Cochrane Clinical Answers – new e-resource TAGS: Cochrane Clinical Answers | database | Medicine | Nursing | Wiley We have recently added Cochrane Clinical Answers to our A-Z list and DiscoverEd. Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs) provide a readable, digestible, clinically focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane …Continue reading →

Oxford Reference updates TAGS: Art & Architecture | Bilingual Dictionaries | Biological Sciences | classics | Computing | e-books | Earth & Environmental Sciences | Economics & Business | English Dictionaries and Thesauruses | English Language Reference | Food & Nutrition | History & Archaeology | Law | Literature | mathematics | Medicine | Military History | Mythology & Folklore | Names & Places | natural history | OUP | Oxford Reference Premium | Performing Arts | Physical Sciences | Politics & Social Sciences | Quotations | Religion & Philosophy We are about to reload all of our Oxford Reference Premium package e-book titles in DiscoverEd to take account of edition changes, additions and deletions.  A list of the 313 …Continue reading →

Cambridge University Press E-Book Additions – September TAGS: American History | American Literature | Archaeology | art | British History | Classical Studies | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | education | Engineering | English Literature | European History | General Science | Geography | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | mathematics | Medicine | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability A further 130 monographs and 32 coursebooks have been made available in September.  A list of the additions can be found at the links below.  These are now available via …Continue reading →

Cambridge Books Online – More E-Books Added TAGS: American History | American Literature | anthropology | Archaeology | art | astronomy | British History | Chemistry | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theater | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | Film media mass communication | General Science | Geography | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Humanities | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | mathematics | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability For this academic year we have expanded our holdings to include coursebooks – we have now loaded 8000+ e-books across most subject disciplines to DiscoverEd.  A list of the additions …Continue reading →

A Life Cut Short: Stephanie’s Story TAGS: alumni | Medicine | students | Women In 1936, Julia Stephanie Evadne McGregor was in the final year of a five-year medical degree and showed all the signs of a highly motivated and conscientious student who would …Continue reading →

Trial – ACLS Humanities E-Book package TAGS: African | American | Asian | Australasian/Oceanian | Byzantine | Canadian | Caribbean | Central European | Comparative/World | e-books | Eastern European/Russian | Economic | Environmental | European | Humanities E-Book | Jewish Studies | Latin American | Law | LGBT/Queer Studies | Medicine | Methods/Theory | middle east | Native Peoples of the Americas | Science/Technology | Womens' Studies We have trial access to ACLS Humanities E-Book package until the 5th April. This electronic resource includes 4,315 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing …Continue reading →

E-Book News – January update TAGS: American History | Archaeology | art | astronomy | British History | Business and Management | Cambridge Books Online | Cambridge University Press | Classical Studies | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Economics and Finance | education | English Literature | Environment and Sustainability | European History | General Science | Geography | history | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | linguistics | Literature | Management | mathematics | Medicine | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Palgrave | Palliative Care | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | Politics and international relations | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | Social Work | Sociology | Taylor & Francis A further 260 new titles have been added to our Cambridge Books Online Collection across the following subject areas; American History, Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, British History, Classical studies, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, Education, English Literature, European History, General Science, Geography, History …Continue reading →

Get the Best from the Library for … Medicine MBChB TAGS: Medicine MBChB students – want to get the best from the Library for Medicine? A key starting point is the Medicine Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides Start here to explore print and electronic …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 →

August E-Book News TAGS: Business & Management | Dawsonera | e-books | EBL | Ebsco | Economics & Finance | education | Environmental Studies | history | International Relations & Development | Language & Linguistics | Literature | Media & Culture | Medicine | music | MyILibrary | Palgrave | Political Science | psychology | Religion & Philosophy | Social Sciences | Theatre & Performance | Wiley We have increased our e-book holdings with the following providers. Dawsonera We have added a further 44  titles to the Dawsonera platform.  A list of the new titles is available …Continue reading →