Freshers, Festival, Football: The Student, 11 Oct 1984 TAGS: 1984 | alumni | The Student Hot off the press (and a day early!), the 11 October 1984 edition of The Student is now available to read online https://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/thestudent/. Featuring the surprising success of Big Country, …Continue reading →

What’s on 13th-17th October #LibraryPop Drop in sessions -1st Floor Main Library 13th October- 17th October AM PM Monday Digital Footprint – managing your digital footprint Pebblepad for reflection (2-3pm only) Tuesday Musical Instrument …Continue reading →

Trial access to BBC Monitoring Library now available TAGS: International Relations | media | Newspapers | Politics | trials The Library has set up trial access to BBC Monitoring Library and you can access this resource on the Databases trials page at www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials BBC Monitoring was created in 1939 …Continue reading →

Managing your digital footprint (13 Oct) TAGS: digital footprint | social media Managing your digital footprint will be at the Pop-Up Library on 13 October 2014 (10:00-12:00) Do you want to find out how to manage your online presence (digital footprint); how social …Continue reading →

Sage E-books – access issue TAGS: e-books | Sage We have lost access to a number of e-books published by Sage.  This has been reported to the publisher and we hope to have access restored as soon as possible. …Continue reading →

RANDOMS TAGS: chamaeleon | David Bowie | Reptiles | Special Collections I wanted to share some fantastic images that have come through the Digital Imaging Unit via general random digitization requests. This material is bound for individual researchers and would normally …Continue reading →

Rare Books De-mystified TAGS: pop up library | rare books If you have ever fancied using old or rare books as the basis of a project, or come upon the location “Main Library – Special Collections” in the catalogue, for …Continue reading →

Trial – Oxford Scholarly Editions – Early Seventeenth-Century Prose TAGS: e-books | Early 17th Century Prose | Early Seventeenth-Century Prose | Oxford Scholarly Editions We have trial access to Oxford Scholarly Editions – Early Seventeenth-Century Prose until the 6th November.  Access on campus or off campus via the VPN. Oxford Scholarly Editions provides access …Continue reading →

PebblePad for Reflection TAGS: eportfolio | pebblepad | pop up library | reflection Did you know that everyone at the University, student or staff member, has access to a free ePortfolio space? It is called PebblePad and can be accessed via the MyEd …Continue reading →

Trial – Vetus Latina database TAGS: Brepolis | database | Vetus Latina We have trial access to Vetus Latina database on the Brepolis platform until the 7th November. You will need to click “Enter database” to accept the terms and conditions of …Continue reading →