Trial access to Gunsho Ruiju TAGS: art | cultivated arts | customs | e-books | economy | education | Gunsho Ruiju | history | language | legal codes | Literature | morality | music | Politics | religion | society | Zoku Gunsho Ruiju | Zoku Zoku Gunsho We have trial access to Gunsho Ruiju until the 19th December. Gunsho Ruiju is a collection of old Japanese books published from the ancient times to early Edo era. Subjects …Continue reading →

Book Week Scotland – vote for your favourite character As part of Book Week Scotland the Scottish Book Trust are holding a vote to discover the most loved characters in Scottish fiction. From Begbie to Miss Jean Brodie, from …Continue reading →

The decant is complete We have finished emptying St Cecilia’s Hall after a great deal of hard work and have left the building in the extremely capable hands of our Project Manager.  Now the …Continue reading →

Trial access to Italian Dictionaries and Works of Reference from Zanichelli Editore TAGS: Dictionaries | Italian | Zanichelli We have trial access until 22nd December to Italian Dictionaries & Works of Reference from Zanichelli Editore The dictionaries on trial are: Lo Zingarelli Il Ragazzini Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli I’Inglese …Continue reading →

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi: Man + Machine TAGS: Edinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Maquettes | Paolozzi | Sculpture The Centre for Research Collections is showcasing a selection of maquettes from Paolozzi’s major bequest to the University’s Informatics Forum. A founder of the Pop Art movement, sculptor Sir Eduardo …Continue reading →

Trial access to Sinica Sinoweb TAGS: Academia Sinica | e-journals | Sinica Sinoweb | Taiwan We have trial access to Sinica Sinoweb until the 20th December. Sinica Sinoweb provides full-text access to the archive of 14 core journals from Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, with the earliest …Continue reading →

Trial access to Chinese Electronic Periodicals Services (CEPS) and Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service (CETD) TAGS: Chinese Electronic Periodicals Services | Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service | dissertations | e-journals | Theses We have trial access to the Chinese Electronic Periodicals Services (CEPS) and Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service (CETD) until the 20th December. The CEPS/CETD database platform provides full-text access …Continue reading →

Trial – OpenEdition Platform TAGS: e-books | e-journals | humanities and social sciences | OpenEdition We have trial access to e-book and e-journal content on the OpenEdition platform until the 31st January. OpenEdition is the umbrella portal for OpenEdition Books, Revues.org, Hypotheses and Calenda, four …Continue reading →

Trial – BrowZine TAGS: app | browsing | BrowZine | e-journals The Library is running a trial of BrowZine until 19th December.  BrowZine is a new application that allows you to browse, read and follow thousands of the library’s scholarly journals …Continue reading →

Written in blood This letter means what it says – “This is written in the blood of William Burke, who was hanged at Edinburgh on 28th of January 1829”.  The blood was “taken …Continue reading →