Discovering ProQuest Primary Sources TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | Iran | Newspapers | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history | United States Looking for primary sources and historical documents for your dissertation or research project? Interested in finding out more about how to search some of the primary source databases you have …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: December 2020 TAGS: December 2020 | downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Downloads: December 2020 • www.research.ed.ac.uk • www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk • Looking at how Edinburgh Research Explorer and ERA have performed over the last year. • Research Explorer hasn’t had the best of years, the …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: November 2020 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | November 2020 | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications Edinburgh Research Downloads: November 2020 • www.research.ed.ac.uk • www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk • Looking at how Edinburgh Research Explorer and ERA have performed over the last year relative to other institutions across the UK. Overall they’ve …Continue reading →

Bread Rationing: a surprising and timely subject TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | history | Magazines | Newspapers | primary source | rationing | social history | World War Two Today’s post, highlighting the wide range of newspaper archive databases the Library has and how these can be used to research a particular topic or event, is written by Louise …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Downloads: September 2020 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | Edinburgh Research Explorer | ERA | gold open access | green open access | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications | September 2020

Edinburgh Research Archive downloads: August 2020 TAGS: August 2020 | downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | ERA | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications

Bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘The Abbot’ TAGS: Corson Collection | Joseph Mallord William Turner | Mary Queen of Scots | Sir Walter Scott This week marks the bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s twelfth novel The Abbot, published in Edinburgh on 2 September 1820 and in London two days later. Alone among the Waverley …Continue reading →

New to the Library: African American Newspapers TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | African American studies | Archives | Black history | cultural history | databases | history | Newspapers | political history | primary source | social history | United States I’m pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to African American Newspapers Series 1 and 2 from Readex. These fascinating databases provide online access to approximately …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Scottish nationalist leaflets, 1844-1973 TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Britain | databases | England | history | Politics | primary source | Scotland | Scottish independence | Scottish National Party | SNP I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the database Scottish nationalist leaflets, 1844-1973 from British Online Archives. This digital primary source database collects together …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Research Archive downloads: July 2020 TAGS: downloads | dspace | edinburgh research archive | ERA | July 2020 | open access | PhD | repository | Scholarly Communications