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Lexis+ database training: Thursday 20th October TAGS: | | | | | | | | We’ve got a training day for the new Lexis+ database coming up which we highly recommend for students of all levels. The new platform from Lexis replaces LexisLibrary and LexisPSL …Continue reading →

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Information skills throughout the year TAGS: | | | | | If you read our last post, you’ll have heard all about the top information we like our students to have early in the semester; about inductions and key resources we …Continue reading →

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Ridicule and research support: Library Twitter strikes back! TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | Library and research branches of Twitter were outraged recently when two American Law students published a paper in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy relating to abortion rights. …Continue reading →

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True crime podcasts: finding the real story in law reports TAGS: | | | | | If you listen to true crime podcasts you may recently have heard Bad People (BBC Sounds) report on the story of little Helen Priestley, a child from Aberdeen who was …Continue reading →

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New Year, New UoE Library Services training sessions TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | Welcome back to Edinburgh! Although we don’t yet know what 2022 has in store for us, we do know that we’re keen to make sure our students are the best …Continue reading →

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Finding International Legal Resources TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | Following on from our last post about Finding Material for your Research and Study, we’ve just recorded a new video to introduce some of the databases we subscribe to for …Continue reading →

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Meet your LexisNexis Student Associate for 2021/22! TAGS: | | | | | | | We’d like to introduce you to Noah Norbash, one of your fellow students who is a specialist in working with LexisNexis and all their resources – such as the invaluable LexisLibrary …Continue reading →

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Training: Welcome to the Library! TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | It’s almost the start of the new academic year which means it’s one of the busiest times of year for Academic Support Librarians. We offer a range of introductory training …Continue reading →

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Training and dissertation support TAGS: | | | | | | | | | We know it’s that time of year where dissertation research is many students’ top priority so we have scheduled some events that we hope will help you prepare for the …Continue reading →

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Three new things: Dissertations TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | It’s around the time where many of our students will be planning and beginning the research for their dissertations. If you’re at the start of this journey and looking for …Continue reading →

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Sustainable Exhibition Making: Recyclable Book Cradles In this post, our Technician, Robyn Rogers, discusses the recyclable book cradles she has developed...
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