliant and all ejournal content is indexed in the major discovery services.
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This year's ejournal collections from Brill can be viewed here and title lists can be downloaded here.
EJOURNAL ARCHIVES
The Brill Journal Archives Online offer access to 7,500+ volumes from 450 scholarly journals published between 1850 and 2016 . The academic community considers the Archives to be an invaluable resource for finding scholarly content and acquiring an historical perspective in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, Human Rights and Biology.
Perpetual access to the Brill Journal Archives Online is available to institutions via a one-time outright purchase, with no ongoing fees. The Archives can be purchased complete, or in parts, or by subject area.
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Complete: Archives from 1850 to 2016
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Part I: Archives from the 19th and 20th centuries – from 1850 to 1999
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Part II: Archives from the 21st century – from 2000 to 2016
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Complete
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Humanities and Social Sciences
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International Law and Human Rights
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Science
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ONLINE REFERENCE WORKS
Brill is proud to publish 60+ online reference works – mostly encyclopedias – to support learning and research across the Humanities, Social Sciences and International Law.
All titles are hosted on a dedicated platform – Brill Online Reference Works – and access is available via the following options:
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calendar-year subscription; and/or
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outright purchase (for completed works); or
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outright purchase + annual fee (for ongoing works).
To find an online reference work from Brill in your subject area, head over to our Resource Finder.
Popular Titles:
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New Pauly Online
The unrivalled modern reference work on the ancient world
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An invaluable reference work for understanding the world of Islam
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An essential tool for researching international and comparative law, covering 190 jurisdictions worldwide
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The Hague Academy Collected Courses Online
The most important encyclopedic publication available online on private and public international law
ONLINE PRIMARY SOURCES
Brill offers a vast range of exceptional primary source collections in multiple subject areas. Many of the primary source collections are unique, as they are often the only source of rare documents outside the source library itself. To date, 100+ collections have been digitised and made available for acquisition.
Most titles are hosted on a dedicated platform – Brill Online Primary Sources – and access is available via the following options:
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calendar-year subscription; and/or
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outright purchase (for completed works); or
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outright purchase + annual fee (for ongoing works).
To find a primary source collection from Brill in your subject area, head over to our Resource Finder.
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Human Rights Documents Online
The largest database of international human rights documents available online
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Climate Change and Law Collection
A comprehensive collection of original source documents in English at the intersection of climate change and the law (corporate, environment, human rights, etc.)
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Cold War Intelligence Online, 1945–1991
A unique collection of over 2,300 formerly classified U.S. intelligence documents from the Cold War
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U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East Online, 1945–2009
A unique collection of over 2,700 formerly classified U.S. intelligence documents on the Middle East
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North China Herald Online
The definitive online edition of China’s premier English-language newspaper published between the 1850s and 1940s
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Japan Chronicle Online
The definitive online edition of Japan’s premier English-language newspaper published between 1902 and 1940
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ONLINE DICTIONARIES
Brill’s publishing program has expanded to include online dictionaries to support the teaching and learning of languages, both old and new.
Most titles are hosted on a dedicated platform – Brill Online Dictionaries – and access is available via the following options:
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calendar-year subscription; and/or
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outright purchase (for completed works); or
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outright purchase + annual fee (for ongoing works).
Popular Titles:
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The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek (Montanari)
The most important dictionary for Ancient Greek with 140,000 entries
ONLINE BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Brill publishes several in-depth online bibliographies, each of which is considered to be the leading resource in its field.
All titles are hosted on a dedicated platform – Brill Online Bibliographies – and each title is updated with new content on a regular basis to ensure currency. Access may be acquired either via:
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calendar-year subscription; or
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outright purchase + annual fee (for ongoing works).
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Index Islamicus Online
The definitive international classified bibliography on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world
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Linguistic Bibliography Online
The most authoritative multi-language resource on linguistic records with 425,000+ descriptions on 140+ languages
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