Go global with new BBC Monitoring service trial TAGS: African Studies | databases | Global development | International Relations | media | Newspapers | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | South Asian Studies | trials We have a new trial to BBC Monitoring, accessible from the Eresources trials web page. Please note the steps required to login.

The University of Edinburgh Library Annexe TAGS: Annexe | south gyle Many University staff and students are blissfully unaware of the existence of the Library Annexe (I know I was, before starting work here earlier this summer), which is situated in the heart …Continue reading →

Architectural monuments of Belgium, 1915 – ‘Opulence in the worst distress’ TAGS: Architecture | Belgium | Jules Jacques van Ysendyck (1836-1901) | Karel Sluyterman (1863-1931) | Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) A LOST BUT RECONSTRUCTED HERITAGE… FROM THE LIBRARY OF SIR ROBERT STODART LORIMER (1864-1929), ARCHITECT In the book collections curated by the CRC is the work entitled La Belgique monumentale: …Continue reading →

18th Century Drama and other resources for trial The Library has organised a free trial, until 29th Nov 2016, of several literature-related databases of digitised archives and manuscripts: Eighteenth Century Drama A unique archive of almost every play submitted …Continue reading →

New College Collections: The Expected and the Unexpected (I) On Saturday 22 October, I was delighted to be able to present a paper to the Scottish Church History Society at their one day conference in the Edinburgh Theological Seminary. …Continue reading →

More e-resources trials available in November TAGS: databases | history | International Relations | Newspapers | primary source | Refugees | World War Two *The Library now subscribes to Archives Unbound giving access to all collections within this. The Library has also subsequently purchased British Library Newspapers Part V.* The Library currently has trial …Continue reading →

Thomson-Walker Internship – Round 2! TAGS: CMC poultice | paper tape | Thomson Walker collection This week’s blog come from Victoria Haddock, a recent graduate, and our second Thomson-Walker intern…. I am currently approaching the end of my fourth week of a ten-week internship working …Continue reading →

Databases on trial! TAGS: databases | Women Some news of a few more databases currently on trial from ProQuest until the end of November.  While not directly related to PPLS subject areas, there is still much that will …Continue reading →

USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive TAGS: Armenia | China | databases | film | genocide | Guatemala | history | Holocaust | interviews | Politics | primary source | Rwanda | survivors | United States | video I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has trial access to the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive®. You can access this online archive via the E-resources …Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times Archive on trial TAGS: databases | history | Newspapers | primary source | United States For the month of November the Library has trial access to the Los Angeles Times Historical Archive, 1881-1992, from ProQuest. You can access this online archive via the E-resources trials …Continue reading →