South Asia Commons | eDesiderata

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Overview

South Asia Archive is a landmark collection of 4.5 million pages from across the Indian subcontinent from 1700 to 1953, originally collected by the South Asian Research Foundation (SARF). It’s the largest collection of books, journals, and documents from the region, covering India, Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. While the vast majority of the content is presented in English language, and thus allows global access to rare research material on South Asian history, the collection also includes documents in in vernacular (circa 15%), predominantly Bengali and Sanskrit.

Provider:

Coherent Digital, LLC

Posted:

Mar 24, 2023 9:52am

Updated:

May 19, 2023 7:43am

Source

Information provided here is drawn from a number of sources, and may not yet have been fully verified by CRL.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Arts and Humanities

Social Sciences

Resource Types:

Electronic books

Electronic journals

Content Details:


Topics Covered	agriculture \| anthropology \| archaeology \| art history \| arts \| census reports \| cinema \| civilizational studies \| colonialism\| commerce\| cultural studies\| development\| economics\| education\| environment\| fiction\| film studies\| gender studies\| government\| history\| humanities general\| history\| Indology\| industry\|linguistics \| philosophy\| media studies\| medicine\| philosophy\| race\| religion\| science\| sports\| urban studies
Geographic Coverage	India, Pakistan Burma/Myanmar, Afhanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
Chronological coverage	1700-1953
Source format(s)	paper
Total titles	29,445
Total pages	4.5 million
Major language (s)	~73% English \| ~ 23% Bengali \| also includes Maltese, Hindi, Sanskrit, French, Welsh, Latin, and others
Digital collection launch date	Launched on Coherent's South Asia Commons platform June 24, 2022
Completion date	Complete now
Collection ongoing	No
Update frequency	n/a
Available supplements	Subsequent collections are in development on southasiacommons.net

Specifications

Review Documents provided by the Coherent Digital:

Metadata:


MARC records available	Yes
Creator of MARC records	Coherent Digital, LLC
Source for obtaining MARC records	Proprietary platform technology
Fee for MARC records	No
Subject authorities used	Taylor & Francis Cataloguers
Name authorities used	None - No personal names are indexed in the MARC record

Technical Platform:


Browser compatibility	"South Asia Commons supports the latest, stable releases of all major browsers and platforms. On Windows, we support Internet Explorer 10-11 / Microsoft Edge. Alternative browsers which use the latest version of WebKit, Blink, or Gecko, whether directly or via the platform’s web view API, are not explicitly supported. However, South Asia Archive should (in most cases) display and function correctly in these browsers as well. More specific support information is provided below: Chrome >= 45 Firefox >= 38 Edge >= 12 Explorer >= 10 iOS >= 9 Safari >= 9 Android >= 4.4 Opera >= 30"" "
Authentication options	IP-based, Shibboleth Single Sign-on, OpenAthens, email-based (e.g., *@uni.edu)
Archiving solution (master files)	Purchased content upon request
Archiving solution (derivative files)	Purchased content upon request
Available in web discovery tools	Upcoming in 2023. EBSCO & ProQuest.
Open url target	N/A
Federated searching, z39.50	N/A
Local host option	Purchased content upon request
Usage stats based on Counter code	Yes with SUSHI access

Interface Tools:


Full text displayed	Yes, displayed in proprietary viewer with KWIC.
Page images	Yes, displayed in List View, Grid View, and custom viewer.
Color images	Yes
Search full text	Yes
Advanced search	Yes
Search within results	Yes
Limit results by dates and/or document types	Yes, in both the Advanced Search user interface as well as in search results pages by applying the respective facet. Users can also limit searches by Publication Type, Source, Series, Language, Year, Publisher Type, Country, and Topic.
Display highlighted search terms	We display highlights within the publications metadata and/or the full text. Highlights are displayed on the search results page and when our custom viewer is in use. [provider[
Display snippet (search term in context)	We display highlights within the publications metadata and/or the full text. Highlights are displayed on the search results page and when our custom viewer is in use. [provider[
Relevance sorting	Yes, we have relevance sorting and that is the default way we sort search results. Additionally, users can sort results by date of publication: newest first or oldest first.
Save searches	Researchers are able to save and organize content by creating lists. Lists can remain private or be shared with the user's institution or the public. Users can also follow organizations, topics, or searches and may choose to receive alerts when new content is added.
Download PDF	Yes
Download HTML	No
Print page	Yes
Print full document	Yes
Export citations	Yes
Annotation tools	No
Cross-product searching	n/a
ILL permitted	Limited
Text/data mining permitted	Available to institutions who purchase perpetual rights.
Restrictions on use	Fair and reasonable use. See T&C's.

Terms and Provider Details

Terms:


Subscription option	Yes
Purchase option	Yes
Multiple year payments option	Yes
Maintenance fees	Yes
Hosting charges	No
Archiving	The product is held in a dark archive, available to owners of perpetual rights should a "trigger event" make the content inaccessible via the Coherent Digital server.

Provider:

Coherent Digital, LLC

Website:

https://coherentdigital.net/

Provider Notes:

Coherent acquired the content from Taylor & Francis, who originally published it on a now decomissioned platform. Coherent migrated the content to the South Asia Commons platform in 2022.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	no	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	yes	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	no	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	no	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time