Monthly Archives: November 2014

Autumn E-Book News

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The following have seen additions to content and have been or are in the process of being added to our catalogue.

ae-logoAccess Engineering has seen about 30 title additions as well as new calculators and videos over the last couple of months – see the new titles listed at http://ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=http://accessengineeringlibrary.com/pages/updates

 

logoWe have added 1156 e-books to our Cambridge Books Online package (includes some partner press titles).  Titles have been added to most subject areas.  Access the list here.

 

Screenshot 2014-10-31 14.02.39Cambridge Histories Online – we have purchased the 2014 published titles and these are in the process of being added to our catalogue as the titles are published (final titles due 5th Dec).  The list can be browsed here.

 

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Dawsonera – A further 223 titles were added to our catalogue over the last couple of months.  See the title list here.

 

 

 

logoEBL – A further 140 titles were added to our catalogue over the last couple of months.  See the list here.

 

 

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ebook logoEbsco/MyILibrary – A further 59 title have been added to our catalogue during Sept and Oct.  See the title list here.

 

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IEEEXplore – we have added a further 21 titles published by IEEE-Wiley.  Titles listed here.

 

 

 

ohoOxford Handbooks Online –  Archaeology, Classical studies and History modules (6 titles).  We have purchased the 2014 published titles listed here.

 

EO_OxfordScholarshipOnline_LRCBanner We have added a further 90 titles from Oxford Scholarship Online to our catalogue.  A list of the new titles is here.

 

new-connect-logoFrom Palgrave Connect we have 164 new titles in Business & Management, Economics & Finance, Education, History, International Relations & Development, Media & Culture, Political Science, Religion & Philosophy, Social Sciences and Theatre & Performance.  We have received the final update for 2014.  Further titles will become available to us in March 2015.  See the list here.

 

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Royal Society of Chemistry – We have added 14 more titles to our catalogue recently.  A list is here.

 

 

logoFrom Springer we have access to a further 521 e-books across most subject disciplines.  See the title list here.

 

 

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From Taylor & Francis we have added an additional 172 titles in Education to the catalogue.  See all 4 tabs on the excel list here.

 

 

University Press Scholarship Online

University Press Scholarship Online  has an additional 1226 titles added to our holdings in a wide range of subject areas and academic publishers.  These have been added to the catalogue but see also a title list here.

 

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Wageningen  – we have a further 14 titles, subject area life sciences.  Access the list here.

 

2013_WOL_logoA further 100 new Wiley Online Library titles have been added to our catalogue.  A list of the titles is available here.

Further info

Further information about our e-books is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/library-museum-gallery/finding-resources/ebooks

If a book you require is not held by the library, please visit our Library Resources Plus webpage.

 

 

 

Education at Alexander Street Press – new e-resource

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logo We have added Education at Alexander Street Press to our catalogue and A-Z list.

UK-based Teachers TV has been producing instructional videos since 2008 and was government funded until the site closed down in 2011. Alexander Street Press has licensed this material and is pleased to make it available free to all libraries in the UK and Ireland.

Education at Alexander Street Press focuses on the development and training of teachers. Content includes primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms, demonstrations, lectures, and documentaries to help both new and experienced teachers develop their abilities to teach, mentor, understand, and communicate with students of all levels of need  and a list of the titles available in this collection is available here.

Further information about our databases can be found at http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/library-museum-gallery/finding-resources/library-databases

 

 

Trial – Oxford Historical Treaties

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4-OUP_LAW_publicInternational_oht_noURL_r9We have trial access to Oxford Historical Treaties until the 24th December.

Oxford Historical Treaties (OHT) is the premier resource for historical treaty research and home to the full text of Parry’s Consolidated Treaty Series, the only comprehensive collection of treaties of all nations concluded from 1648 through 1919. Available via the Oxford Public International Law platform, OHT is cross-searchable with Oxford’s leading public international law resources and benefits from a modern, intuitive interface and sophisticated functionality. This trial also includes access to the Oxford Law Citator and we are also currently trialling the Oxford Reports on International Law until the 28th February 2015.

Feedback and further info

We are interested to know what you think of this e-resource as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

Trial – Mental Measurements Yearbook

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logoEhostWe have trial access to the Mental Measurements Yearbook until the 21st December.  The Mental Measurements Yearbook is a guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. Produced by the Buros Center for Testing at the University of Nebraska, entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing, population, scores) and edited review(s). To be included, a test must be commercially available and published in the English language. 1938 onwards.

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We are interested to know what you think of this e-resource as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

 

Trial access to PsycINFO and PsycARTICLEs via Ebsco platform

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logoEhostWe have trial access to psycINFO and psycARTICLES via the Ebsco platform until the 21st December.  We currently have access to both of these databases via the Ovid platform, we are interested in gaining feedback on using these databases on the Ebsco platform.

PsycINFO – 1806 onwards. Abstracts, citations and controlled vocabulary for contents of approximately 2,500 journals publishing behavioural science and mental health.

PsycARTICLES – Full-text from APA journals (mostly volume 1 onwards) and related imprints. Indexed in PsycINFO.

Feedback and further info

We are interested to know what you think of this platform to access these databases as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

 

 

 

 

Trial access to Digital Theatre Plus

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Digital_Theatre_Plus_logoWe have trial access to Digital Theatre Plus until the 20th December.  This resource offers 54 high-definition films of acclaimed British theatre productions, 100 interviews with UK’s leading actors and directors revealing how theatre professionals transform text into live performance, as well as study guides written by experts in drama providing in-depth analysis and interpretation of dramatic writing and language.

A list of the productions on Digital Theatre Plus  and a preview clip is also available.

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We are interested to know what you think of this platform and content as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

Trial access to Gunsho Ruiju

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We have trial access to Gunsho Ruiju until the 19th December.

Gunsho Ruiju is a collection of old Japanese books published from the ancient times to early Edo era. Subjects cover history, literature, religion, language, customs, art, music, cultivated arts, education, morality, legal codes, politics, economy, society and many other topics. Many textual sources are only available in this collection. This is an important primary resource for the study of classical Japanese culture.

The collection consists of three parts: Gunsho Ruiju, Zoku Gunsho Ruiju, and Zoku Zoku Gunsho Ruiju. The number of volumes for each part is as follows:

Gunsho Ruiju: 133 volumes, 1276 digitally compiled books and sources.
Zoku Gunsho Ruiju: 86 volumes, 2,128 digitally compiled books and sources.
Zoku Zoku Gunsho Ruiju: 17 volumes, 350 digitally compiled books and sources.

For further description, please see http://japanknowledge.com/en/contents/gunshoruiju/index.html

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We are interested to know what you think of this platform and content as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

Trial access to Italian Dictionaries and Works of Reference from Zanichelli Editore

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logoWe have trial access until 22nd December to Italian Dictionaries & Works of Reference from Zanichelli Editore

The dictionaries on trial are:

  • Lo Zingarelli
  • Il Ragazzini
  • Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli
  • I’Inglese Tecnico e Scientifico
  • Sinonimi e contrary
  • Dizionario Analogico della Lingua Italiana
  • L’Inglese dell Economia
  • Dizionario gastronomico compatto

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We are interested to know what you think of this platform and content as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

Trial access to Sinica Sinoweb

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We have trial access to Sinica Sinoweb until the 20th December.

Sinica Sinoweb provides full-text access to the archive of 14 core journals from Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, with the earliest dating back to as early as 1928:

  • Chinese Studies
  • Chinese-Literature-Philosophy-Institute Bulletin
  • History-Philology-Institute Bulletin
  • Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore
  • Legein Monthly
  • Legein Semi-Annual Journal
  • Modern-History-Institute Bulletin
  • Newsletter for Modern Chinese History
  • Oral History Journal
  • Research on Women in Modern Chinese History
  • Shih-Huo Monthly
  • Taiwan Historical Research
  • Taiwan Journal of Anthropology
  • Thought and Words

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We are interested to know what you think of this platform and content as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

Trial access to Chinese Electronic Periodicals Services (CEPS) and Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service (CETD)

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logoWe have trial access to the Chinese Electronic Periodicals Services (CEPS) and Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service (CETD) until the 20th December.

The CEPS/CETD database platform provides full-text access to over 4,300 academic journals from China Mainland (2,600) , Taiwan (1,500) and other areas (254), with 2.6 million articles; it also provides full-text access to over 200,000 doctoral theses and masters dissertations from over 58 universities in Chinese speaking regions including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and China Mainland. The collection date is from 1991 onwards.. The database has been indexed both in traditional and simplified Chinese characters.

Feedback and further info

We are interested to know what you think of this platform and content as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.