Cataloguing the HIV/Aids Collections held in LHSA Our story begins in 2011, when the HIV/AIDS epidemic related records held by Lothian Health Services Archive were awarded an inscription on the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register …Continue reading →

Sage E-books – access issue TAGS: access issue | 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 →

Next week at the Pop-up Library TAGS: exam papers | Learn | LHSA | Newspapers | Resource Lists | Resources Plus | Searcher | timetable Monday 22nd – Friday 26th September 2014 AM PM Monday Exam Papers Online: How to find past exam papers 10am-12noon Learn and Mobile Learn 2-4pm (tbc) Tuesday Lothian Health Services …Continue reading →

Trial – Loeb Classical Library Online TAGS: Loeb Classical Library | trials           We have trial access to the Loeb Classical Library Online for 2 months. The Digital Loeb Classical Library contains more than 520 volumes of Latin, …Continue reading →

Conservation, with Honours With Fresher Week just past, it seems fitting that this post should be based around diplomas – even if graduating does seem a long way off for these new students! …Continue reading →

There’s no business like show business TAGS: ECA Collection | ECA Degree Show | Edinburgh College of Art | Tiina Lilja Tiina Lilja recently graduated in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. Earlier this year, we acquired two of Tiina’s paintings for the University Art Collection as she was an artist we had been …Continue reading →

Cite Them Right – downtime Sat.20th TAGS: Cite Them Right Online | downtime | Palgrave MacMillan   Cite Them Right will experience downtime on Saturday  20th September between 9am and 5pm while the publishers migrate their content to new servers.

Resources Plus TAGS: ILL | inter-library loans | RAB | Recommend A Book | self-request Or: “How do I get hold of the book I need??” Is the book you want already out on loan? Does the Library not have the book or journal you …Continue reading →

Referendum TAGS: collections | independence | indyref | referendum | union So, what have our collections to say about the referendum? More than you may think.  The Referendum is not an isolated event but sits within a historic time-line. Our collections …Continue reading →

Smart Searching with Searcher You have your reading list, so now how do you find those books, e-books and e-journal articles? Don’t use Google, use Searcher! Searcher is the Library’s discovery service – think …Continue reading →