Manchester University Press – free e-book access until 30th June TAGS: Books | databases | film | history | history of medicine | International Relations | Literature | online resources | Politics | Religious Studies | Science Technology and Innovation studies | Security I’m pleased to let you know that Manchester University Press (MUP) have opened up access to their 12 e-book collections until 30th June 2020 in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. …Continue reading →

Digital video resources for Divinity TAGS: online | Religious Studies | video I’ve been following up from student feedback questions  following library induction sessions last week, and one really interesting one has been about library access to digital video recordings. The Library has recently purchased access …Continue reading →

Open Access Journals for Religious Studies TAGS: ejournals | Religious Studies We’ve recently added some new open access journals for Religious Studies to DiscoverEd, aiming to make what’s freely available online as discoverable as possible for University of Edinburgh students. These …Continue reading →

New content for Twentieth Century Religious Thought : Islam TAGS: Divinity | islam | online | Religious Studies Significant new content is now available in C20th Religious Thought, Vol. II: Islam – more than doubling its size.

Bloomsbury E-Books added to DiscoverEd TAGS: anthropology | Biblical Studies | Bloomsbury | Churchill | e-books | International Relations | Politics | Religious Studies All of our recent Bloomsbury e-book collection purchases have now been added to DiscoverEd.  See the full list here. Collections purchased include:  Anthropology Archive 1993-2013, Anthropology 2014, Biblical Studies 2013, …Continue reading →

New Bloomsbury eBook Collections available for Divinity TAGS: Biblical Studies | Books | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | Theology & Ethics New Bloomsbury eBook Collections are now available for Divinity. Bloomsbury eBook Collections deliver instant access to Bloomsbury’s research publications with unlimited user access and the facility to download and print …Continue reading →

New books at New College Library – January TAGS: anthropology | Books | Divinity | New College Library | Religious Studies An anthropological theme to our featured new books this month. The invention of God in indigenous societies / by James L. Cox. is now available in the Reserve section BL380 Cox. at New …Continue reading →

Index Religiosus Online now on trial TAGS: church history | databases | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | Theology & Ethics New on trial for University of Edinburgh users from 10 April to 11 May 2013 is the Index Religiosus Online. The Index Religiosus replaces the bibliography of the Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique …Continue reading →

Trial access to online Human Relations Area Files – World Cultures & Archaeology TAGS: anthropology | Archaeology | databases | Religious Studies | Social & Political Sciences Trial access is available until 24 May for University of Edinburgh users to eHRAF  – the online database of Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), a non-profit research organization at Yale University. This database …Continue reading →

Religion by numbers : looking at census data TAGS: census | databases | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | research | Scotland | Statistics | University of Edinburgh Want to find out more about how the religious landscape of Scotland today? A significant seminar “The Religious Life of Scotland Today: Insights from the 2011 Census” is being held on …Continue reading →