Welcome to the new Statistical Accounts of Scotland blog Welcome to the first post on the new Statistical Accounts of Scotland Blog. My name is Helen Aiton, and I am the User Support Manager for EDINA, based at the …Continue reading →

Pop-up Week 8th-12th September TAGS: pop up library

De Gruyter E-Journals – Access Issue TAGS: De Gruyter | e-journals We have currently lost access to our De Gruyter e-journals.  This has been reported and we hope to have this resolved asap. This issue is now resolved.

New release of Research Data MANTRA (Management Training) online course The Research Data MANTRA course is an open, online training course that provides instruction in good practice in research data management. There are nine interactive learning units on key topics …Continue reading →

Congressional Record – New Database TAGS: Business | Congressional record | current-events | databases | Economics | finance | government | insurance | International Relations | Medicine | Politics | ProQuest | science and technology | social issues We have purchased the Congressional Record database from ProQuest. ProQuest Congressional is a comprehensive online collection of primary source congressional publications and legislative research materials covering all topics, including government, current …Continue reading →

Trial – Oxford Medicine Online E-Books TAGS: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine | Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology | Oxford Medicine Online | Training In Ophthalmology | trials We have trial access to 3 e-books on the Oxford Medicine Online platform ending on 2nd October: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine Oxford Handbook of Ophthalmology Training In Ophthalmology  Feedback …Continue reading →

Engineering Village – additional content TAGS: Compendex | databases | Elsevier | Engineering Village | Inspec We have increased the coverage available in our Compendex and Inspec databases which are hosted on the Engineering Village platform. Previously we only had access to the archive content of …Continue reading →

Aberdeen Connections #RBSCG14 TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | Pamphlets Last week I was privileged to attend the CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections conference at the Sir Duncan Rice Library at Aberdeen University. I was able to take a …Continue reading →

New online resource for SPS: Media Education Foundation digital films TAGS: academic support librarian | anthropology | databases | gender studies | new | online resources | Politics | Sociology | Womens' Studies The Library has recently subscribed to the Media Education Foundation (MEF) digital films service via the Kanopy streaming service. MEF produce and provide documentary films and other educational resources to inspire …Continue reading →

All in a name (nearly) TAGS: Andrew Brown | Arts | regulations | students A notice from 1827 reveals certain privileges that were available if: Your name was STEWART Your surname was SIMPSON You were a Highlander acquainted with the Gaelic language These seem …Continue reading →