Why football banned women TAGS: 20th century | databases | First World War | football | gender studies | history | Newspapers | primary source | social history | sport In this week’s blog I’m using some of the Library’s online resources to find primary source material relating to the popularity of women’s football during and just after the First …Continue reading →

Introducing ‘Body Language’ ‘Body Language: movement, dance and physical education in Scotland, 1890-1990’ is a new Wellcome Trust Research Resources-funded project between Edinburgh University Library Special Collections and the Fergusson Gallery, Perth  with the support of Moray House …Continue reading →

New Springer Nature E-Journals Available TAGS: Nature Astronomy | Nature Biomedical Engineering | Nature Ecology and Evolution | Nature Human Behaviour | Nature Reviews Chemistry | online ISSN 2157-846X | online ISSN 2397-334X | online ISSN 2397-3358 | online ISSN 2397-3366 | online ISSN 2397-3374 We now subscribe to 5 newly published e-journals from Springer Nature: Nature Astronomy is a truly multidisciplinary journal for the field, representing — and fostering closer interaction between — all …Continue reading →

New i2S CopiBook V-Shape Scanner in the DIU Last week the i2S CopiBook V-Shape arrived in the Digital Imaging Unit where it was installed and demoed by Pascale Thuilliez from i2S. This high-quality bookscanner was bought with the …Continue reading →

New College Library is open throughout the Edinburgh Festival 2017 TAGS: current-events | Edinburgh | New College Library | summer Edinburgh Festival time is coming, and the Assembly Hall on the Mound will once again be a Festival venue. As well as the Assembly Hall, the Rainy Hall and various other …Continue reading →

New! The Encyclopedia of Political Thought TAGS: databases | e-books | history | new | online resources | Politics I’m happy to let you know that following requests from staff in Politics & International Relations the Library has purchased access to The Encyclopedia of Political Thought online from Wiley …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Presidential Recordings Digital Edition TAGS: 20th century | audio | databases | history | International Relations | primary source | United States The Library now has access to the fascinating Presidential Recordings Digital Edition. This rich resource includes transcripts and corresponding audio of secretly recorded conversations in the Oval Office from Presidents …Continue reading →

Spotlight on Fiddles at St Cecilia’s Hall Guest post from Olivia Thorne, a museums placement student at St Cecilia’s Hall As a classically-trained cellist, the image that springs to mind for me when I hear the word …Continue reading →

70,000 high-quality images from National Palace Museum in Taipei TAGS: art | calligraphy | Chinese | museum BBC News reported yesterday that the National Palace Museum in Taipei has placed 70,000 high-quality electronic images in a free-to-download archive so that online users can enjoy its exhibitions. It also …Continue reading →

Korean newspapers online TAGS: database | Korean | trial The Library has arranged a free trial of two digitised Korean newspapers, Choson Ilbo Archive and  Dong-A Ilbo Archive. The digitised full-text content of both newspapers date back to 1920, each …Continue reading →