E-Resource Trials – last chance to try out TAGS: trials The following e-resource trials end on Monday.  These can all be accessed from the e-resources trial page where links to trial feedback forms can also be found. Voxgov – a …Continue reading →

Cambridge Companions Online TAGS: American Literature | Cambridge Companions Online | e-books | English Literature | European and World Literature | History of ideas We have access to all Cambridge Companions Online as they are published.  A further 20 new titles in the subject areas of literature and history of ideas have been added …Continue reading →

Cambridge University Press E-Book Additions – November TAGS: Cambridge University Press | e-books | Multidisciplinary A further 306 e-books published by Cambridge University Press have been added to DiscoverEd.  Subject areas cover most disciplines.  See the list here – tab 1 contains the monographs and …Continue reading →

E-Resources Access Alert – EZProxy issues TAGS: downtime | ezproxy | outage There are currently intermittent access problems to e-resources via EZProxy links which are being investigated by our IT team. Eg http://www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/ may not work but if you drop the “http://www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=” …Continue reading →

Trial access to IBIS World TAGS: IBISWorld | Industry Reports | Interview preparation | Multidisciplinary We have trial access to IBISWorld until 4th December.  Update : Subscription started January 2016. IBISWorld is an online industry intelligence solution. Covering 432 UK industries at SIC L5, each …Continue reading →

Trial access to BrowZine TAGS: BrowZine | current awareness | e-journals A-Z list The Library is running a trial of BrowZine until 18th January.  BrowZine is a new application that allows you to browse, read and follow thousands of the library’s scholarly journals …Continue reading →

Gale Cengage E-Resources on Trial TAGS: Chatham House Online Archive | Crime Punishment and Popular Culture | databases | Gale Cengage | State Papers Online We are trialling the following 3 databases until the 31st October.  Access the databases via DiscoverEd or the trials webpage.   Chatham House Online Archive contains the research, publications, speeches …Continue reading →

Trial access to Pishu – China Economy, Public Policy, and Security Database TAGS: China Economy Public Policy and Security Database | database | e-books | Pishu We have trial access to Pishu – China Economy, Public Policy, and Security Database until 13th November.  This resource is listed on our trials webpage and DiscoverEd. Pishu refers to official …Continue reading →

Trial Access to Oxford Bibliographies TAGS: e-books | Oxford Bibliographies We have trial access to all Oxford Bibliographies until 7th November. Oxford Bibliographies provides access to exclusive, authoritative research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a …Continue reading →

Trial – Nineteenth Century Collections Online TAGS: 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection | and Conquest | Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange | British Politics and Society | British Theatre Music and Literature: High and Popular Culture | Christianity | Civilization | databases | Europe and Africa: Commerce | European Literature | NCCO | Nineteenth Century Collections Online | Photography: The World through the Lens | Science Technology and Medicine: 1780-1925 | Women: Transnational Networks We are currently trialling all sections of Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) until 30th November.  Access NCCO via the trials webpage or DiscoverEd.   British Politics and Society Including papers …Continue reading →