AM Explorer – your primary source hub (trial access) TAGS: area studies | databases | digital skills | dissertation | e-resources | Economics | film | gender studies | history | LGBTQ+ studies | Library | Literature | online resources | political sciences | research | resources | Sociology I’m happy to let you know that the Library currently has extended trial access to AM Explorer, your gateway to millions of pages of primary source content. AM’s collections provide …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 →

Universal Database of Ukrainian Periodicals – on trial TAGS: Bibliographies | cultural affairs | databases | e-journals | Economics | International Relations | journals | Newspapers | periodicals | Politics | Ukraine Thanks to a request from a student in SPS the Library currently has trial access to the Universal Database of Ukrainian Periodicals (UDB-UKR) from EastView. The world’s first database of …Continue reading →

Trial access: World Politics Review TAGS: African Studies | databases | Economics | human rights | International Relations | Law | literature searching | online resources | Politics I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has extended trial access to World Politics Review from EBSCO, which provides up to date and extensive coverage of foreign …Continue reading →

New E-Books from Cambridge Core TAGS: American Literature | Archaeology | art | astronomy | British History | Classical Studies | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | Film media mass communication | General Science | Geography | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | mathematics | media | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability A further 253 e-books across most subject areas have been added to DiscoverEd.  Cambridge Core hosts books from a variety of publishers including Edinburgh University Press, Cambridge University Press, Boydell …Continue reading →

New Cambridge University Press E-Books Available TAGS: American History | American Literature | Archaeology | astronomy | British History | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theatre | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | Film media mass communication | General Science | History Cross Discipline | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability A further 173 e-books are available from Cambridge University Press, Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer across a wide variety of subject disciplines.  Please see the title list here.  …Continue reading →

New Cambridge University Press E-Books Available TAGS: American History | American Literature | anthropology | Archaeology | astronomy | British History | Cambridge University Press | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theatre | e-books | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | mass communication | mathematics | media | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability We have added to DiscoverEd, 304 new monographs and 113 new coursebooks from the following subject areas: American History, American Literature, Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, British History, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Drama …Continue reading →

JSTOR – Arts and Science XV available TAGS: archive | art | Classical Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | film | history | Humanities | JSTOR | Literature | music | Political Science | religion | social sciences and sciences | Sociology We now subscribe to the Arts and Science XV package from JSTOR.  Arts & Sciences XV has extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, …Continue reading →

Periodicals Archive Online – additional titles available TAGS: American | Architecture | area studies (African | Art History | Asian | book history | Canadian | classics | Cultural Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | European languages | fashion | Geography | health and medicine | history | history of science and medicine | Indian | international studies | Irish) | JISC | Law | Literature | Periodicals Archive Online | Philosophy | Political Science | ProQuest | science and technology | Sociology | theology | women's and children's studies Thanks to funding from JISC Collections, we have access to 50 archival e-journals in the humanities and social sciences subject areas.  These e-journals are available on the ProQuest website and …Continue reading →

Africa Wide Information – database trial TAGS: Africa Wide Information | agriculture | art | Biodiversity | Cultural history and heritage | databases | Development | Drama | Ebsco | Economics | health | history | Industry | Legal systems | Literature | Mining | music | Natural resources | Politics | religion | sport The Library has set up trial access to Africa Wide Information (Ebsco) until 30th June. Africa-Wide Information comprises an aggregation of 50 databases sourced from Africa, Europe and North America.  …Continue reading →