Introducing Intute: Arts and Humanities

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Introducing Intute Arts and Humanities

• Your Guide to the Best of the Web

www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/
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Solving the Frustrations of the Internet

• The Internet can be a powerful tool for education
  and research, offering a huge range of resources
  and services
• But there are issues of trust, quality, and poor
  search skills
• particularly significant in education and
  research contexts
• Intute Arts and Humanities is a FREE, national
  Internet service that helps you find the very
  best Web resources for education and research

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Network of Specialists

• Arts and Humanities (based at Oxford University
  and Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Health and Life Sciences (based at Nottingham
  University)
• Science, Engineering and Technology (based at The
  University of Manchester and Heriot-Watt
  University)
• Social Sciences (based at the Universities of
  Bristol and Birmingham)
• Virtual Training Suite (based at the University
  of Bristol)
• Executive (based at The University of Manchester)

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Network of Specialists

• Intute Network is made up of
• Consortium of seven universities
• Over 70 partner institutions providing subject
  expertise and advice

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Intute Arts and Humanities Partners

• Archaeology Data Service, University of York
  (Archaeology)
• Higher Education Academy English Subject Centre,
  Royal Holloway (English and American Studies)
• Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for
  Philosophical and Religious Studies (Religion and
  Theology, Philosophy, HPS)
• Institute of Historical Research, University of
  London (History)
• Manchester Metropolitan University (arts
  subjects)
• Senate House Library, University of London
  (Manuscript Studies)
• South Asia Archive and Library Group (South Asian
  Studies)
• South Cheshire College of Further Education (arts
  subjects)
• University of the Arts London (arts subjects)
• University of Oxford (arts and humanities
  subjects)

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Finding the Best of the Web

• Search the catalogue
• Over 18,000 records, each one selected and
  described by a subject specialist
• Simple keyword or phrase searching
• Refine search by field or resource type

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Finding the Best of the Web

• Broaden your searches with the Harvester
• Searches individual pages within catalogued arts
  and humanities resources
• Automatically generated from the Web addresses in
  the main Internet Catalogue
• Updated monthly

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Finding the Best of the Web

• Browse the catalogue by subject
• Detailed subject categories under 40 top-level
  subject sections
• Link from each subject to research tools and
  methods section
• Ordered by title or date added to the catalogue

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Features

• Index of AHRC projects
• Index of electronic journals
• Artists Index
• Limelight monthly showcase
• Arts and Humanities timeline On this date
• News aggregation service
• Editors Blog

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Personalise

• MyIntute
• Create your own account
• Save searches and records
• Weekly email alerts
• Tag records with your own keywords
• Embed selected records in your own Web site or
  portal

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Supporting Internet Training

• Virtual Training Suite
• FREE online Internet training tutorials for over
  65 subject areas
• Internet search and research skills
• Teach yourself
• Quizzes and interactive exercises

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Supporting Internet Training

• Seminar
• An overview of the Web for research and education
• An insight into leading Internet services for the
  subject area
• Hands-on session with plenty of help at hand
• Worksheets and ideas to take away and use for
  teaching Internet research skills or for
  developing your own skills

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Supporting Internet Training

• FREE support materials
• Leaflets
• Quick Guides
• Presentations
• Best of the Web booklets
• Adapt and reuse in your own institution

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Content for the Community

• Integrate Intute content
• You can use Intute Arts and Humanities content
  in your own institution or website
• Advice on how to use our content available from

http//www.intute.ac.uk/integration/
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Intute Arts and Humanities
We welcome feedback from the subject community,
please feel free to contact us artsandhumanities_at_
intute.ac.uk
http//www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/