5 things: supporting you in your exams TAGS: assignments | Books | databases | e-books | e-resources | exam period | exams | film | hand ins | Library | online resources | research | resources | revision | students | subject guides | well-being Semester one is almost over and exams are looming! As the exam period approaches, it’s natural to start feeling the pressure build. But remember, you’re not alone! At the University …Continue reading →

Halloween Horror with BFI Player TAGS: databases | e-resources | film | Films | halloween | Horror | Horror films | Library | online resources | resources | students | video With Halloween just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to get cosy and watch some truly creepy horror movies. Luckily, if you’re a student or staff member at the …Continue reading →

What will you discover at our Discovery Day? TAGS: databases | digital skills | Discovery Day | dissertation | Dissertation and Thesis Festival | Dissertation Festival | e-resources | information literacy | Library | online resources | primary sources | research | resources | students | Theses | thesis Unlock the potential of your dissertation or thesis at Discovery Day! Join us on Monday 27 October, 10am–2pm at the Main Library for Discovery Day, your chance to explore the …Continue reading →

New(s) to the Library : More digital newspaper archives I’m pleased to let you know that following successful trials, the Library has been able to purchase two new digital newspaper archives. Expanding our already extensive collection of digital newspaper …Continue reading →

VE Day: through our online resources TAGS: databases | digital archives | dissertation | e-resources | film | history | Library | newspaper archives | online resources | primary source databases | primary sources | research | resources | second world war | VE Day | Victory in Europe Day | World War II Today, 8 May 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) when people in Britain and Allied nations across the world celebrated the unconditional surrender of …Continue reading →

What to do when the Library doesn’t have what you need? TAGS: Book requests | Books | DiscoverEd | dissertation | e-books | inter-library loan | Library | National Library of Scotland | Request A Book | research | resources | Scan and Deliver | SCONUL Access | using the library At the University Library you have access to a huge range of material for your research and learning including over 2 million books, archives, instruments and artworks, over 2 million …Continue reading →

Activism and Social Change in LGBT+ History TAGS: activism | Archives | Books | Dissertation and Thesis Festival | e-books | e-resources | LGBT+ History | LGBT+ History Month | LGBTQ+ studies | LHSA | Libby | Library | lothian health services archive | online resources | primary sources | research | resources | social change In February we celebrate LGBT+ History Month 2025 in the UK and this year the theme is ‘Activism and Social Change’. Throughout history and across the globe LGBT+ activists have …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Bibliography of the History and Archaeology of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages TAGS: Archaeology | Byzantium | databases | Eastern Europe | Eurasia | Europe | history | Middle Ages | Scandinavia Following a successful trial the Library now has a subscription to Brill’s Bibliography of the History and Archaeology of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. A fundamental source of information …Continue reading →

New E-resources Trials for November TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Black history | Britain | databases | Europe | Germany | history | Newspapers | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland | West Indies | World War Two Thanks to requests from staff and students in HCA, the Library has trial access to 4 digital primary source collections in November. From an Antiguan sugar plantation, politics and war …Continue reading →

On trial: The Scotsman Archive, 1951-2002 TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | databases | dissertation | e-resources | Edinburgh | history | Library | Newspapers | online resources | research | resources | Scotland | scottish | students | The Scotsman Thanks to a request from staff in History, the Library currently has trial access to the newly launched extension years for The Scotsman Historical Archive from ProQuest Historical Newspapers. While …Continue reading →