{"id":28,"date":"2020-08-25T16:09:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T15:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:22:06","slug":"current-awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/current-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up to date with new research that becomes available in your discipline is continuous professional acitivity which is good to start while you are studying. This alerts you to new discoveries and innovations in your area of interest. From an employability perspective you can see trends in research and funding that can help you\u00a0 in your career aspirations.<\/p>\n<h3>Set up alerts in journals<\/h3>\n<p>You can also set up alerts for new issues of journals are available using <a href=\"https:\/\/browzine.com\/libraries\/2919\/subjects\">BrowZine,<\/a> the library&#8217;s ejournal platform.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need to create an individual account in Browzine with an email that you would like alerts sent to. You can then add your favourite journal titles to &#8216;My bookshelf&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-279\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2025-08-06-114105.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can use the links in the menu bar to browse all the ejournals we have in Classical Studies at Kent.<\/p>\n<h3>Scan the sector<\/h3>\n<p>These resources listed below are specific classics and archaeology sites to keep informed of recent research and studies:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ccat.sas.upenn.edu\/bmcr\/\"><strong>Bryn Mawr Classical Review (1990+)<\/strong><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\"><br \/>\n<i>Full-text book reviews covering all aspects of classical scholarship.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.digitalclassicist.org\/Category:Projects\"><strong>Digital Classicist: Current projects<\/strong><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\"><br \/>\n<i>Lists \u201cconcise information on projects applying computing technologies to Classical\/Ancient Historical research.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/eidolon.pub\/\"><strong>Eidolon<\/strong><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\"><br \/>\n<i>Archive Only &#8211; last post 2020. \u201cClassics without fragility\u201d. Discussion pieces on the cutting edge of Classical Studies and its connection with contemporary issues.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.etana.org\/abzubib\"><strong>ABZU<\/strong><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\"><br \/>\n<i>Database to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world.\u00a0<\/i><i>Also, follow developments related to the digital humanities at ABZU\u2019s blog,<\/i>\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/ancientworldonline.blogspot.com\/\"><strong>The Ancient World Online (AWOL).<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archaeologydataservice.ac.uk\/\"><strong>Archaeology Data Service<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0(ADS)<br \/>\n<\/strong><i>The (ADS)\u00a0<\/i><i>aims<\/i><i>\u00a0to collect, describe, catalogue, preserve, and provide user support for digital resources that are created as a product of archaeological research.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archaeology.co.uk\/\"><strong>Current Archaeology<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archaeologyuk.org\/?_gl=1*1chh7z8*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTkwNzg5MDM0LjE3NTUwMDk5MDQ.*_ga_122YBZ1RKY*czE3NTUwMDk5MDMkbzEkZzAkdDE3NTUwMDk5MDMkajYwJGwwJGgw\"><strong>Council for British Archaeology<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/philpapers.org\/\"><strong>PhilPapers \u2013 Database<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<i>A \u201cdirectory of online philosophy articles and books by academic philosophers\u201d in all areas of philosophy. An excellent source for current awareness of what is happening in philosophical research.<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/classicalreception.org\/\"><strong>Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/papyrology.blogspot.com\/\"><strong>What\u2019s New in Papyrology<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0(to 2016)<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\"><br \/>\n<i>Blog listing \u201crecent publications of papyri &amp; ostraca 4th BC-8th AD.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.currentepigraphy.org\/\"><strong>Current Epigraphy<\/strong><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\"><br \/>\n<i>Blog publishing \u201cworkshop and conference announcements; notices of discoveries, publications and reviews; project reports; and descriptive links to digital epigraphic projects.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/antiquite.ens.psl.eu\/guide-de-lepigraphiste-francais\/\"><strong>Guide de\u00a0<\/strong><strong>l\u2019\u00e9pigraphiste<\/strong><strong>: Supplements<\/strong><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559685&quot;:360}\"><br \/>\n<i>Downloadable supplements to the\u202fGuide de\u00a0<\/i><i>l\u2019\u00e9pigraphiste<\/i><i>\u202f(3rd ed.).<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsana.net\/\"><strong>Byzantine Studies Association of North America<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.byzantium.ac.uk\/\"><strong>The Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up to date with new research that becomes available in your discipline is continuous professional acitivity which is good to start while you are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/current-awareness\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60111,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/classics-archaeology-library-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}