New to the Library: Stuart and Cumberland Papers TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Battle of Culloden | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | Jacobite risings | Jacobites | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland I’m really happy to let you know that the Library has recently been able to purchase the extensive Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, digitised …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Explorer | ER-data: Jan. – June 2019 TAGS: Edinburgh Research Explorer | green open access | June 2019 | open access | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Explorer • www.research.ed.ac.uk • ERdata: Jan. – June 2019 The first six-months of 2019, as now seems inevitable, have proved to be the busiest six-months in Edinburgh Research Explorer’s brief history, …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Archive Statistics: June 2019 TAGS: downloads | edinburgh research archive | June 2019

Library & University Collections Journal Club 2019-20 Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Library & University Collections Journal Club meetings in 2019. We’ve now planned a further programme of dates for the 2019/20 academic …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Archive Statistics: May 2019 TAGS: downloads | edinburgh research archive | May 2019 June 2019

Normandy landings: through our digital primary sources TAGS: 20th century | Allies | Archives | Britain | Canada | correspondence | D-Day | databases | diaries | Europe | film | France | Germany | history | International Relations | Newspapers | Normandy | official documents | Politics | primary source | TV | United States | World War Two On this day, 6 June, 75 years ago the Normandy landings took place. This was part of a major combined naval, air and land assault on German-occupied France by Allied …Continue reading →

On trial: The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960 – 1974 TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Black history | cultural history | databases | history | Politics | primary source | social history | United States *The Library has access to The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974 until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.* Thanks to a request from a HCA …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Britain | classics | cultural history | e-books | Europe | gender studies | history | medieval | Politics | social history 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 →

On trial: Medieval and Early Modern Studies TAGS: 15th century | 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Early Modern | Europe | history | International Relations | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | medieval | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history *The Library has now purchased access to this resource. See New to the Library: Medieval and Early Modern Studies.* Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently …Continue reading →

On trial: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996 TAGS: 20th century | Archives | databases | history | International Relations | news | Politics | primary source | United States Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to all collections from Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1941-1996 from Readex. A unique …Continue reading →