Dear listmembers,
Like (I think) some of you, I am an old and regular user of the IEED databases. Today I have read this piece of news on the IEED Project website:
http://www.indo-european.nl/index2.html (click on the "what's new" link on top left of the page)
"01/10/10: A new, fully cross-searchable and powerfully enhanced database of the Leiden Etymological Dictionaries Online is launched on Brill Online."
The Brill Online website (named IEDO) the link directs to is here:
http://iedo.brillonline.nl/dictionaries/
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!).
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.
WHAT TO DO? ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANYONE?
Thanks in advance to anyone who will give a tip...
Regards,
Francesco Brighenti