Global Missions and Theology Collection online at University of Edinburgh TAGS: Divinity | missions | New College Library | nineteenth-century | online | theology | University of Edinburgh | World Christianity In the week of the Yale-Edinburgh Group on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity Conference, a reminder that the Global Missions and Theology Online Collection is now …Continue reading →

New College Library welcomes the Yale-Edinburgh Conference TAGS: Divinity | Funk | Holy Spirit | missions | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | online | Pamphlets | revival | Special Collections | World Christianity The Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh is hosting the Yale-Edinburgh Group Conference on the History of the Missionary Movement and World Christianity this …Continue reading →

The ‘Z’ Factor : New College Library’s rediscovered Special Collections TAGS: cataloguing | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh | Funk | library catalogue | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh | Z Collection What are Special Collections? At New College Library we have Special Collections of books, archives  and manuscripts and a small collection of portraits and objects. Much of the book collections have …Continue reading →

Treasures of New College Library : The Dumfries Presbytery Library TAGS: cataloguing | Church of Scotland | Dumfries Presbytery Library | Funk | John Howard | New College Library | rare books | research | Special Collections The Dumfries Presbytery Library is a collection of sixteenth and seventeenth century books that was first documented in 1710, with the acceptance of a substantial donation of books from Dr John Hutton. It …Continue reading →

Acta Sanctorum now available online to University of Edinburgh TAGS: Acta Sanctorum | church history | Divinity | online | research | saints | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh The online Acta Sanctorum, published by ProQuest Databases, is now available to University of Edinburgh users. It is an electronic version of the complete printed text of Acta Sanctorum,which examines …Continue reading →

Studying away from Edinburgh over the summer? TAGS: Divinity | inter-library loans | New College Library | research | SCONUL | students | summer | University of Edinburgh If you’re a School of Divinity student moving away from Edinburgh over the summer but continuing to work on your thesis, you’ll be thinking about how to obtain the library …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – June TAGS: Books | Catholic | library catalogue | New College Library | students New College Library has a regular display of new books at the far end of the Library Hall, close to the door to the stacks. Currently in the display is …Continue reading →

Researching the motherhood of God TAGS: Church of Scotland | Divinity | hymnbooks | New College Library | research | Theology & Ethics The School of Divinity at New College hosts a colloquium on June 7, 1:00 – 4:30 on Women, Language, and Worship in the Church of Scotland – see the blog or facebook …Continue reading →

New College Library Stack 1 Closure from 14 June TAGS: New College Library | research | students  Stack I is due to be redecorated this summer, and an early warning system for flooding is also being installed in all three Stack floors. To enable these works Stack …Continue reading →

Finding New College theses on the online catalogue TAGS: library catalogue | New College Library | PhD | research | Theses | University of Edinburgh In response to your questions, here’s some tips for finding New College theses on the University of Edinburgh Library catalogue. Personally, I find using the Aquabrowser version of the catalogue …Continue reading →