"Gidian Archives is a database created from the press cuttings preserved by André Gide in his personal collection. The archive consists of articles published during his life on the author's work, his person and his influence on the society and culture of his age. It is well known that the 'key contemporary', as Gide was called, represents an essential reference point for several generations of intellectuals. Thus the articles in Gidian Archives provide crucial evidence on the history of thought across half a century. [read more]

"The main objective of the Sociolinguistics of Standardisation of English in Ireland project has been to use Ireland as a test case by which to investigate questions such as: * How far do national varieties of standard English conform to international standards, and how far to they reflect local cultural and political conditions? * How far does standardisation eliminate socially significant variation? * How far are national Englishes distinct, identifiable codes which are separate from each other? * What is the role of political borders in conditioning standard English ac [read more]

"The 'Stone in Archaeology - Towards a Digital Resource' project is based on the large archaeological comparative rock collection housed in the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton. The main aim of the project has been to create an easily accessible, unique, multidisciplinary, searchable relational database which comprises the principal stones known to be used in antiquity throughout England. This database allows the identification of stone samples by searching on the distinctive physical properties of a stone. [read more]