Divinity Approaches to Research – Library Resources for Islam TAGS: Divinity | islam | New College Library | postgraduate | students View of pages from the Qur’an of Tipu Sultan. Shows text in the centre, surrounded by gold and blue illumination. Tipu Sultan was the Muslim ruler of Southern India’s Mysore …Continue reading →

Welcome to arriving students at New College Library! TAGS: New College Library | students A big welcome to all our new students arriving today. New College Library holds over 250,000 volumes, including rich and unique Special Collections, making it one of the leading theological libraries in …Continue reading →

New Books at New College Library – August (recommended by students) TAGS: Books | Divinity | students | Theology & Ethics Student recommendations are in at New College Library! The recently purchased Oxford Handbook of the Psalms, edited by William Brown, is available as an ebook via  DiscoverEd.   Other student recommendations in the library include is Speaking …Continue reading →

A Life Cut Short: Stephanie’s Story TAGS: alumni | Medicine | students | Women In 1936, Julia Stephanie Evadne McGregor was in the final year of a five-year medical degree and showed all the signs of a highly motivated and conscientious student who would …Continue reading →

Science during Wartime TAGS: campus | science | students | Untold stories We have a more detailed analysis of the University’s response to the experience and aftermath of WW1 to come later on.  This article looks instead highlights a few of the …Continue reading →

Divinity student book recommendations now available TAGS: Books | Divinity | New College Library | students All these books (and more) were recommended by Divinity students and are now available to University of Edinburgh Library users – more details on the library catalogue. 100+ book recommendations …Continue reading →

The Foundation of Anatomy: Class List of Alexander Monro (primus) TAGS: Alexander Monro primus (1697-1767) | alumni | Anatomy | Archives | staff | students From time to time we ‘rediscover’ items in our collections.  It’s not that we didn’t know we had them; rather that they have not come to anyone’s specific attention within …Continue reading →

Back to the future : New College Library’s history today TAGS: Archives | Disruption | Divinity | New College Library | students New College Library was pleased to host a visit from the Friends of Edinburgh University Library last week. As well as looking at a selection of Special Collections and touring the Library, …Continue reading →

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

Welcome to arriving students at New College Library! TAGS: Divinity | Freshers Week | New College Library | students A big welcome to all our new students arriving today. New College Library holds over 250,000 volumes, including rich and unique Special Collections, making it one of the leading theological libraries in …Continue reading →