Home Front – Theatrical group – ‘The Eves’, 1916-1917 AN ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA TELLS THEIR STORY For the war effort, various Home Front groups and organisations produced entertainments to raise funds for the Red Cross and other …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | Books | International Relations | new | Politics | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number …Continue reading →

E-Resource Trials – last chance to try out TAGS: trials The following e-resource trials end on Monday.  These can all be accessed from the e-resources trial page where links to trial feedback forms can also be found. Voxgov – a …Continue reading →

Cambridge Companions Online TAGS: American Literature | Cambridge Companions Online | e-books | English Literature | European and World Literature | History of ideas We have access to all Cambridge Companions Online as they are published.  A further 20 new titles in the subject areas of literature and history of ideas have been added …Continue reading →

June Baker Trust – Emerging Conservator Grant TAGS: Emerging Conservator | June Baker Trust | survey In this week’s blog post, we hear from Project Conservator, Emily Hick, who recently carried out a self-led continuing professional development project at the CRC, which was funded by the …Continue reading →

Institutionally Authored Books The Scholarly Communications Team estimates that staff at the University of Edinburgh write, edit or contribute to over 500 books annually and the Library aspires to hold two copies of each …Continue reading →

Foreign Office Files for China 1919-1948 & China: Culture and Society The Library has arranged further database trials for Chinese Studies.To access these trials, please go to the Library’s e-resources trials page and scroll down to find these entries. Foreign Office …Continue reading →

It’s all Greek to me! Hello, my name is Katharine – I’m the new Intern with the Conservation department at the Centre for Research Collections. Having spent the last four years working in collections care in …Continue reading →

Look, there’s a libretto in the library! TAGS: DiscoverEd | Funk | music | New College Library | Pamphlets | rare books It’s not every day that you find a rare edition of Handel’s Messiah in your library but I’m delighted to say that we have one at New College Library! This recently catalogued pamphlet …Continue reading →

Cambridge University Press E-Book Additions – November TAGS: Cambridge University Press | e-books | Multidisciplinary A further 306 e-books published by Cambridge University Press have been added to DiscoverEd.  Subject areas cover most disciplines.  See the list here – tab 1 contains the monographs and …Continue reading →