DataVault Update March 2017 Following on from the Jisc Research Data Spring the universities of Manchester and Edinburgh have been continuing to develop DataVault.  Both institutions are currently planning local implementations, whilst working together …Continue reading →

The Boston Globe Archive on trial TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | databases | history | Newspapers | United States I’m happy to let you know the Library has trial access to The Boston Globe Historical Archive (1872-1985) from ProQuest. This resource delivers unique coverage of both New England and American …Continue reading →

19th Century Collections Online: the Corvey Collection of European Literature, 1790-1840 TAGS: e-books | English Literature | French | full-text | German Following consultations with English Literature and French Studies, the Library has just purchased a large digital collection of European literature called the Corvey Collection of European Literature, 1790-1840. As part of the …Continue reading →

The Development Of Avant-Garde Art And Ideas 1905-1924 TAGS: 1900s | 1910's | 1920s | art | Avant-Garde | Europe | European | history | PhD | russia | Russian | West | Western | youtube The film above is a review of the artworks referenced in the first three volumes of a four volume Ph.D. thesis by Ivor Davies from 1974: Certain Aspects Of Art …Continue reading →

Scottish Session Papers Condition Survey TAGS: bound volumes | digitisation | Scottish Session Papers In this week’s blog, Special Collections Conservator, Emily, describes the conservation problems encountered during a condition survey of a collection of bound volumes… I have recently carried out a condition …Continue reading →

Spotlight on film and moving images TAGS: 20th century | Britain | cultural history | databases | documentaries | Europe | film | history | primary source | social history | Spotlight on | television | United States This is part of an occasional series highlighting some of the online resources available at the Library that will be of interest to students and staff in History, Classics and …Continue reading →

The Stories and Afterlife of Lady Grange Stories beget stories – it’s one of my favourite things about them – and archives are built on precisely this strength. Archival collections, like those at the University of Edinburgh, …Continue reading →

20,000th item in the Edinburgh Research Archive TAGS: ERA | open access | PhD We are delighted to announce the deposit of the 20,000th item into our institutional repository the Edinburgh Research Archive (ERA). ERA is a digital repository of original research which contains …Continue reading →

Observing the EU with the EUobserver TAGS: databases | International Relations | media | Newspapers | online resources | Politics The Library has been given trial access to the independent online newspaper EUobserver. Launched in 2000 their aim is to support European democracy by giving people the information they need to …Continue reading →

ProQuest Congressional on trial TAGS: databases | history | International Relations | online resources | Politics | social policy | Sociology *The Library currently has access to ProQuest Congressional through the ProQuest Access 350 subscription until 31st July 2024. Access via the Databases A-Z list.* The Library currently has trial access …Continue reading →