Welcome! TAGS: update Welcome to the Law Librarians’ blog, where we will post helpful resources, training materials and news from the library. Our names are Donna Watson and SarahLouise McDonald, and we are …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Archive downloads: August 2020 TAGS: August 2020 | downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | ERA | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications

Discoveries in the Charles Lyell Collection “[Charles Lyell’s] cultivated mind and classical taste, his keen interest in the world of politics and in the social progress and education of his country, and the many opportunities he …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Explorer downloads: August 2020 TAGS: August 2020 | downloads | Edinburgh Research Explorer | gold open access | green open access | open access | repository | Scholarly Communications

Bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘The Abbot’ TAGS: Corson Collection | Joseph Mallord William Turner | Mary Queen of Scots | Sir Walter Scott This week marks the bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s twelfth novel The Abbot, published in Edinburgh on 2 September 1820 and in London two days later. Alone among the Waverley …Continue reading →

Research Data Training: Semester 1 2020/21 A universal truth: things are a bit weird just now. So over the past few months we have been working hard to convert our popular face-to-face training workshops for online …Continue reading →

Qurʾan Gateway – database trial The Library has arranged a database trial for Qur’an Gateway. The database can be accessed from https://web.qurangateway.org/auth/login.php on the University network or via VPN for off-campus access. The trial can …Continue reading →

New! Kenya and Zimbabwe under colonial rule, in Government reports TAGS: 20th century | African Studies | Archives | Black history | colonial studies | databases | Decolonisation | history | International Relations | new | online resources | Politics | primary sources | Social & Political Sciences I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to two digital primary source collections covering colonial rule in African countries in the 20th century. The two …Continue reading →

New to the Library: African American Newspapers TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | African American studies | Archives | Black history | cultural history | databases | history | Newspapers | political history | primary source | social history | United States I’m pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to African American Newspapers Series 1 and 2 from Readex. These fascinating databases provide online access to approximately …Continue reading →

New! British Labour Party and Independent Labour Party Papers TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | databases | history | Labour Party | new | official documents | online resources | Politics | primary sources | Social & Political Sciences | U.K. I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to 3 British Online Archive digital collections of primary source documents relating to British political history in the …Continue reading →