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 →

De Gruyter – upgraded e-Journal package TAGS: Architecture & Design | Arts | Asian & Pacific Studies | Business Economics | Chemistry | Classical & Ancient Near Eastern Studies | Computer Sciences | Cultural Studies | De Gruyter | e-journals | Engineering | GeoSciences | German Studies | history | Industrial Chemistry | Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies | Jewish Studies | Law | Library & Information Science | Life Sciences | Linguistics & Semiotics | Literary Studies | Materials Sciences | mathematics | Medicine | Philosophy | Physics | Social Sciences | Sports & Recreation | Theology & Religion We have signed up for the new 2021-2023 De Gruyter Journal and Open Access Transformational Agreement via JISC.  This agreement provides for a 100% conversion of subscription fees into open …Continue reading →

On trial: Gale Primary Sources (even more content!) TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Asia | Black history | Britain | China | correspondence | crime | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | International Relations | Law | Legal history | Letters | Literature | Manuscripts | Medicine | Newspapers | official documents | periodicals | Politics | primary source | science | slavery | social history | technology | United States | women's history I’m very pleased to let you know that the Library has been given extended trial access to an extensive range of primary source databases and collections from Gale. This is …Continue reading →

Alexander Murray Drennan – pioneer of Eusol TAGS: Alexander Murray Drennan | Eusol | First World War | Medicine Alexander Murray Drennan – or Murray to his friends – was born in Glasgow on 4th January 1884, and grew up in Helensburgh before coming to Edinburgh in 1901 to …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 →

ClinicalKey – new subscription TAGS: Clinical search engine | ClinicalKey | database | e-books | e-journals | Elsevier | Medicine Following a successful trial, we now subscribe to Elsevier’s ClinicalKey. ClinicalKey is a clinical search engine that helps health professionals make decisions anywhere, anytime, in any patient scenario.  It allows …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship Online – new e-books added TAGS: biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | history | Humanities | Law | linguistics | Literature | Medicine | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | sciences | Social Sciences | Social Work | Sociology We have added 110 new Oxford Scholarship Online e-books to DiscoverEd.  A title list can be found here.

Over the line – a German medic’s war TAGS: German | Levin | Medicine | neurology | photography | trenches | WW1 In this month’s edition, Louise, Archivist in Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA), finds a different view of the First World War…. Ernst Levin (1887 – 1975) was a German-born neurologist …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 →