Rare New College Library book is an international success TAGS: Divinity | Hebrew | Jewish | New College Library | rare books | sixteenth-century  A rare and early commentary on the Pentateuch from New College Library has just arrived back in Edinburgh, after travelling all the way to Latvia to be part of the exhibition …Continue reading →

New digital access to Divinity theses collection TAGS: Divinity | New College Library | online | research | Theses I’m delighted to announced that nearly two hundred and fifty theses dating from 1921-1950 from the New College Library collection are now available online in the Edinburgh Research Archive, part of the Divinity Dissertation …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 →

Divinity student book recommendations now available TAGS: Books | Divinity | New College Library | students All these books (and more) were recommended by Divinity students and are now available to University of Edinburgh Library users – more details on the library catalogue. 100+ book recommendations …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 →

Easter Greetings from New College Library TAGS: Church of Scotland | Easter | New College Library | rare books | seventeenth-century New College Library is open as usual for semester time over the Easter period, see Library Opening hours for more detail. When visiting, take a moment to look at our Special Collections …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 →