A few words on witchcraft from New College Library TAGS: halloween | witchcraft There’s a new display in the New College Library entrance of some of our historic publications that explore the world of witchcraft. These include: Scot, Reginald. The discovery of witchcraft …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library Week for SPS TAGS: academic support librarian | African Studies | Canadian Studies | International Relations | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies 27th-31st October Drop-in sessions on the 1st floor at Pop-up Library Get the Best from the Library Week is all about helping you find out more about how the Library can …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science TAGS: Books | e-books | new | online resources | Social & Political Sciences 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 …Continue reading →

Meet the Collections Managers TAGS: Course reading | Library Resources Plus | pop up library Hannah and I can’t wait to meet some of our users tomorrow, when we do our Pop Up Library session on the 1st floor of the Main Library. We will …Continue reading →

Need help with using the Library? Help is available. TAGS: academic support librarian | e-journals | online resources | pop up library Having problems finding material from your reading list? Not sure how to reference or cite properly in your work? Need to work on a systematic review but not sure where …Continue reading →

Unique New College theses going digital TAGS: Divinity | ERA | Funk | New College Library | online | research | Theses Over two hundred theses from the New College Library collection will soon be available online. We’ve been successful in a small project bid to digitise 200 theses dating 1921-1950.  While later theses are held …Continue reading →

Reformation Revisited TAGS: Bible | Funk | New College Library | Reformation We were pleased to host a recent visit from the Friends of the Reformation Museum in Geneva at New College Library. The Friends were delighted to be able to view a selection …Continue reading →

Referendum TAGS: collections | independence | indyref | referendum | union So, what have our collections to say about the referendum? More than you may think.  The Referendum is not an isolated event but sits within a historic time-line. Our collections …Continue reading →

Art Exposed TAGS: Art Collection | Edinburgh College of Art | fine art | Museums | Naked | Nudes | pop up library A chance to experience rarely seen paintings and objects from the University’s Art Collection Recently we learned that the most searched for term on our brand new Art Collections website was ‘Male …Continue reading →

Next week at the Pop up Library Week 1: 15th September Monday (10-12pm and 2-4pm) Library Pop Introduction – What’s it all about? Watch the 1968 Library film Tuesday AM(10-12pm): Centre for Research Collections PM (2-4pm): Learn …Continue reading →