The Scotichronicon and the Goblin Ha’ – witchcraft and hobgoblins in our manuscripts! TAGS: Archives In popular culture, archives sometimes have a cryptic reputation: if some filmmakers were to be believed, in the middle of dust and darkness would rest ancient manuscripts and parchments containing …Continue reading →

From the Stores #1: Packing List for Fieldwork Progress in the Lyell project has taken a giant leap these last two weeks thanks to two developments. Firstly, physical work in the stores where the collection is secured at …Continue reading →

Bread Rationing: a surprising and timely subject TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | history | Magazines | Newspapers | primary source | rationing | social history | World War Two Today’s post, highlighting the wide range of newspaper archive databases the Library has and how these can be used to research a particular topic or event, is written by Louise …Continue reading →

Dissertation Festival: 26th October – 6th November TAGS: dissertation | information skills | library services | research | subject guide Are you writing a dissertation this year? Do you want to find out more about the library resources available to support your dissertation? From the 26th October to the 6th …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: September 2020 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | gold open access | green open access | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications | September 2020

Dissertation Festival 2020 TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Archives | databases | dissertation | Events | International Relations | Library | online resources | Politics | postgraduate | primary sources | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies | undergraduate From 26 October – 6 November the Library is running a virtual Dissertation Festival. The online events taking place during this two week period will highlight what the Library can …Continue reading →

First online meeting of the Research Outputs Forum (15th October 2020) After a brief introduction from chair Martin Donnelly, who recapped the rationale for merging the former Open Access and Research Data Management forums into a single channel for communicating progress …Continue reading →

Training Sessions- Diary Dates TAGS: informationskills | Legal databases | library training Learn something new or simply refresh your memory! There are a couple of online training sessions coming up soon that you may find useful: Using Law Databases (Library Bitesize)-  Wednesday …Continue reading →

Thank you Friends The University of Edinburgh’s Lyell archives continue to grow, thanks to the support of our generous friends. The Friends of the National Libraries and the Friends of Edinburgh University Library united …Continue reading →

‘Using the Library’ sessions, and catching up TAGS: catchup | induction | informationskills | mediahopper | slides | videos | welcome We’re now in week three of semester one, and by this point we’ve been able to conduct introductory ‘Using the Library’ presentations for undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD level students. If …Continue reading →