The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery: primary sources TAGS: databases | decolonialising | Diversity | e-resources | Library | online resources | slavery | transatlantic slave trade For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were victims of the transatlantic slave trade. And on 25th March every year, the International Day of Remembrance …Continue reading →

LibSmart: Popular modules TAGS: e-resources | LibSmart | online information literacy | online resources | students By now we hope the name LibSmart is familiar to you. Whether you’ve seen a slide in a presentation from an Academic Support Librarian, a page on the display screens …Continue reading →

Finding Resources: Subject Guides TAGS: Archaeology | biology | Business | Chemistry | classics | cultures | databases | digital skills | DiscoverEd | Divinity | e-books | e-journals | e-resources | ECA | Economics | Engineering | GeoSciences | Health in Social Science | history | Informatics | information literacy | Language Sciences | languages | Library | literatures | Medicine | Moray House | online resources | Philosophy | Physics | psychology | social and political science | student blog | subject guides | Veterinary medicine Where to start? Following on from my general tips for finding resources and navigating the online library, this blog post will cover why you should check out Subject Guides, and …Continue reading →

Finding Resources: Navigating the Online Library TAGS: databases | digital skills | e-books | e-journals | e-resources | Library | online resources | students | subject guides The Online Library is a vast resource. Whatever you study, you will find what you need in the Library collections. For all that it is wide and wonderful, however, I know (from personal …Continue reading →

What is LibSmart II? TAGS: digital skills | e-resources | LibSmart | online resources You may have read our recent article about LibSmart I, the foundation of our online information literacy course hosted on Learn. If you haven’t, check it out here. Where LibSmart …Continue reading →

Library Bitesize Session Review TAGS: Bitesize | databases | digital skills | DiscoverEd | E-book | e-books | e-journals | e-resources | online resources | student blog Introduction Despite being in my fourth and final year, I am still constantly discovering resources offered to students by the University! Most recently, I attended a Library Bitesize course for …Continue reading →

Dissertation Festival Blog: Engineering Village resources for dissertations TAGS: Covid-19 | databases | digital skills | dissertation | Dissertation Festival | e-resources | Engineering Village | students Introduction The day has finally arrived, the end of my Dissertation Festival Blog series. To recap, the Library’s Dissertation Festival is a collaborative effort from the Library, Digital Skills department …Continue reading →

E-Resources on trial for LGBT+ History Month TAGS: e-journals | e-resources | LGBT+ | LGBT+ History Month | trials Alongside our print book display in the main library, we are also trialling the following E-Resources for LGBT+ History Month: LGBT Magazine Archive LGBT Magazine Archive is a searchable archive …Continue reading →

E-Resources Access Alert – EZProxy issues RESOLVED TAGS: e-resources | ezproxy This issue has been resolved There are currently off campus access problems to e-resources via EZProxy links which are being investigated by our IT team. Eg http://www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com may not work but …Continue reading →

E-Resource Trials now live TAGS: Annual Review of Vision Science | Art source | databases | e-books | e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection | e-journals | e-resources | Film & Television Literature Index | IBISWorld | International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance | Mango | Statista | trials We have the following e-resources on trial.  All e-resources on trial are listed on our trials webpage where trial feedback forms can also be completed. Mango Languages Mango Languages offer …Continue reading →