Monthly Archives: November 2014

Trial – OpenEdition Platform

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openeditionWe have trial access to e-book and e-journal content on the OpenEdition platform until the 31st January.

OpenEdition is the umbrella portal for OpenEdition Books, Revues.org, Hypotheses and Calenda, four platforms dedicated to electronic resources in the humanities and social sciences.  We have trial access to 84 e-books and over 300 e-journals. The language of the website can be altered to French, Spanish & Italian.

A list of the e-books on trial is here.

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

Trial – BrowZine

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BrowZineLogo-FINAL COLORThe Library is running a trial of BrowZine until 19th December.  BrowZine is a new application that allows you to browse, read and follow thousands of the library’s scholarly journals from your Android and iOS mobile devices. All in a format optimized for your tablet and smartphone! Built to accompany your searching needs, items found in BrowZine can easily be synced up with Zotero, Mendeley, RefWorks, Dropbox or other services to help keep all of your information together in one place.

To learn more, please take a look at this short “BrowZine on Campus” video: http://vimeo.com/75971786?autoplay=1

With BrowZine, you can:
– Browse and read journals: Browse journals by subject, easily review tables of contents, and download full articles
– Create your own bookshelf: Add journals to your personal bookshelf and be notified when new articles are published
– Save and export articles: Save articles for off-line reading or export to services such as DropBox, Mendeley, RefWorks, Zotero, Papers and more

To learn more and start using BrowZine today, visit http://thirdiron.com/download/.

Getting started is easy! From your Android or iOS device, find BrowZine in the Apple App, Google Play or Amazon App store and download it for free. When initially launching BrowZine, select University of Edinburgh from the drop down list. Enter your EASE login.  Start exploring BrowZine!

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

Trial – ARAS: The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism

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logoWe have trial access to ARAS: The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism until the 31st December.

The ARAS archive contains about 17,000 photographic images, each cross-indexed, and accompanied by scholarly commentary. The commentary includes a description of the image with a cultural history that serves to place it in its unique historical and geographical setting. Often it also includes an archetypal commentary that brings the image into focus for its modern psychological and symbolic meaning, as well as a bibliography for related reading and a glossary of technical terms. This online resource will be of interest to students and staff of Edinburgh College of Art, and the Schools of History, Classics and Archaeology, and Literature, Languages and Culture.

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

Trial – BiBLiFrE

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logoWe have trial access to BiBLiFrE database on the Brepolis platform until the 14th December. You will need to click “Enter database” to accept the terms and conditions of use before access is given to the database.  Access is available on and off campus.

The Bibliothèque bibliographique des littératures francophones européennes (Bi.B.Li.Fr.E.) represents an electronic version of the printed collection « Bibliographie des écrivains français », a collection supervised by Claudio Galderisi and Enrico Rufi that already contains more than 30 volumes. The main objective of the Bi.B.Li.Fr.E. project is to provide all those who are interested in francophone literature and criticism with a research tool conceived and developed by specialists, yet that is also of use to doctoral students, other students and non-specialists encountering the “Republic of letters” for the first time.

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

Trial – In Principio

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logoWe have trial access to In Principio database on the Brepolis platform until the 14th December. You will need to click “Enter database” to accept the terms and conditions of use before access is given to the database.  Access is available on and off campus.

Over one million incipits covering Latin literature from the Pre-classical Ages to the Renaissance.  In Principio is distinguished by its wide-ranging, “generalist” character. Chronologically, it covers all Latin texts that have been transmitted in manuscript since the origins of Latin literature up to about 1600 when the manuscript is replaced by the printed text. In Principio thus covers ancient, patristic, medieval, and humanist Latin literature. In addition, all literary genres are included: the liberal arts and theology, history and poetry, medicine and liturgy, civil law and canon law, the exact and occult sciences, summas and sermons, glossaries and correspondence, cooking recipes and cursing formulas, large treatises and small, isolated sentences.

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

Trial – Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online

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logoWe have trial access to the Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics Online until the 11th December.

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek Language and Linguistics (EAGLL) is a unique work that brings together the latest research from across a range of disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of Ancient Greek. It is an indispensable research tool for scholars and students of Greek, of linguistics, and of other Indo-European languages, as well as of Biblical literature.

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

 

Trial – IMD World Competitiveness Online

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logoWe have trial access to IMD World Competitiveness Online until the 13th December.

World Competitiveness Online is a unique and comprehensive database on the competitiveness of nations. It includes an 19-year time series from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the leading annual report published by IMD since 1989.

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

 

 

Loeb Classical Library Online – new e-book collection

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loeb logoFollowing a very successful trial we have now subscribed to the Loeb Classical Library.

The Digital Loeb Classical Library contains more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek and English texts aiming to be a virtual library of all that is important in Greek and Latin Literature, epic and lyric poetry, history, travel, philosophy and oratory, medical writers and mathematicians, and the Church Fathers who make particular use of pagan culture. Readers can browse, search, bookmark, annotate and use a Greek keyboard.

Access is available from our E-books A-Z lists as well as from several of our subject A-Z lists.  Individual records for each of the e-books will be made available in the new year once the publisher makes available catalogue records.

 

Trial – Cambridge Law Reports

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logoWe have trial access to Cambridge Law Reports until the 12th January.

Cambridge Law Reports offers fast and easy access to key reports, including the content of the leading International Law Reports series.  The database provides users with extensive search options and a unique browse feature to quickly find required content using variables such as keyword, the parties involved, judge’s name, court or year of case.

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

 

Trial – Punch Historical Archive

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logoWe have trial access to Punch Historical Archive until the 6th December.

From 1841 to 1992 Punch was the world’s most celebrated magazine of humour and satire – imitated, parodied and pirated from America to India and Japan.
The Punch Historical Archive will allow users to navigate and search all issues, seasonal numbers and almanacks of this iconic publication, providing a unique insight into the politics, culture and society of the 19th and 20th centuries

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