Sport and social sciences: A Commonwealth Games inspired reading list TAGS: academic support librarian | e-books | International Relations | online resources | Politics | Sociology | sport The 2014 Commonwealth Games start today and we’ve had a look through the wealth of e-books currently available to University staff and students at the Library, to pull together just …Continue reading →

Top 5 women’s studies library resources TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | gender studies | online resources | Womens' Studies Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British suffragette movement and one of the most important feminist public figures of all time, was born today (15th July) in 1858. To celebrate her …Continue reading →

Very Short Introductions – Social Sciences TAGS: databases | e-books | new | online resources | Social & Political Sciences The Library has recently subscribed to the online version of Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introduction series for the Social Sciences. The Social Sciences collection includes titles within the following …Continue reading →

New books for SPS – June TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | e-books | new | Social Work This month we’re featuring a small selection of new titles purchased to support the area of Social Work in the School of Social and Political Science. Language practices in social …Continue reading →

Congratulations to our Divinity Graduates and Dr Rowan Williams TAGS: Church of England | Divinity | New College Library | students New College Library staff would like to congratulate all the Divinity students who will be graduating today, Friday 4 July, and wish them well for the future. Celebrating with them …Continue reading →

Top five Canadian library resources for Canada Day TAGS: Canadian Studies | Social & Political Sciences It’s Canada Day! We thought we’d give you a taster of Canadian library resources here at the University of Edinburgh. The University of Edinburgh Library has one of the largest …Continue reading →

Cataloguing Christ’s Second Coming TAGS: Divinity | Funk | New College Library | nineteenth-century | Special Collections We’re delighted that the cataloguing of nearly 500 items held in the Shaw Collection on the Catholic Apostolic Church at New College Library, is now complete. While further research is …Continue reading →

New OUP ebook library collections for Social & Political Science TAGS: e-books | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | Social Work | Sociology We’ve recently expanded our e-book collections with the Oxford Handbooks Online collection for Political Science (43 titles). This includes high demand titles such as the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics and the …Continue reading →

Manuscripts on display for Elizabeth Melville Day TAGS: Centre for Research Collections | Manuscripts | New College Library | Reformation | sixteenth-century | Special Collections From Monday 16th June to Friday 27th June manuscript work by Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross is on display in New College Library. Two rare examples of early modern women’s writing are displayed together for …Continue reading →

Picture puzzles from the Paterson Bible Collection at New College Library TAGS: Bible | Funk | New College Library | rare books I’m delighted to be able to report that all 278 items in the Paterson Bible Collection at New College Library are now catalogued online. This collection turned up a number of surprises for …Continue reading →