Researching Africa? Explore new resources @UniofEdinburgh Here at the University of Edinburgh Library we’re developing our digital resources for African Studies. New this month is trial access to two new online resources for African Studies  – Africa …Continue reading →

Fitba’ crazy, fitba’ mad? A football inspired reading list TAGS: academic support librarian | e-books | online resources | Social & Political Sciences The World Cup kicks off tomorrow in Brazil and we’ve pulled together just a small number of the e-books currently available to staff and students of the University in the …Continue reading →

Better together or better apart? Some useful resources on the Scottish referendum. TAGS: academic support librarian | databases | online resources | Politics | Scottish referendum On the 18th September 2014 Scotland will vote yes or no to independence. There are a wealth of online resources available that can help with your research or help to …Continue reading →

European Parliament elections 2014 – suggested resources for your research TAGS: academic support librarian | elections | European parliament | International Relations | online resources | Politics Voting will take place in the UK on Thursday 24th May for the European Parliament elections 2014. If you are thinking of voting or interested in doing research in this area …Continue reading →

New e-resources trials available TAGS: academic support librarian | databases | International Relations | literature searching | online resources | Politics | trials The Library has set up trial access to a number of online resources that may be useful for those studying politics and international relations. These include: Declassified Documents Reference System …Continue reading →

Study space during exams TAGS: exams | facilities | Library | Social & Political Sciences Need help finding study space? In order to help ease pressure on study spaces in the Main Library during the exam period, Information Services (IS), EUSA and the University central room bookings …Continue reading →

Trial access to BiblioRossica available TAGS: databases | e-books | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | trials BiblioRossica is a portal for academics and scholars that offers expertly selected collections devoted to the most relevant areas of modern Russian, Jewish, Eastern European and Eurasian Humanities. As an …Continue reading →

Trial access to online Human Relations Area Files – World Cultures & Archaeology TAGS: anthropology | Archaeology | databases | Religious Studies | Social & Political Sciences Trial access is available until 24 May for University of Edinburgh users to eHRAF  – the online database of Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), a non-profit research organization at Yale University. This database …Continue reading →

Searching Searcher – discovering the Library’s resources TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | literature searching | online resources | Searcher Do you want to be able to find books, articles and other material using one search? Do you want to find material the University of Edinburgh Library owns in its …Continue reading →

New Books for SPS in the Main Library – April TAGS: Books | e-books | science | Social & Political Sciences This month we’re featuring a selection of new titles purchased to support the area of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies in the School of Social and Political Science. Science in …Continue reading →