New! Roper iPoll TAGS: 20th century | 21st century | databases | Datasets | gender studies | Global Health Policy | history | online resources | Politics | social policy | Sociology | Statistics | surveys Following a successful trial last year I’m happy to let you know the Library now has a subscription to Roper iPoll provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research …Continue reading →

New resource: Historical Statistics of the United States TAGS: data | databases | history | online resources | Sociology | Statistics | United States of America | USA I’m pleased to let you know that following a successful trial earlier this year the Library has recently purchased Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Online. Historical Statistics of …Continue reading →

New to the Library: IndiaStat TAGS: data | databases | India | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | South Asian Studies | Statistics I’m pleased to let you know that following requests from students in SPS and a successful trial last year the Library has now subscribed to IndiaStat. Access is available through …Continue reading →

Historical Statistics of the United States on trial TAGS: databases | history | online resources | Sociology | Statistics The Library currently has trial access to the Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Online. Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) is a compendium of statistics about the …Continue reading →

Trial access to Statista TAGS: database | Multidisiplinary | Statista | Statistics We have trial access to Statista until 30th December 2015 and this has now been added to our e-resources trials webpage. Statista is one of the world’s largest statistics and …Continue reading →

Trial access to IndiaStat TAGS: IndiaStats | Multidisciplinary | Statistics We have on campus access to IndiaStat until 11th December.  This resource has been added to the e-resources trials webpage. IndiaStat provides India-specific socio-economic statistical facts and figures from various secondary …Continue reading →

Gathering Intelligence: A free seminar regarding Thomson’s life and work TAGS: Archives | archives seminar | CCACE | Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology | Centre for Research Collections | differential psychology | education | epidemiology | history of education | Professor Godfrey Thomson | Professor Ian Deary | Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson | psychology | Scottish mental surveys | seminar | Statistics Our Wellcome Trust funded project*, ‘Documenting the Understanding of Human Intelligence: cataloguing and preserving the papers of Professor Sir Godfrey Thomson’, is on course to deliver on all its objectives …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 →

Welcome to the Main Library TAGS: Main Library | Statistics [wpcs] It’s the start of the new academic year, so we’d like to welcome back existing University of Edinburgh students, and introduce the library to our freshers.  You may have …Continue reading →