Re: New Indo-European etymological databases online (Brill website)

From: dgkilday57
Message: 66711
Date: 2010-10-08

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...> wrote:
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> As a native Italian speaker, I was so excited at seeing that even Michiel de Vaan's new _Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages_ is available as a searchable database on the IEDO website. On the other hand, it also appears that Robert S.P. Beekes' _Etymological Dictionary of Greek_ and Johnny Cheung's _Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb_, which used to be available for serch at the IEED Project website until not long ago, have been now moved to this new IEDO website (and they seem to be no longer available at the IEED Project website -- what a pity!).
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> I, however, see that a username and password provided by a set of academic institutions are needed to access the IEDO databases. My problem is that I am not affiliated to any academic institution, and I cannot consequently access those very valuable etymological databases.
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> WHAT TO DO? ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANYONE?

Look for a new hobby, such as refinishing antique chamber-pots. We are on the threshold of a new Dark Age, with access to knowledge restricted to the select few in their ivory towers. Soon it will be impossible for us peons, lacking credentials, to enter the research libraries of public universities. (And the library guards WILL be heavily armed. Knowledge is power, and power is too dangerous to be placed into the hands of the rabble.)

DGK