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On trial: East India Company TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thanks to a request from a member of staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to East India Company: India Office Records from the British Library, 1599-1947 from …Continue reading →

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New to the Library: South Asia Archive TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the South Asia Archive from Taylor & Francis, a specialist digital platform providing global electronic access to …Continue reading →

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Using the Library remotely – accessing material you need TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | With many of you currently not in Edinburgh and access to our Library’s print collections severely restricted, knowing the options for accessing material that isn’t available online or that the …Continue reading →

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Universal Database of Ukrainian Periodicals – on trial TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | 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 →

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On trial: South Asia Archive TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *The Library now has permanent access to the South Asia Archive. See New to the Library: South Asia Archive * Thanks to a request from a HCA staff member the …Continue reading →

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JSTOR – expanded set of content freely available now TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | *JSTOR have extended their expanded access to e-journals and digital primary source databases until 31st December 2020 and their expanded access to e-books until 31st August 2020.* I’m delighted to …Continue reading →

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Spotlight on: Archives of Sexuality and Gender TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It’s LGBT+ History Month in the UK and there are a number of events being run around the University by the Staff Pride Network and the Students’ Association. However, if …Continue reading →

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New to the Library – Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa (Aluka) TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I’m happy to let you know that following a request from a member of HCA staff the Library  now has a subscription to the digital primary resource Struggles for Freedom: …Continue reading →

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New to the Library: The New Republic Archive TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | I’m pleased to let you know that through the Saunders endowment for North American history the Library has been able to purchase The New Republic Magazine Archive from EBSCOhost. This …Continue reading →

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New to the Library: Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 TAGS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 from British Online Archives. This database contains a wide range of documents …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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