Monthly Archives: March 2015

Trials – New E-Resources on Trial

These trials are now available…

AMA_BannerAMA Manual of Style is on trial until the 1st April.  It is a guide to publishing medical or scientific research findings. More than just a style manual, it offers guidance on how to navigate the dilemmas that authors, researchers, medical editors, publishers, and members of the news media who cover scientific research confront on a daily basis.

 

gdsc_bannerArchives Unbound -The Mafia in Florida and Cuba is on trial until the 17th April.  This collection comprises materials on Santo Trafficante, Jr., Meyer Lansky, and Lucky Luciano, including FBI surveillance and informant reports and correspondence from a variety of offices including, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, New York City, New Orleans, Atlanta, New Haven, New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago; Justice Department memoranda, correspondence, and analyses; News-clippings and articles; Domestic Intelligence Section reports; Transcriptions of wiretaps, typewriter tapes, and coded messages; Memoranda of conversations. Date Range: 1946-1977. Content: 11,290 pages.

 

Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology – on trial until 31st March.  Full details on the New College Librarian blog.

 

tandfonline jnlsTaylor & Francis Fresh Collection – over 140 “young” titles (between 3 and 7 years old) are on trial until the December 31st 2015 with 40 e-journal titles in Science and Technology and 70 e-journal titles in Social Sciences and Humanities.  See http://www.tandf.co.uk/libsite/pdf/productInfo/freshCollection/Fresh-Collection-Title-List.pdf for a full list as well as on campus links.  These titles have also been added to our e-journals A-Z list.

 

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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.