Wisdom is the Principal Thing Last month I was asked to take some photos of the McEwan Hall which is currently undergoing a major redevelopment to bring it into the 21st century. Having previously photographed …Continue reading →

Roll of the Fallen We are pleased to announce that the University’s Roll of the Fallen for the First World War is now searchable online. The Roll of Honour was originally published in 1921, …Continue reading →

Trial access: Online Egyptological Bibliography and First World War primary sources TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | databases | Egyptology | First World War | history | primary source | the Great War | World War I *The Library has subsequently subscribed to Online Egyptological Bibliography. Find out more at New to the Library: Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB)* The Library currently has trial access to the Online …Continue reading →

Chinese database for trial We have been offered a free trial of 大成故纸堆 which contains a vast amount of full-text material for Chinese studies. The trial can be accessed on the University network by …Continue reading →

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) videos now available TAGS: Academic Video Online | Alexander Street Press | Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) | education | videos The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) content is now live in Academic Video Online: Premium (111 titles), ASCD is exclusive to Alexander Street. ASCD is a global leader …Continue reading →

Find treasure in New College Library TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | students We’re welcoming Divinity postgraduate students today for library treasure hunt activities to help them get to know New College Library. Students on the five postgraduate programmes have already had access to brief video …Continue reading →

The Invisible Cities Of Edinburgh TAGS: 1640's | 1700's | 1760's | 1770's | 1820's | 1830's | 1850's | 1890's | 1910's | 1960's | 2010's | Edinburgh | George Street | Invisible Cities | Italo Calvino | St. Andrew Square | Theses | Thomas Hosmer Shepherd | Yuri Herrera [Click images for full-size view] This study is concerned with examining the evolution of status areas in the context of Edinburgh. Status areas were defined in three period analyses in …Continue reading →

Bloomsbury E-Books – more added TAGS: Bloomsbury | e-books | education | Hart | Law | linguistics Earlier this year we purchased Hart 2014 and 2015 collection e-book packages, we have now purchased a further 3 collections – Hart 2016, Education 2015 and Second Language Acquisition Archive …Continue reading →

Beginner’s guide to finding a book in DiscoverEd TAGS: Books | DiscoverEd | e-books | find | Library search Got a book you need to find in the Library but not sure how to search for it in DiscoverEd? This beginner’s guide should help. If searching for a known …Continue reading →

New Cambridge University Press E-Books Available TAGS: American History | American Literature | anthropology | Archaeology | astronomy | British History | Cambridge University Press | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theatre | e-books | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | mass communication | mathematics | media | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability We have added to DiscoverEd, 304 new monographs and 113 new coursebooks from the following subject areas: American History, American Literature, Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, British History, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Drama …Continue reading →