The journal represents part of the research activity of the Centre for Manx Studies, which is a teaching and research unit of the University of Liverpool that is managed by a partnership between The University of Liverpool, The Isle of Man Department of Education and Manx National Heritage.

The journal is dedicated to the world-wide dissemination of academic research concerning the archaeology, culture, environment and history of the Isle of Man.

The journal is being developed with the assistance of a distinguished Editorial Board under the chairmanship of Dr Peter Davey, Director of the Centre for Manx Studies and edited by a small team at the Centre in Douglas. The use of the site will be monitored on a regular basis by Liverpool University Computer Services Department and web statistics provided.

Each accepted contribution will be published when ready and assigned a series number, which, together with the year of publication, will provide an unique bibliographical reference.

Collaborations with other initiatives such as MANNGIS and the soil survey work of Wolverhampton University will be actively explored.

As long as the University allows the Centre free use of its web server, the journal will be freely available to all web-users.

The e-Journal, entitled, Studeyrys Manninagh, is published by the Centre for Manx Studies entirely on the Internet and consists of several different series: 

1. Refereed Articles such as at present appear in the CMS Research Reports Series, 

2. Record Series, such as transcriptions of archive material, also externally refereed, 

3. Theses and Dissertations, as examined and corrected but not refereed, 

4. Bibliographies, grouped by subject area, held in a database for online searching and regularly updated, 

5. Catalogues, such as the list of radiocarbon dates, updated at intervals, and also searchable online, 

6. Papers published elsewhere, copies as *.pdf files, of appropriate articles published elsewhere, where copyright permission is granted,  (papers previously published)

7. Abstracts from other publications with hyperlinks.

Prospective contributors should read the Notes for Contributors to Studeyrys Manninagh and send their material to the editor, or to the Editor, Studeyrys Manninagh, Centre for Manx Studies, 6 Kingswood Grove, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 3LX.

Each contribution to Studeyrys Manninagh will be assigned a unique number within one of the seven series that make up the journal. Thus, for example, the first article will be numbered 1:1, the first in the record series 2:1 and the first dissertation 3:1, and so on.

Within the articles and record series specific references should use the line numbers provided. In theses, dissertations and copies of material from other publications the original page numbers should be used. In data-bases such as the bibliographies and list of radio-carbon dates a unique internal reference should be used - for example, the author and year of publication within a bibliography or the laboratory reference number for carbon dates. In the case of data-sets or lists that are regularly added to or revised the date of the most recent version should be given.

Some examples from the material published on August 1^st 2002:

Pearce C C A 2002, ‘The independence of the Manx Church’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 1:1.

Maddrell B 2002, ‘"….as innocent as a biddag bowl" Nostalgia, censorship and manipulation of a dialect’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 1:2.

Edge P 2002, ‘Deemster Parr’s Abstracts’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 2:1.

Gawne C W 2002, ‘The Isle of Man’s annual financial ‘Imperial Contribution’ to Britain’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 3:1.

Platten J A 2002, ‘Mid-seventeenth century church presentments in the Isle of Man: social control or salvation for sinners?’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 3:2.

Wilson E 2002, ‘Geology bibliography’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 4:1.

Tomlinson P R 2002, ‘Archaeology bibliography’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 4:2.

Chiverrell R, Tomlinson P R and Woodcock J J 2002, ‘Radiocarbon dates for the Isle of Man’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 5:1.

Kewley Draskau J M 2002, ‘The sociolinguistics of terminology, with special reference to less widely-used and revitalised languages’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 6:1.

Maddrell B 2002, ‘"….as innocent as a biddag bowl" Nostalgia, censorship and manipulation of a dialect’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 1:2, 441-50. [The line numbers containing Morrison’s corrections]

Tomlinson P R 2002, ‘Archaeology bibliography’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 4:2, Bersu and Wilson 1966. [Reference to a comment in the bibliography about Three Viking Graves]

Chiverrell R, Tomlinson P R and Woodcock J J 2002, ‘Radiocarbon dates for the Isle of Man’, Studeyrys Manninagh, 5:1, OxA-5894. [The radiocarbon date for carbonised material on a ‘Ronaldsway’ jar from Ballalheaney, Andreas]

Maddrell 2002, 441-50.

Tomlinson 2002, Bersu and Wilson 1966.

Chiverrell et al 2002, OxA-5894.

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