Spotlight on Archives Unbound TAGS: databases | First World War | gender studies | history | International Relations | Politics | primary source | Spanish Civil War | Spotlight on | World War Two | WWI | WWII This is the second in a (very) occasional series highlighting some of the online resources available at the Library that will be of interest to students and staff in History, …Continue reading →

Edinburgh University Students in Spain TAGS: alumni | Spanish Civil War | students It is 80 years since the Spanish Civil War broke out.  Unlike both World Wars, we have no record of University of Edinburgh students who fought (and died) in Spain …Continue reading →

2017 Library and University Collections calendar: Images from the Directory of Collections TAGS: calendar; 2017; Directory of Collections The 2017 Library & University Collections calendar, which features a wide range of images from the Library’s Directory of Collections, is available to buy now from the Main Library and …Continue reading →

DataShare upgraded to v2.3 – The embargo enhancement release The latest upgrade of Edinburgh DataShare, from version 2.2 to 2.3, brings in several useability improvements. Embargo expiry reminder If you want to deposit your data in DataShare, but you …Continue reading →

Tripe discovery! Indian Exhibition Research Internship This is a guest blog, written by one of our History of Art interns, Rose Hussey. As part of my Master’s degree at the University of Edinburgh, I have undertaken …Continue reading →

Over the line – a German medic’s war TAGS: German | Levin | Medicine | neurology | photography | trenches | WW1 In this month’s edition, Louise, Archivist in Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA), finds a different view of the First World War…. Ernst Levin (1887 – 1975) was a German-born neurologist …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | history | International Relations | Main Library | new | online resources | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology 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 (very) small …Continue reading →

Past Exam Papers Online Exam time is approaching again and you may find it useful to look at recent past exam papers for your course. Our Exam Papers Online web page https://exampapers.ed.ac.uk/ provides on …Continue reading →

New Cambridge University Press E-Books Available TAGS: American History | American Literature | Archaeology | astronomy | British History | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theatre | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | Film media mass communication | General Science | History Cross Discipline | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability A further 173 e-books are available from Cambridge University Press, Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer across a wide variety of subject disciplines.  Please see the title list here.  …Continue reading →

Welcome to the new and improved Statistical Accounts of Scotland online! As you may have already noticed, the Statistical Accounts of Scotland service now has a new look as well as new and improved features. We hope you have been exploring …Continue reading →