Trial access: China: Trade, Politics and Culture TAGS: 19th century | China | correspondence | databases | East Asia | history | International Relations | journals | Letters | Magazines | Manuscripts | primary source The Library has been given trial access to the primary source database China: Trade, Politics & Culture from Adam Matthew. So for a limited time only you have access to …Continue reading →

I: Edinburgh University Battery Officers’ Training Corps – OTC TAGS: Barry Camp | Edinburgh University Battery Officers' Training Corps | Stobs Camp LIFE IN THE ARMY, AT STOBS CAMP AND ELSEWHERE… AND SOME FACES OF THE FALLEN… Edinburgh University Battery Officers’ Training Corps was one of Scotland’s oldest military volunteer Units. By …Continue reading →

International Women’s Day 2017 TAGS: Archives | childbirth | faith | International Women's Day | provenance | sea-faring | Women During my initial survey of the New College Collections, it was immediately evident, although not surprising, that the majority of the archives stemmed from the work of men or their …Continue reading →

Woman Suffrage Procession: using our newspaper archives for your research TAGS: databases | gender studies | history | Newspapers | primary source | social history | United States | woman suffrage In this week’s blog I’m using some of the Library’s online resources to find primary source material about a specific event, the Woman Suffrage Procession of 1913. On 3rd March …Continue reading →

Scottish Court of Session Papers; digitisation pilot At present I am working on a pilot project, digitising the Scottish Court of Session Papers. The collection is held across three institutions; The Advocate’s Library, The Signet Library and …Continue reading →

Aesthetics in Dermatology and Surgery – e-journal now available TAGS: Aesthetics in Dermatology and Surgery | DOI: 10.1159/issn.2504-0456 | e-ISSN: 2504-107X (Online) | e-journal | ISSN: 2504-0456 (Print) | Karger With the renewal of our Karger E-Journals package, we have gained access to a new title – Aesthetics in Dermatology and Surgery A full list of the e-journals available via …Continue reading →

Historic New College Library partnership begins a new chapter TAGS: Church of Scotland | Free Church of Scotland | University of Edinburgh Founded in 1843 as the Library of the Free Church College, and now serving the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, New College Library is one of the …Continue reading →

Sociology Source Ultimate now available TAGS: conference papers | database | Deviant behavior | Discrimination | e-books | e-journals | Ebsco | Economic development | Family relationships | Gender identity | Migration | Population growth | Poverty and wealth | Religious faith | Social movements | Sociology Source Ultimate We have upgraded our SocIndex with Fulltext subscription to Sociology Source Ultimate. Sociology Source Ultimate features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus …Continue reading →

Archives catalogues come online TAGS: Catalogue | Katherine Brown | online access | Rev Thomas Boston Since I started working with the New College Collections, one of my main aims has been to get the archives catalogues, which sit in a papery, five binder splendour in …Continue reading →

Academic Search Complete now available TAGS: Animal science | anthropology | astronomy | biology | Chemistry | database | e-books | e-journals | Engineering | Ethnic and multicultural studies | General Science | Geography | Geology | Law | mathematics | Multidisciplinary | music | Pharmaceutical sciences | Physics | psychology | Religion and philosophy | science and technology | Veterinary science | Womens' Studies | zoology We have upgraded our Academic Search Premier subscription to Academic Search Complete. The Academic Search Complete multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for …Continue reading →