Hugh MacDiarmid and Mary Poppins: An Unpublished Letter in EU Archives TAGS: Hugh MacDiarmid | PL Travers An unpublished letter from Mary Poppins author P. L. Travers to Hugh MacDiarmid in Edinburgh University’s C. M. Grieve Archive casts further light on the surprising relationship between the two …Continue reading →

Mango Languages – online language courses for trial TAGS: Arabic | Chinese | Danish | Finnish | French | German | greek | Hebrew | Japanese | Korean | language courses | Latin | Norwegian | Portuguese | Russian | Scandinavian | Scottish Gaelic | Shakespeare English | Spanish | Swahili | Swedish | Turkish The University Library has arranged a free trial of an online language learning resource called “Mango Languages”. The service offers online interactive courses for learning over 70 languages, including almost …Continue reading →

‘W’ Collection provides a window into the world of eighteenth-century India TAGS: eighteenth-century | India | missions | New College Library | rare books One of the current Special Collections cataloguing projects at New College Library is the W4/5 section which includes works on ecclesiastical history and theology. In this collection we were pleased …Continue reading →

Shooting the breeze TAGS: book of the dead | egyptian | papyrus | polyester sling | rehousing It’s not every day that you are asked to conserve a magic spell on papyrus, but this is exactly what happened when I was asked to take a look an …Continue reading →

Steps towards equality in New College Library Class Photographs TAGS: Archives | gender | New College Edinburgh | photographs | twentieth-century | Women A guest post by Chloe Elder, New College Library Special Collections Digitisation intern From the depths of New College Library’s archives, a selection of class photographs from 1857 to 1930 has been …Continue reading →

E-Resource Trials now live TAGS: Annual Review of Vision Science | Art source | databases | e-books | e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection | e-journals | e-resources | Film & Television Literature Index | IBISWorld | International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance | Mango | Statista | trials We have the following e-resources on trial.  All e-resources on trial are listed on our trials webpage where trial feedback forms can also be completed. Mango Languages Mango Languages offer …Continue reading →

Academic Video Online – more content added TAGS: Academic Video Online | Alexander Street Press | Art & Design | Diversity | Health Sciences | history | Literature & Language | Music & Performing Arts | Personal Interest | Psychology and Counselling | Science & Engineering | Social Sciences | videos During the summer we took out a subscription to Academic Video Online following a successful trial earlier this year.  A further 1,462 videos have been added across multiple subject areas.  …Continue reading →

Reading your reading list and recognising references TAGS: Books | DiscoverEd | journals | reading lists | references Got your reading list but not sure what you’re being asked to read (is it a book, is it an article, is it a bird, is it a plane…)? Or …Continue reading →

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text now available TAGS: database | Ebsco | Ethnomusicology | Instruments | Musicology | Pedagogy | Performance | RILM | RILM abstracts of music literature with full text (RAFT) | Theory We have upgraded our RILM Abstracts of music literature subscription to include full text. RILM abstracts of music literature with full text (RAFT) expands and enhances the unrivalled global bibliography …Continue reading →

Find peace in the Library TAGS: databases | International Relations | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences Finding peace in the library might mean finding a bit of quiet study space to you. If that’s the case, have a look at our guide to quiet and silent study …Continue reading →