Get the Best from the Library for … Social Policy TAGS: social policy | SPS Want to get the best from the Library for Social Policy?  A key starting point is the Social Policy Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library for … Social Work TAGS: Social Work | SPS Want to get the best from the Library for Social Work?  A key starting point is the Social Work Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library for … Sociology TAGS: Sociology | SPS Want to get the best from the Library for Sociology?  A key starting point is the Sociology Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities …Continue reading →

Iconic Photography Part of our remit in the DIU has been to work through a list of ‘Iconic’ Items from the collection in our spare time. Over the years we have completed …Continue reading →

Open Access in the Next REF – Planning Update Over the last few weeks. the University of Edinburgh has seen a whirlwind of activity around the Open Access requirements for REF.  The Library’s Scholarly Communications Team attended an HSS College Research Committee, …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library for … Medicine MBChB TAGS: Medicine MBChB students – want to get the best from the Library for Medicine? A key starting point is the Medicine Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides Start here to explore print and electronic …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library for … ECA TAGS: Architecture | fine art | History of Art | music Want to get the best from the Library for subject areas in ECA? A key starting point is the Subject Guides at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, …Continue reading →

Trial – RIPM TAGS: database | Ebsco | music | RIPM We have trial access to RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals) on the EbscoHost platform until the 11th November. RIPM offers a unique, searchable collection of complete full-text music journals …Continue reading →

A Picture of Health TAGS: health | history of medicine | hospitals | photography On Thursday 30th October from 10am, Louise and Clair from Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA) will be on the Library Pop desk on the first floor of the Main Library. …Continue reading →

Ladies in the Lords: Chrystal Macmillan Lecture Oct 2014 TAGS: e-journals | Events | online resources | Social & Political Sciences On Thursday 30th October the Lord Speaker Baroness D’Souza will deliver the Chrystal Macmillan Lecture on the topic of Ladies in the Lords: Women’s Representation in Political Life. Today there …Continue reading →