International Women’s Day 2015: Make it Happen TAGS: Events | IWD | Womens' Studies On Sunday 8th March 2015 International Women’s Day (IWD) will be celebrated worldwide. IWD has been observed since the early 1900s and has been sponsored by the United Nations (UN) …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: February 2015 TAGS: African Studies | Books | e-books | International Relations | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number …Continue reading →

Find out more about fair trade TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | media | Newspapers | online resources This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 23 February to 8 March 2015 and is celebrating the power of everyday choices by telling the other half of a product’s story – …Continue reading →

Trial access to The Encyclopedia of Political Thought TAGS: e-books | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences The Library has set up trial access to the online version of The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. You can access this via the E-resources trials page at www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials The Encyclopedia of Political …Continue reading →

Win £50 book token! TAGS: competition | Library Discovery This summer the Library is launching a new Discovery service which will combine the functionality of the Library Catalogue and Searcher into one single search tool that will help you …Continue reading →

SPS have top Resource List of semester one! TAGS: reading list | Resource Lists @ Edinburgh | Sociology Sociology 1A had the most used Resource List of semester one, 2014/15, with an average of 67.3 visits per student. Find out what the course organisers, tutors and students thought …Continue reading →

Can RAB help you get the book you need? TAGS: Books | e-books | inter-library loans | new | Request A Book | request services | Social & Political Sciences Library doesn’t have a book that you want? Did you know as a student at the University you can request the Library buys books for its collections via the RAB …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: December 2014 TAGS: Books | e-books | International Relations | new | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number …Continue reading →

How the Library can help you in Semester Two? TAGS: academic support librarian | African Studies | Canadian Studies | International Relations | literature searching | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies Need help using or discovering Library resources? Need advice on referencing and citing? Not sure where to start with your systematic literature review? Or just want to know how to …Continue reading →

SPS Librarian Top blog posts 2014 – no. 1 TAGS: online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences As exams are almost over and semester one nears its end we are reposting our Top 5 blog posts from this year, every day in the final week of semester. …Continue reading →