New books for Social and Political Science: May-June 2015 TAGS: African Studies | Books | e-books | International Relations | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | 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 →

Here comes the summer! TAGS: DiscoverEd | library catalogue | Main Library | opening hours | SCONUL Access | Searcher The weather may not be able to quite make up its mind whether (!) we are heading into summer or skipping it entirely and going straight to autumn but this …Continue reading →

General Election 2015: recommended resources TAGS: databases | e-books | general election | online resources | Politics | UK It’s hard to miss that today, Thursday 7th May 2015, the UK is going to the polls to vote in the General Election. Have you voted yet? We’ve pulled together …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: April 2015 TAGS: African Studies | Books | e-books | International Relations | Politics | science | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology 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 →

Trial access to SIPRI Yearbook Online TAGS: databases | e-books | International Relations | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | trials The Library has set up trial access to SIPRI Yearbook Online. You can access this via the E-resources trials page at www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials. The SIPRI Yearbook, written by authors who are experts …Continue reading →

Trial access to Political Science Complete TAGS: databases | International Relations | online resources | Politics | trials The Library has set up trial access to Political Science Complete. You can access this via the E-resources trials page at www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials. This major database from EBSCO provides extensive coverage of global …Continue reading →

Olive Schreiner Letters Online TAGS: African Studies | gender studies | Letters | online resources | Politics | social anthropology | Sociology | Womens' Studies Olive Schreiner was an author, feminist and social theorist. Although she received no formal education Schreiner would become one of the most important social commentators of her day. Her writings …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: March 2015 TAGS: African Studies | Books | e-books | International Relations | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | 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 →

Get fresh with Taylor & Francis journals TAGS: African Studies | e-journals | International Relations | Politics | social policy | Sociology | South Asian Studies The Library currently has trial access to over 140 “young” journal titles (between 3 and 7 years old) via the Taylor & Francis Fresh Collection. You can access this collection via …Continue reading →

Top 5 library resources for Social Work TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | media | Newspapers | Social Work Today is #WorldSocialWorkDay! We thought we’d give you a taster of social work resources available to students and staff here at the University of Edinburgh Library. 1. Have you seen Social …Continue reading →