Fitba’ crazy, fitba’ mad? A football inspired reading list TAGS: academic support librarian | e-books | online resources | Social & Political Sciences The World Cup kicks off tomorrow in Brazil and we’ve pulled together just a small number of the e-books currently available to staff and students of the University in the …Continue reading →

Study space during exams TAGS: exams | facilities | Library | Social & Political Sciences Need help finding study space? In order to help ease pressure on study spaces in the Main Library during the exam period, Information Services (IS), EUSA and the University central room bookings …Continue reading →

Trial access to BiblioRossica available TAGS: databases | e-books | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | trials BiblioRossica is a portal for academics and scholars that offers expertly selected collections devoted to the most relevant areas of modern Russian, Jewish, Eastern European and Eurasian Humanities. As an …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 →

New Books for SPS in the Main Library – April TAGS: Books | e-books | science | Social & Political Sciences This month we’re featuring a selection of new titles purchased to support the area of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies in the School of Social and Political Science. Science in …Continue reading →

Media Education Foundation digital films trial TAGS: databases | media | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | Sociology | trials The Library has just set up trial access to the Media Education Foundation (MEF) digital films service provided via Kanopy streaming service. You can access this on the Databases trials …Continue reading →

Ukraine crisis – suggested resources for your research TAGS: databases | media | Newspapers | online resources | Social & Political Sciences The Ukraine crisis has been headline news for a few months now. If you are looking to do some research in this area or are just interested in keeping up …Continue reading →

Inspiring Research – International Women’s Day 2014 TAGS: databases | gender studies | Library | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | Womens' Studies International Women’s Day (IWD) was celebrated on 8th March 2014. IWD has been celebrated for over 100 years and this year’s theme was Inspiring Change.  The Library subscribes to a …Continue reading →

New books for SPS in Main Library – February TAGS: Books | Library | monographs | new | Social & Political Sciences Over 150 books from subject areas within SPS were added to the Library collections last month.  Here is just a small selection: Cybersecurity and cyberwar : what everyone needs to …Continue reading →

Need help with your research? TAGS: academic support librarian | Events | Library | Social & Political Sciences Do you need help or are interested in finding current news, theses or historic newspapers? Are you worried about getting your references right or avoiding copyright issues when using images, …Continue reading →