We have added over 600 new Elsevier E-Books into DiscoverEd. These new titles cover most subject areas. A list of the new titles can be found here.
Further information about our e-books is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/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.
We have trial access to the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace until 23/9/15.
This innovative and comprehensive encyclopedia charts the interdisciplinary field of peace studies from ancient times to the present day, offering a comprehensive survey of the full range of historical, political, theoretical and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict. All major figures are covered, as well as major events, organizations, theories, and much more.
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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.
We have recently purchased two extra collections within Foreign Office Files for China.
Both of these collections are listed on our East Asian Studies A-Z list and History A-Z list as well as our main database A-Z list and DiscoverEd.
Trial access to Irish Newspaper Archive ends soon on Monday 31st August.
Irish Newspaper Archives contains electronic versions of Irish newspapers from the 1700’s to current day. See the title list at https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/plist_static/
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We are interested to know what you think of this e-book package and platform 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.
We have purchased two additional Archives Unbound modules following a trial earlier this year.
The Mafia in Florida and Cuba: FBI Surveillance of Meyer Lansky and Santo Trafficante, Jr
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; Newsclippings and articles; Domestic Intelligence Section reports; Transcriptions of wiretaps, typewriter tapes, and coded messages; Memoranda of conversations.
The collection contains a wealth of primary materials documenting the Spanish Republican period (1931-1939), the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and the post-War era of Franco’s rule (1939-1975). The collection’s greatest strengths are the Civil War itself and the immediate post-War years of the 1940s. Included are publications by Republicans, Falangists, Catholics, anarchists, communists, socialists, agrarian reformers, and regional political parties, as well as Spanish exiles and partisans outside Spain.
Both of these collections are listed on our History A-Z list as well as our main database A-Z list and DiscoverEd.
There is currently an outage on the Library website – updates will be posted on the ISHelpline twitter account – https://twitter.com/isalerts
Please use DiscoverEd to access e-resources during the downtime
Following a successful trial, we have now purchased the Stalin Digital Archive database from EastView.
The Stalin Digital Archive contains primary and secondary source material related to Joseph Stalin’s personal biography, his work in government, and his conduct of foreign affairs. A majority of these documents are scanned page images and corresponding bibliographic records in Russian created by the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (RGASPI). The archive also contains full transcriptions of all of the volumes in Yale University Press’s acclaimed Annals of Communism (AOC) series.
Stalin Digital Archive can be accessed via the databases A-Z list, the History A-Z list or DiscoverEd.
Following a successful trial earlier this year, we have now purchased the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England database.
The rolls of parliament were the official records of the meetings of the English parliament from the reign of Edward I (1272 – 1307) until the reign of Henry VII (1485 – 1509), after which they were superseded by the journals of the lords and, somewhat later, of the commons. The rolls, which amount in total to over four million words, were first edited in the eighteenth century and published in 1783 in six folio volumes entitled Rotuli Parliamentorum ( RP ) under the general editorship of the Reverend John Strachey.
This database can be access via our Databases A-Z list, History A-Z list or DiscoverEd.
For this academic year we have expanded our holdings to include coursebooks – we have now loaded 8000+ e-books across most subject disciplines to DiscoverEd. A list of the additions can be found here.
A full list of our Cambridge Books Online can be found here. We will provide monthly updates on new titles added.
Further information about our e-books is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/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.