On trial: ImageQuest TAGS: images The Library has trial access – until the end of June – to ImageQuest, a unique collection of over 3,000,000 rights-cleared images from 59 of the world’s image houses.

New resource from Past Masters: The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953 TAGS: electronic resource | Library | Philosophy | PPLS | psychology The Library has purchased a further electronic resource from the Past Masters series in the shape of the collected works of the American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer, John Dewey. 

New! Ancient commentators on Aristotle TAGS: aristotle | Books | e-books The Library is in the process of obtaining the complete collection of these ancient Greek commentaries on Aristotle, which were originally gathered together and edited in the series Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca (CAG). The …Continue reading →

Treasury of Linguistic Maps Online: trial access now available TAGS: e-resources | linguistics We now have trial access – until 13th June 2016 – to Treasury of Linguistic Maps Online. Treasury of Linguistic Maps Online presents linguistic maps selected from various atlases and other publications …Continue reading →

Illustrated London News: trial access now available TAGS: e-resources We now have trial online access – until 20th May 2016 – to the Historical Archive of the famous Illustrated London News, which covers the entire run from the inaugural edition of May …Continue reading →

Open Education Resources (OER) Workshop – 4th May TAGS: learning and teaching | OER | open educational resources STAY LEGAL – OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES (OER) WORKSHOP Stay legal. Learn how to create teaching and research presentations that can be shared openly on the web without infringing copyright.

Additional study space in the Central area TAGS: examinations | exams | study space There is a wide range of study space available across the University, full details of which – completely with interactive map – may be checked here. However, as the exam …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid TAGS: academic support librarian | electronic resource | Philosophy | PPLS The Library has trial access, until 30th April 2016, to this new electronic resource from Past Masters. Check it out here!

OER16: Open Culture TAGS: conference | education | OER | open knowledge A great conference and always a friendly crowd. OER16, the 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, will be held at the University of Edinburgh on the 19th-20th April 2016.

Bonnes nouvelles – French language journals for PPLS! TAGS: databases | e-journals | Philosophy | PPLS You might wish to check out the Cairn.Info database, which offers online access to the full text of over 400 French language journals published in France and Belgium since 2001.