On trial: State Papers Online, Part III TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | history of religion | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from staff members in both HCA and ECA the Library currently has trial access to State Papers Online, Part III: The Stuarts: James I to Anne, …Continue reading →

Open Access Week at the University of Edinburgh Every week is open access week at the University of Edinburgh. From April 2016 – June 2018 the University of Edinburgh has made 11,793 research outputs open access. This represents 89% of the …Continue reading →

On trial: Governing Africa TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | history | International Relations | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history I’m happy to let you know that thanks to a request from a student in HCA the Library currently has trial access to a series of digital collections from British …Continue reading →

Icky Sticky Tape This week’s blog has been written by Lisa Behrens, a book and paper conservation student from Stuttgart in Germany, who spent four weeks at CRC’s conservation studio earlier this summer. …Continue reading →

Women in Scotland: the poor and women’s health We continue with the theme of women in Scotland, this time focusing on poor women and what society did to help them, and women’s health. Poor women Many parishes reported …Continue reading →

On trial: Area Studies – Japan, China and Southeast Asia TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Asia | Britain | China | correspondence | cultural history | databases | e-books | history | International Relations | japan | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history The Library currently has trial access to two primary source databases from Adam Matthew, Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia and Area Studies: Japan. These provide digital access to primary …Continue reading →

On trial: East India Company digital archive TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | history | India | International Relations | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from a student in HCA I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has trial access to the primary source database East India Company …Continue reading →

On trial: British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | diaries | history | Ireland | journals | Letters | primary source | social history *The Library has access to British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries, 1500-1900 until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.* Thanks to a request from a 4th …Continue reading →

Get referencing right: some useful resources TAGS: Citations | Cite Them Right | databases | Endnote | good academic conduct | online resources | plagiarism | reference managers | Social & Political Sciences Working on your assignment and unsure how to do references? Wondering what references, citations, endnotes, footnotes, etc., actually are? Don’t know your Harvard style from your Chicago style? We’ve got …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Literary Print Culture TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Books | Britain | copyright history | correspondence | databases | history | history of publishing | history of the book | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | primary source I’m pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive, 1554-2007 from Adam Matthew. Sourced from the archive of The …Continue reading →