New Resources TAGS: course materials | dissertation | ebooks | online resources | request | research | resources | update Throughout the year the Law Librarians purchase new materials – sometimes following requests, and other times to ensure that new editions of established and key texts are available to staff …Continue reading →

The problem with ebooks TAGS: course materials | dissertation | ebooks | Law libraries | library services | reading list | research | update Working and studying through the Coronavirus pandemic has meant that we’re more reliant on ebooks and other electronic resources than ever before. As much as we would have liked for …Continue reading →

Dissertation Festival: Monday 8th – Friday 19th March 2021 TAGS: dissertation | information skills | library services | library training | research | subject guide | tips Do you want to find out more about the library resources available to support your dissertation question? Are you interested in learning how to manage the bibliographic and research data …Continue reading →

Meet your LexisNexis Student Associate! TAGS: databases | informationskills | Legal databases | LexisLibrary | research | Training We’d like to introduce you to Sam Ingleton, one of your fellow students who is a specialist in working with LexisNexis and all their resources – such as the invaluable …Continue reading →

Referencing and Beyond Reading Lists TAGS: informationskills | library training | mediahopper | OSCOLA | reading list | Referencing | research | videos Last week the Law Librarians held a Referencing training session- focussing on OSCOLA! If you didn’t get a chance to come along then don’t worry as we will be uploading …Continue reading →

Dissertation Festival: 26th October – 6th November TAGS: dissertation | information skills | library services | research | subject guide Are you writing a dissertation this year? Do you want to find out more about the library resources available to support your dissertation? From the 26th October to the 6th …Continue reading →

January Journal Club : Supporting systematic review for researchers TAGS: health | research | Social science | students The first Journal Club of 2020 met on 8 January to talk about : Dalton, M., 2019. How individual consultations with a librarian can support systematic reviews in the social …Continue reading →

Top 5 tips if you’re stuck with your dissertation literature search TAGS: Bibliographic databases | Google Scholar | Library | research Are you stuck with the literature search for your dissertation or final year project? Not finding as much on your topic as you hoped? Here are 5 suggestions to help …Continue reading →

How using a reference manager can help you manage the references for your dissertation TAGS: bibliographic managers | Bibliographies | citation managers | citing | dissertation | Endnote | Library | references | Referencing | research Finding literature and gathering references from here, there and everywhere? Don’t want to get to a few days before hand in and realise you don’t have the full details of …Continue reading →

Making the Most of Your Dissertation Week TAGS: Archives | data | Digital | dissertation | Library | research | Special Collections For the first time at the University of Edinburgh Library we are planning to hold a Dissertation Week in November 11-15 2019. This week is all about how the Library …Continue reading →