Get the Best from the Library for … Politics and International Relations TAGS: International Relations | Politics | SPS Want to get the best from the Library for Politics and International Relations?   Discover the Subject Guides for your area at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library Week for SPS TAGS: academic support librarian | African Studies | Canadian Studies | International Relations | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies 27th-31st October Drop-in sessions on the 1st floor at Pop-up Library Get the Best from the Library Week is all about helping you find out more about how the Library can …Continue reading →

Trial access to BBC Monitoring Library now available TAGS: International Relations | media | Newspapers | Politics | trials The Library has set up trial access to BBC Monitoring Library and you can access this resource on the Databases trials page at www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-trials BBC Monitoring was created in 1939 …Continue reading →

Congressional Record – New Database TAGS: Business | Congressional record | current-events | databases | Economics | finance | government | insurance | International Relations | Medicine | Politics | ProQuest | science and technology | social issues We have purchased the Congressional Record database from ProQuest. ProQuest Congressional is a comprehensive online collection of primary source congressional publications and legislative research materials covering all topics, including government, current …Continue reading →

New online resource for SPS: Peace Research Abstracts TAGS: databases | International Relations | literature searching | new | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences The Library has recently subscribed to the online database Peace Research Abstracts. This is a comprehensive database for peace and conflict resolution research and is a particularly useful resource for …Continue reading →

New books for SPS – July TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | e-books | International Relations | new | Politics This month we’re featuring a small selection of new titles purchased to support the area of Politics and International Relations in the School of Social and Political Science. Democracy and …Continue reading →

New online resources for SPS: China Law Info and PAIS International TAGS: databases | International Relations | literature searching | new | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social policy | Sociology The Library has recently subscribed to the online databases China Law Info and PAIS International. China Law Info China Law Info is a bilingual database for China legal documents and …Continue reading →

Sport and social sciences: A Commonwealth Games inspired reading list TAGS: academic support librarian | e-books | International Relations | online resources | Politics | Sociology | sport The 2014 Commonwealth Games start today and we’ve had a look through the wealth of e-books currently available to University staff and students at the Library, to pull together just …Continue reading →

European Parliament elections 2014 – suggested resources for your research TAGS: academic support librarian | elections | European parliament | International Relations | online resources | Politics Voting will take place in the UK on Thursday 24th May for the European Parliament elections 2014. If you are thinking of voting or interested in doing research in this area …Continue reading →

New e-resources trials available TAGS: academic support librarian | databases | International Relations | literature searching | online resources | Politics | trials The Library has set up trial access to a number of online resources that may be useful for those studying politics and international relations. These include: Declassified Documents Reference System …Continue reading →