Autumn E-Book News TAGS: Access Engineering | American History | American University in Cairo Press | Anthem Press | Archaeology | art | astronomy | Boydell & Brewer | British History | Business & Management | Cambridge Books Online | Cambridge Histories | Cambridge Histories Online | Cambridge University Press | Classical Studies | Dawsonera | Drama and Theater | e-books | Earth and Environmental Sciences | EBL | Ebsco | Economics | Economics & Finance | Edinburgh University Press | education | Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | Fordham University Press | General Science | Geography | history | Hong Kong University Press | International Relations & Development | Jagiellonian University Press | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Liverpool University Press | Management | Manchester University Press | mass communication | Mathematical Association of America | mathematics | media | Media & Culture | MIT Press | music | MyILibrary | Oxford Handbooks | Oxford Scholarship Online | Palgrave | Philosophy | Policy Press | Political Science | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Religion & Philosophy | Social Sciences | Sociology | Stanford University Press | Statistics and Probability | Taylor & Francis | Theatre & Performance | University of Adelaide Press | University of California Press | University of Chicago Press | University Press of Florida | University Press of Kentucky | UPSO | Yale University Press The following have seen additions to content and have been or are in the process of being added to our catalogue. Access Engineering has seen about 30 title additions as …Continue reading →

Study space during exams TAGS: exams | students | study space   Need help finding study space? In order to help ease pressure on study spaces in the Main Library during the busy exam period, Information Services (IS), EUSA and the University central …Continue reading →

Chicago, 1950, Another Look: The Erving Goffman Memorial Lecture 2014 TAGS: Books | Erving Goffman | Howard S Becker | Library | Social & Political Sciences | Sociology The Erving Goffman Memorial Lecture is being held today as part of the year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Sociology department at University of Edinburgh. Today’s lecture is …Continue reading →

Favourite character from a Scottish book TAGS: Annexe | Book Week Scotland | Catalogue | David Lyndsay | Grant Morrison | Library Annexe | OPAC | Scottish Book Trust | The Invisibles | University of Edinburgh | Voyage to Arcturus As part of Book Week Scotland, the Scottish Book Trust are holding a vote to discover the most loved characters in Scottish fiction. Here, the Library Annexe staff put forward …Continue reading →

MCG : Museums Beyond the Web Conference TAGS: Museums | Special Collections The Natural History Museum in London was the setting for the Museum Computer Group‘s Museums Beyond The Web Conference, on November 7th. There was a certain aptness to the venue, …Continue reading →

Love books? Get involved in Book Week Scotland 2014 TAGS: Books | Library | Scottish Book Trust I love books. I love reading. I love bookshops. And I love libraries (slight bias there as I am a Librarian after all). So Book Week Scotland is a perfect …Continue reading →

Book Week Scotland – which characters did staff at the main library helpdesk vote for TAGS: Book Week Scotland | Scottish Book Trust Okay here goes……….. Maisie lives in Morningside and my girls when little, really liked the idea of this. We also had a soft toy of Maisie and they loved to …Continue reading →

Education at Alexander Street Press – new e-resource TAGS: Alexander Street Press | education | Teachers TV | Video package  We have added Education at Alexander Street Press to our catalogue and A-Z list. UK-based Teachers TV has been producing instructional videos since 2008 and was government funded until the site …Continue reading →

Trial – Oxford Historical Treaties TAGS: Law | Oxford Historical Treaties (OHT) | Oxford Public International Law | Parry’s Consolidated Treaty Series We have trial access to Oxford Historical Treaties until the 24th December. Oxford Historical Treaties (OHT) is the premier resource for historical treaty research and home to the full text …Continue reading →

Trial – Mental Measurements Yearbook TAGS: Buros Center for Testing | Ebsco | Mental Measurements Yearbook We have trial access to the Mental Measurements Yearbook until the 21st December.  The Mental Measurements Yearbook is a guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. Produced by the Buros …Continue reading →