American National Biography Online (for trial) We have been offered a free trial of American National Biography Online until 11th Feb 2016. To access the trial, please go to the Library’s E-resources Trials webpage and select …Continue reading →

You in your small corner The New College Library has a marvellous series of manuscript sermon notebooks dating as far back as the 1640s (ref. MS SER). It is quite common within manuscript holdings to …Continue reading →

Wikipedia: #1Lib1Ref campaign Research and Learning Services took part in the #1Lib1Ref campaign this morning, celebrating Wikipedia’s 15th birthday by adding 32 new citations to the online encyclopaedia! Many Wikipedia articles have a …Continue reading →

ProQuest downtime TAGS: Chadwyk-Healy | ProQuest We have been advised that all databases, e-books and e-journals on the ProQuest and Chadwyk-Healy platforms will be unavailable for 8 hours starting at 3am on Sunday 18th January.  This …Continue reading →

Our most popular digital images of 2015 (5 – 1) Following yesterday’s publication of numbers 10 – 6, here are our top five digital images from 2015! 5. Mount Stuart, Bute, Floor Plan, 1879: EC.110 (new entry) Rowand Anderson’s floor …Continue reading →

Our most popular digital images of 2015 (10 – 6) Below are the most viewed images (numbers 10-6) from our online images database (http://images.is.ed.ac.uk). Check back in to tomorrow to see numbers 5-1! 10. Native Americans riding a sea monster, …Continue reading →

PastMasters – Augustine 4th Release now purchased TAGS: Philosophy We have purchased additional content within the Past Masters series.  It includes: Augustine. Responses to Miscellaneous Questions. Introduction, translation and notes by Boniface Ramsey, edited by Raymond Canning. Hyde Park, …Continue reading →

Nikkei Telecom21 TAGS: Business | Economics | Japanese Nikkei Telecom 21 (日経テレコン) is a reputable newspaper database in business and economics from Japan. The University Library has started a subscription to this resource from 1st January 2016. This is an essential resource …Continue reading →

Keeping in with the old One of the delights of the New College Library archives is that it contains information on an array of subjects not just theological or religious topics. This is thanks in …Continue reading →