An exciting year for Queering the Archive TAGS: LGBT+ History | LGBTQ+ | QTA | Queer History | Queer Theory | Queering The Archive This year saw the development of the Queering the Archive initiative as part of our 70th Anniversary. Join Elliot as he takes you through an exploration of the initiative as …Continue reading →

Winter wishes from the Law Library team TAGS: law library | library services | update As 2021 draws to a close, we realise this has been another unusual term for staff and students at the University. While the Law Library is still open until 4.50pm …Continue reading →

Voices, Voices, Voices! Fieldwork, Creative Practice and The School of Scottish Studies TAGS: conversation | fieldwork | sssa at 70 Written by Louise Scollay, Archive & Library Assistant   Back in August, we held an online seminar and Q&A with Dr Hugh Hagan, Martine Robertson and Hannah Wood where they …Continue reading →

New feature in Edinburgh DataShare: the REST API TAGS: dspace | Edinburgh DataShare Ever wanted to get a table of the details of all the datasets on DataShare to do with Scottish history? Or matching some other criteria, possibly on specified fields? If …Continue reading →

Celebrating a 70th Anniversary Acquisition! TAGS: Archives | coal mining | Fife | Fishing | Glasgow | Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert | Longannet Colliery | Mining | North Sea | Paddy's Market | photography | School of Scottish Studies Archive | Scotland | SSSA | sssa at 70 Earlier this year, the School of Scottish Studies Archive and the Centre for Research Collections teamed up with renowned Scottish photographer, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, to add a landmark collection of photos …Continue reading →

Finding International Legal Resources TAGS: course materials | databases | information skills | Legal databases | LexisLibrary | mediahopper | online resources | research | resources | Training | videos | westlaw Following on from our last post about Finding Material for your Research and Study, we’ve just recorded a new video to introduce some of the databases we subscribe to for …Continue reading →

Finding material for your research and studies TAGS: ebooks | law reports | online resources It is nearing the end of semester and the pressure to complete dissertations and study for exams is on. The Law Subject Guide is one place where you can find …Continue reading →

LibSmart: Popular modules TAGS: e-resources | LibSmart | online information literacy | online resources | students By now we hope the name LibSmart is familiar to you. Whether you’ve seen a slide in a presentation from an Academic Support Librarian, a page on the display screens …Continue reading →

Law Library: Changes to opening times TAGS: exams | Law libraries | law library | library services | old college | revision As the end of semester approaches, you may be concerned about the hours the library will be open in the run up to exams. We’ve increased weekend hours as we …Continue reading →

Finding Resources: Subject Guides TAGS: Archaeology | biology | Business | Chemistry | classics | cultures | databases | digital skills | DiscoverEd | Divinity | e-books | e-journals | e-resources | ECA | Economics | Engineering | GeoSciences | Health in Social Science | history | Informatics | information literacy | Language Sciences | languages | Library | literatures | Medicine | Moray House | online resources | Philosophy | Physics | psychology | social and political science | student blog | subject guides | Veterinary medicine Where to start? Following on from my general tips for finding resources and navigating the online library, this blog post will cover why you should check out Subject Guides, and …Continue reading →