First batch of digitised theses available on ERA! TAGS: ERA | first upload | Theses We are pleased to announce that the first batch of approximately 80 PhD theses is now available online through ERA, our online institutional repository! https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/15956 The theses have initially been …Continue reading →

Student Placement – Joey Shuker Joey Shuker, conservation placement student from Camberwell College of Art describes her experience of working at the CRC in this week’s blog post… I have been very fortunate to have …Continue reading →

Financial Times – new features TAGS: Financial Times | FT.com | newspaper Our subscription to the Financial Times now contains new features – FT Confidential Research combines the FT’s proprietary survey data and on-the-ground research from China and Southeast Asia, to give …Continue reading →

Main Library Summer Improvements 2016 – update 26/7/16 Work is continuing in the Main Library on a programme of works to bring significant improvements for library users through increasing the number of study spaces by 350 and providing …Continue reading →

Online library fine/fee payments now available Library fines for overdue loans and library fees for lost items can now be paid online 24x7x365 from anywhere in the world. This means you don’t have to go to …Continue reading →

Sage Research Methods Update TAGS: Business & Management | Criminology | database | Datasets | education | health | Nursing | psychology | Sage Reserach Methods | Social Work | Sociology We recently took out a subscription to the Datasets component of Sage Research Methods following a successful trial. The datasets included in SAGE Research Methods Datasets are taken from government sources and …Continue reading →

JSTOR – Arts and Science XV available TAGS: archive | art | Classical Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | film | history | Humanities | JSTOR | Literature | music | Political Science | religion | social sciences and sciences | Sociology We now subscribe to the Arts and Science XV package from JSTOR.  Arts & Sciences XV has extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, …Continue reading →

Getting Reacquainted with Robert Burns Through the Laing Collection The most important manuscript collection at the University of Edinburgh has long been acknowledged to be the Laing Collection. This treasure trove was donated to the University of Edinburgh in …Continue reading →

Cemeteries in the 60’s TAGS: 1960's | burials | cemeteries | digitisation | Edinburgh | France | Library | memorials | PhD | rare books | Roman | stele | Theses Iron Age burial excavated at Châlons-sur-Marne, France (Ritchie: 1968) Highlights from the PhD digitisation project Exploring the theme of cemeteries and memorials showcases some of the most visually rich and striking theses …Continue reading →

Compressing collections to create more study spaces – update 21 July 2016 This week we have finished compressing Main Library collections on the 2nd floor and have moved up to the 3rd floor. Our contractors have moved collections on over 10,000 metres …Continue reading →