General Election 2015: recommended resources TAGS: databases | e-books | general election | online resources | Politics | UK It’s hard to miss that today, Thursday 7th May 2015, the UK is going to the polls to vote in the General Election. Have you voted yet? We’ve pulled together …Continue reading →

Wireless access to e-resources TAGS: access issue | databases | e-books IP Access | e-journals | eduroam | VPN | wireless We are receiving a number of reports about loss of access to e-resources via the wifi network (Eduroam).  If affected please use the library links which are set up to …Continue reading →

Trial access to SIPRI Yearbook Online TAGS: databases | e-books | International Relations | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | trials The Library has set up trial access to SIPRI Yearbook Online. You can access this via the E-resources trials page at www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials. The SIPRI Yearbook, written by authors who are experts …Continue reading →

Trial access to Political Science Complete TAGS: databases | International Relations | online resources | Politics | trials The Library has set up trial access to Political Science Complete. You can access this via the E-resources trials page at www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials. This major database from EBSCO provides extensive coverage of global …Continue reading →

Top 5 library resources for Social Work TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | media | Newspapers | Social Work Today is #WorldSocialWorkDay! We thought we’d give you a taster of social work resources available to students and staff here at the University of Edinburgh Library. 1. Have you seen Social …Continue reading →

Find out more about fair trade TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | media | Newspapers | online resources This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 23 February to 8 March 2015 and is celebrating the power of everyday choices by telling the other half of a product’s story – …Continue reading →

China Local Gazetteers and China Economic Statistics – New E-Resources TAGS: China Economic Statistics | China Local Gazetteers | databases | e-books | economic indicators | industry and sector data | macro-economic data | regional data Following a successful trial on the Wanfangdata platform, we now subscribe to China Local Gazetteers and China Economic Statistics. China Local Gazetteers is a collection of Chinese local gazetteers published …Continue reading →

SPS Librarian Top 5 blog posts 2014 – no. 4 TAGS: databases | gender studies | media | new | online resources | Politics | social anthropology | Sociology | Womens' Studies As exams are almost over and semester one nears its end we are reposting our Top 5 blog posts from this year, every day in the final week of semester. …Continue reading →

SPS Librarian Top 5 blog posts 2014 – no. 5 TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | journals | media | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | Womens' Studies As exams are almost over and semester one nears its end we are reposting our Top 5 blog posts from this year, every day in the final week of semester. …Continue reading →

Web of Science Downtime Sat. 13th Dec TAGS: databases | Web of Science Please be advised that Web of Science will undergo scheduled maintenance on Saturday December 13 2014, to release new search functionality in the WoS version 5.16 release. During this time, …Continue reading →