Trial access to Science of Synthesis TAGS: Chemistry | organic and organometallic chemistry | Science of Synthesis | Thieme We have trial access to Science of Synthesis from Thieme until 30th January 2016. Science of Synthesis provides a critical review of the synthetic methodology developed from the early 1800s …Continue reading →

A Christmas Celebration TAGS: Archives | Free Church of Scotland   New College Collections Curator Kirsty Stewart & I were delighted to find this lovely ‘illuminated manuscript’ certificate, which celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of Rev. Walter Chalmers Smith, …Continue reading →

Highlights from the RDM Programme Progress Report: August – October 2015 The RDM Roadmap 2.0 has been completed, approved, and published online and work has started on achieving the deliverables. A copy of the Roadmap is publicly available on the RDM …Continue reading →

Trial access to South Asia Archive TAGS: Books | database | journals | Legislation documents | reports | South Asia Archive We have trial access to the South Asia Archive until 1st January 2016.  This has been added to our e-resources trials webpage. The South Asia Archive is a specialist digital …Continue reading →

Illustrations of ceramic vessels used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony, or ‘chanoyu’ RECENT ACQUISITION OF 19th CENTURY ILLUSTRATED JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT Recently arrived in to the holdings of the Centre for Research Collections (CRC) is this profusely illustrated manuscript devoted to the …Continue reading →

Cut it out! TAGS: Archives | Covenanters | Gaelic | Manuscripts | Presbyterian I have been making my way through the manuscripts collection in an effort to identify material, see what conservation needs there are and generally acquaint myself with the collections. This …Continue reading →

Trial access to Statista TAGS: database | Multidisiplinary | Statista | Statistics We have trial access to Statista until 30th December 2015 and this has now been added to our e-resources trials webpage. Statista is one of the world’s largest statistics and …Continue reading →

Trial access to Medieval Family Life and Medieval Travel Writing databases TAGS: Adam Matthew | databases | Medieval Family Life | Medieval Travel Writing | Medieval Travel Writing and Accounts of the Far East | Travel and Pilgrimage We have trial access to Medieval Family Life and Medieval Travel Writing databases from Adam Matthew until 29th December 2015.  Both databases have been added to our e-resources trials webpage.   Update 2016 …Continue reading →

Trial access to Sovetskaia kul’tura Digital Archive TAGS: database | EastView | Newspapers | Russian Newspapers | Sovetskaia kul’tura Digital Archive UPDATE – purchased Jan. 2016 We have trial access to Sovetskaia kul’tura Digital Archive via EastView.  The trial can be accessed via the e-resources trial webpage and DiscoverEd until 31st …Continue reading →

Trial access to IndiaStat TAGS: IndiaStats | Multidisciplinary | Statistics We have on campus access to IndiaStat until 11th December.  This resource has been added to the e-resources trials webpage. IndiaStat provides India-specific socio-economic statistical facts and figures from various secondary …Continue reading →