World Newspaper Archive collections: on trial TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | databases | history | International Relations | Newspapers | online resources | Politics | primary sources | South Asian Studies | trials *The Library has now purchased access to African Newspapers, Series 1. See New! African Newspapers, Series 1 1800-1922* Thanks to a request from the UncoverEd project team, I’m pleased to …Continue reading →

Judaism and Jewish Studies: the work of John ‘Rabbi’ Duncan and Adolph Saphir TAGS: 19th century | Adolph Saphir | Biblical Studies | Christianity | Church of Scotland | Hebrew | Jewish | Jewish Studies | John 'Rabbi' Duncan | John Duncan | Judaism | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | nineteenth-century New College Library holds collections of and about a number of individuals who gathered material and wrote extensively on Judaism and Jewish Studies, motivated by their interest in the conversion …Continue reading →

LGBT Magazine Archive: Trial access TAGS: Bisexual | Britain | databases | Gay | gender studies | history | Lesbian | LGBT+ History Month | Magazines | media | online resources | Politics | primary sources | Queer studies | Social & Political Sciences | Sociology | Transgender | UK | United States | USA *The Library now has access to LGBT Magazine Archive until 31st July 2024. See New! LGBT Magazine Archive* I’m happy to let you know that just in time for LGBT …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | history | International Relations | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | 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 (very) small …Continue reading →

Library Resources for Islam and Muslim-Christian Studies: an introduction TAGS: islam | library resources | Muslim-Christian Studies | New College Library From time to time, we compile resource lists on different aspects of Theology and Religious Studies. Islam and Muslim-Christian Studies are developing areas of our collections, responding to the new …Continue reading →

5 recommended library resources for Africa Week TAGS: Africa Week 2018 | African Studies | anthropology | Archives | Books | Centre of African Studies | databases | film | history | history of Africa | Main Library | Manuscripts | online resources | primary sources | Social & Political Sciences | TV Today, 25th October, is the start of Africa Week 2018 at the University. A chance to celebrate the University’s engagement across the African continent. There are a number of events …Continue reading →

Get referencing right: some useful resources TAGS: Citations | Cite Them Right | databases | Endnote | good academic conduct | online resources | plagiarism | reference managers | Social & Political Sciences Working on your assignment and unsure how to do references? Wondering what references, citations, endnotes, footnotes, etc., actually are? Don’t know your Harvard style from your Chicago style? We’ve got …Continue reading →

1893: A story of scary librarians and brave students New College Library and its students have always had a special relationship. Recently, for example, our students chose their preferred most iconic items from our special collections and contributed to …Continue reading →

New! Oxford Handbooks Political Science 2017 collection TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | gender studies | history | International Relations | online resources | Politics I’m pleased to let you know that following a request from staff in Politics & International Relations the Library now has access to the Oxford Handbooks Online Political Science 2017 …Continue reading →

New! News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive TAGS: databases | history | International Relations | media | new | Newspapers | online resources | Politics | primary sources | social policy I’m happy to let you know that following some successful trials in the last couple of years the Library has purchased the News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive from ProQuest. …Continue reading →