On trial: Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Black history | Books | databases | history | Manuscripts | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history | United States Thanks to a request from staff in HCA I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has trial access to Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 from Gale Cengage. This is …Continue reading →

Erasmus+ visit to University of Amsterdam TAGS: amsterdam | erasmus+ Over the last few months Library Research Support has received a number of international visitors, from places like the University of Helsinki, University of Amsterdam, and the Czech Academy of …Continue reading →

Thompson-Walker Internship TAGS: Internship | Thomson-Walker This week, we have a final blog post from Irene, our fourth Thomson-Walker Intern…. Times goes by so quickly, and I am already reaching the last week of my internship …Continue reading →

Crowdsourcing at Strathclyde University In February we held a crowdsourcing event at Strathclyde University. The event took place over two days with the help of 23 volunteers. The aim of the two days was …Continue reading →

LGBT+ History Month book display Following the success of the Main Library’s Black History Month ‘micro-exhibition’ in October, which was co-hosted with student groups LiberatEd and Project Myopia, the Library is currently displaying books for …Continue reading →

The woman behind the windows at New College Library TAGS: International Women's Day | New College Library | twentieth-century Visitors to New College Library can’t fail to be impressed by the beautiful stained glass windows which surround the Library Hall. These windows were the gift of Miss Grace Warrack, …Continue reading →

Women and religion books for International Women’s Day 2018 TAGS: Books | International Women's Day | New College Library | students | Women Here’s a selection of new books at New College Library to celebrate International Women’s Day! The Grace of Sophia :a Korean North American women’s Christology, by Grace Ji-Sun Kim, was recommended by …Continue reading →

Queens and female coders TAGS: Edinburgh University Art Collection | Edinburgh University Library | International Women's Day | Music Museum | St Cecilia's Hall Recommended library museum piece to view on International Women’s Day Today is International Women’s Day. And this year, which just happens to be 100 years since women have had the …Continue reading →

Database trial – NK News NK News is an independent, specialist database focused on North Korea. It aims to be a one-stop-shop on North Korea, bringing together news, opinion & analysis, research tools, data, and subject …Continue reading →

E-resources for Korean Studies With the partial financial support from the Korea Foundation, we have now subscribed to 6 Korean databases of e‐books, e‐journals, bibliographies and newspaper archives covering a wide range of subject …Continue reading →