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October 24, 2017
Trial access: Online Egyptological Bibliography and First World War primary sources TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | databases | Egyptology | First World War | history | primary source | the Great War | World War I The Library currently has trial access to the Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB) from the University of Oxford and The First World War primary source database from Adam Matthew. You can …Continue reading →
The Battle of Jutland – 100 years on TAGS: Battle of Jutland | German Fleet | Grand Fleet | High Seas Fleet | My boy Jack | Navy | Rudyard Kipling | Scapa Flow | Sea Warfare | World War I | WW1 This week sees the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, the largest and most important naval engagement of the First World War, and also a particularly Scottish event, as …Continue reading →
Sydney Goodsir Smith Stands for Rector
In 1951, students voting for a new Rector of Edinburgh University faced a choice between...
Last Day for Museums Collections Intern
During the summer the Museums Services Team took on a ten week ‘Museums Collections’ intern...
Spotlight on Fiddles at St Cecilia’s Hall
Guest post from Olivia Thorne, a museums placement student at St Cecilia’s Hall As a...
Finding my way around the map and atlas collection
We catch up with Helen, our Projects Conservator at the University Collections Facility (UCF), in...
