Monthly Archives: January 2015

Trial – Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society

NCCO_lgWe have trial access to Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society until the 27th February.  Including papers of British statesmen, Home Office records, ordnance surveys, working class autobiographies, and other unique collections, British Politics and Society is a remarkable resource for scholars looking to explore the political and social history of Britain. Source libraries are the British Library, Oxford University, and The National Archives, Kew.

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E-Book News – January update

logoA further 260 new titles have been added to our Cambridge Books Online Collection across the following subject areas; American History, Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, British History, Classical studies, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, Education, English Literature, European History, General Science, Geography, History Cross Discipline, History Other Regions, Language and Linguistics, Law, Life Sciences, Management, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Politics and international relations, Psychology, Religion, Sociology  .  See the list here.

 

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Dawsonera – We have purchased a further 73 e-books across most subject areas and from a variety of publishers.  These are all on our catalogue.  See the excel list of titles here.

 

logoEBL – We have purchased a further 98 e-books from a variety of publishers across most subject areas.  These have been added to our catalogue.  See the list of titles here.

 

logoEhostEbsco/MyILibrarymyilib_B2B_491X42_hi-res A further 45 titles have been added to our catalogue.  See the list here.

 

 

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We have added a further 201 titles to our Oxford Scholarship Online Collection.  Subject areas include: Business and Management, Classical Studies, Economics and Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Palliative Care, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health and Epidemiology, Religion, Social Work and Sociology.  See the list here.

 

logoWe have access to a further 464 titles from Palgrave in the following subject collection areas: Business & Management Collection 2015, Economics & Finance Collection 2015, Education Collection 2015, History Collection 2015, International Relations & Development Collection 2015, Language & Linguistics Collection 2015, Literature Collection 2015, Media & Culture Collection 2015, Political Science Collection 2015, Religion & Philosophy Collection 2015, Social Sciences Collection 2015 and Theatre & Performance Collection 2015.  New titles will be added weekly until September when the collections will become complete.  See the latest new titles added to our catalogue/Searcher here.

 

SciDirect_WhiteButton_CS6Elsevier Science Direct – We have added a further 16 e-books to our catalogue.  See the list here.

 

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On the Taylor & Francis e-book platform we have access to a further 674 titles primarily in the subject areas of Education, Environment and Sustainability, Philosophy.  See the title list here.

 

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

Trial – Independent Digital Archive 1986-2012

IndependentDigitalArchiveWe have trial access to the Independent Digital Archive 1986-2012 until the 27th February.  The Independent Digital Archive, 1986-2012 is a digital collection that covers the full run of the newspaper from its very first issue until the end of 2012.  The archive includes The Independent on Sunday (1990-onwards) and editions from 2005 are available in full colour.

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Trial – Gregory of Nyssa Online (comprising Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online and Lexicon Gregorianum Online)

Screenshot 2014-10-31 18.59.38We have trial access to Gregory of Nyssa Online (comprising Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online and Lexicon Gregorianum Online) until the 25th February.

Gregorii Nysseni Opera Online is the ultimate online critical text edition of Gregory of Nyssa’s works based on all available known manuscripts, introduced with a complete discussion of the textual transmission and accompanied by extensive annotations on the biblical, classical and patristic sources, and indices.

The Lexicon Gregorianum constitutes the most comprehensive Greek-German dictionary ever of the language used by Gregory of Nyssa. It is, and will be for the foreseeable future, the only dictionary available specifically addressing the vocabulary of late Classical Greek.

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New E-Journals – January update

about-ejournalsBelow is a list of our recent new e-journal subscriptions.  These titles can be accessed from our E-Journals Page now and via our catalogue and Searcher next week following system updates.

Publisher Title
Elsevier Annals of Vascular Surgery
Elsevier Ophthalmology
Elsevier American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
EMERALD Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance
Foundation for Iranian Studies Iran Nameh
ICE Green Materials
INFORMS Information Systems Research
ISHEASTM-SIHSTMAO East Asian Science Technology and Medicine
LWW Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
MA Business & Leisure Gramophone Magazine Online
Mohr Siebeck GmbH Philosophy theology and the Sciences
Oxford University Press Oxford Journal of Law and Religion
Palgrave European Journal of Information Systems
SBCC Scottish Building Contracts Committee Online
Taylor and Francis International Journal of Science Education Part B: Communication and Public Engagement

Trial – Macmillan Cabinet Papers 1957-1963

AM logoWe have trial access to the Macmillan Cabinet Papers 1957-1963 until the 19th February.

Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963 provides complete coverage of the Cabinet conclusions (minutes) (CAB 128) and memoranda (CAB 129) of Harold Macmillan’s government, plus selected minutes and memoranda of policy committees (CAB 134).  Further information about the content can be found here.

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Trial – Cambridge Archive Editions Online

CAE-bannerWe have trial access to Cambridge Archive Editions Online until the 20th February.

Cambridge Archive Editions Online is an extensive collection of historical archive materials on the modern political development of the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf, Russia and the Balkans, the Caucasus, Southeast Asia, and China and the Far East. The collection consists of over 1000 digitised books published by Cambridge University Press which can be accessed in full page images with searchable metadata. This resource is particularly rich for the study of boundary formation, claims and disputes.

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China Local Gazetteers and China Economic Statistics – New E-Resources

wanfang data logoFollowing a successful trial on the Wanfangdata platform, we now subscribe to China Local Gazetteers and China Economic Statistics.

China Local Gazetteers is a collection of Chinese local gazetteers published after 1949, covering all regions of China. There are over 26,400 volumes of e-books included in this database which contain a range of information covering various aspects of local economic, social and political life.

China Economic Statistics offers time-series records on macro-economic data, industry and sector data, regional data with over 10,000 economic indicators.

Both e-resources have been added to our Databases A-Z list as well as the Economics and East Asian Studies A-Z subject lists.  They will be listed on our catalogue and Searcher next week.

ARAS: The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism – New E-Resource

logoFollowing a successful trial, we now subscribe to ARAS: The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism.

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 particular interest to students and staff of Edinburgh College of Art, and the Schools of History, Classics and Archaeology, and Literature, Languages and Culture.  It has been added to our database A-Z list, several subject A-Z lists, our catalogue and Searcher.  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.