Each month, we shine a spotlight on a specific research area, in parallel with our main website, www.brepols.net. This month’s focus is Archaeology.

How can BREPOLiS databases help archaeologists?
Our bibliographies provide an overview of literature related to archaeology. Publications on archaeology of Classical Antiquity are covered by L’Année Philologique, whereas Medieval Archaeology is covered by the International Medieval Bibliography.

How to count the number of publications related to Archaeology in our Bibliographies?

Thanks to their new interface and the solid indexing and data structure, it’s easy to isolate publications devoted to Archaeology. Let’s see how it works in L’Année Philologique. To select bibliographical records dealing with Archaeology, first select ‘Subject Tree’ as search field (1) and click on ‘Non-Literary Sources’ (2).

Then, the index terms related to ‘Non-Literary Sources’ is provided in a list, one of them being Archaeology (3).

From there, it is possible to refine your research by selecting additional subjects (4).

To see the number of records concerning ‘Archaeology’, tick the box in front of the subject (5). The number of records (92,908) is displayed in the search button (6).

If you click on ‘Search’, the ‘Hitlist’ will be displayed. At this stage, it is possible to only display the new records (=those added in the last update) (7), to display the complete list, or to refine your search (8).

An overview of the number of records spread by sub-disciplines