On trial: National Geographic Magazine Archive TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | anthropology | Archaeology | Archives | Cartography | cultural history | Magazines | natural history | photojournalism | science | technology | world history Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has extended trial access to the National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994 from Gale. This databases allows you to explore …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 →

The disgruntlements of old age… TAGS: CRC | D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson | differential birth rate | Edinburgh University Special Collections | Eugenics | Intelligence | natural history | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | University of Edinburgh | University of St Andrews Disgruntlement.  The archives are full of it – though I should stress I am referring to the contents of our records rather than our lovely readers (or indeed my lovely  …Continue reading →

Science and religion : a natural history TAGS: Divinity | eighteenth-century | natural history | New College Library | rare books | religion | science | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh Today’s Opening Lecture for the 2012-13 academic session at the School of Divinity will be given by Professor Wentzel van Huyssteen of Princeton Theological Seminary, and will launch the new …Continue reading →