Trial Access to Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace TAGS: E-book | Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace We have trial access to the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace until 23/9/15. This innovative and comprehensive encyclopedia charts the interdisciplinary field of peace studies from ancient times to the …Continue reading →

Foreign Office Files For China – extra collections now available! TAGS: China | database | Foreign Office Files China We have recently purchased two extra collections within Foreign Office Files for China. Foreign Office Files for China, 1949-1980: 1957-1966, The Great Leap Forward   Foreign Office Files for China, …Continue reading →

Archives Unbound – Extra Collections Purchased TAGS: Archives Unbound | database | Gale Cengage | history | La Guerra Civil Espanola | Meyer Lansky | Santo Trafficante | The Mafia in Florida and Cuba | The Spanish Civil War Collection We have purchased two additional Archives Unbound modules following a trial earlier this year.   The Mafia in Florida and Cuba: FBI Surveillance of Meyer Lansky and Santo Trafficante, Jr …Continue reading →

Stalin Digital Archive – new database TAGS: database | EastView | history | Stalin Digital Archive Following a successful trial, we have now purchased the Stalin Digital Archive database from EastView. The Stalin Digital Archive contains primary and secondary source material related to Joseph Stalin’s personal …Continue reading →

The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England – new database TAGS: database | history | Parliament Rolls of Medieval England Following a successful trial earlier this year, we have now purchased the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England database. The rolls of parliament were the official records of the meetings of …Continue reading →

Fabienne Hess: Hits and Misses The exhibition Hits and Misses by Swiss London-based artist Fabienne Hess opened in the Talbot Rice Gallery on Thursday 31st July. Please try and catch it; it’s on till 3rd …Continue reading →

Web of Science update on Sunday 26th July TAGS: ORCID | Web of Science Thomson Reuters advise “This release, which will be live on July 26th, primarily focused on integrating ORCID data into our platform.  We have always supported ORCID’s when they have been …Continue reading →

Do it like they do on the DiscoverEd channel TAGS: Annexe | collections | DiscoverEd | Library | Library Annexe | Search | University of Edinburgh DiscoverED, the University of Edinburgh’s new one step information, discovery and delivery service, is now on-line and fully operational. You can request Library Annexe items using the new service; all …Continue reading →

A Life Cut Short: Stephanie’s Story TAGS: alumni | Medicine | students | Women In 1936, Julia Stephanie Evadne McGregor was in the final year of a five-year medical degree and showed all the signs of a highly motivated and conscientious student who would …Continue reading →

Trial access to History of Science and Medicine Library E-Books TAGS: Brill | e-books | History of Science and Medicine Library | trial We have trial access to the History of Science and Medicine Library e-book collection from Brill until 9th July. The History of Science and Medicine Library is a peer-reviewed book …Continue reading →