Dissertation Festival 2021 TAGS: Archaeology | Archives | Centre for Research Collections | classics | databases | dissertation | history | literature searching | National Library of Scotland | Newspapers | official documents | parliamentary papers | primary source | search strategy | Special Collections From 8 – 19 March the Library is running an online Dissertation Festival. The events taking place during this two week period will highlight what the Library can do for …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 to the Library: Africa-Wide Information TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | databases | history | literature searching | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology I’m pleased to let you know that after a successful trial earlier this year the Library has now subscribed to Africa-Wide Information from EBSCOhost. Bringing together 50 databases sourced from Africa, …Continue reading →

Stuck with your dissertation literature search? Try this. TAGS: academic support librarian | literature searching Are you stuck with the literature search for your dissertation? Not finding as much on your topic as you hoped? Here are five suggestions to help you move forward.

How the Library can help you in Semester Two? TAGS: academic support librarian | African Studies | Canadian Studies | International Relations | literature searching | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies Need help using or discovering Library resources? Need advice on referencing and citing? Not sure where to start with your systematic literature review? Or just want to know how to …Continue reading →

Top five library resources for Politics TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | literature searching | media | online resources | Politics It’s one month to go until the Scottish Referendum and as Scotland is gearing up to decide its future and politics dominates the news we thought we’d give you a …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 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 →

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 →

Searching Searcher – discovering the Library’s resources TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | literature searching | online resources | Searcher Do you want to be able to find books, articles and other material using one search? Do you want to find material the University of Edinburgh Library owns in its …Continue reading →