Category Archives: Updates

Newsworthy updates to our e-resources

JSTOR – Arts and Science XV available

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jstor_logoWe now subscribe to the Arts and Science XV package from JSTOR.  Arts & Sciences XV has extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, classical studies, history, education, economics, political science, and sociology.

This collection currently has 81 titles, it will have more than 150 titles by 2018.  See a list of the available titles here.  These have been added to DiscoverEd.  As further titles are made available by JSTOR, these will automatically be added to DiscoverEd.

Further info

JSTOR is also listed on the Databases AZ list.

 

Oxford Reference updates

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We are about to reload all of our Oxford Reference Premium package e-book titles in DiscoverEd to take account of edition changes, additions and deletions.  A list of the 313 titles currently available in the package can be found here.

Please note we also have access to additional titles on the Oxford Reference website out with the above package, these will remain on DiscoverEd.

University Press Scholarship Online – new e-books added

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University Press Scholarship Online

University Press Scholarship Online provides access to over 15,000 key titles across over 25 subject areas in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. Delivering academic monograph content from leading university presses, UPSO offers an unparalleled research tool, making disparately published scholarship easily accessible, highly discoverable, and fully cross-searchable via a single, online platform.

We have just added the June 2016 update titles into DiscoverEd.  See the list of titles added so far this year here.

Cite Them Right 2016 Updates

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During this week’s renewal for Cite Them Right, we were given some 2016 updates that may be of interest.

New MLA guidance for: New APA guidance for:
Magazine articles Web pages with no author
Newspaper articles Web pages with no date
Theses and dissertations Web pages with no author or title
Anthologies Prepublication journal articles
Translated books Blogs
Films/Movies Facebook
Videos or films on YouTube Twitter
Music or sound recordings on CDs and Vinyl Newspaper articles
Music or sound recordings on audio cassette Magazine articles
Television programmes Photographs from the internet
Interviews Videos on YouTube
Departmental publications Theses and dissertations
Musical scores Personal communications
Personal communications Departmental publications
Twitter Scientific datasets
Facebook Research reports
Conference proceedings Translated books
Individual conference papers Anthologies
Sculpture Films/movies
Web pages with no author Television programmes
Web pages with no author or title Musical scores
Web pages with no date Music or sound recordings on audio cassettes
Paintings Music or sound recordings on audio CDs or vinyl
Blogs Sculpture
Research reports
Photographs from the internet
Manuscripts
Book reviews
1. The authors are currently working to update the MLA pages in line with the new edition of the official guidelines.

In 2 weeks’ time Cite Them Right will be going live with 20 pages of Chicago guidance to include:

  • The Chicago referencing system
  • Printed books
  • Ebooks
  • Journal articles
  • Book reviews
  • Chapters of edited books
  • Conference papers
  • Departmental publications
  • Facebook
  • Films
  • Manuscripts
  • Music scores
  • Newspaper articles
  • Paintings/drawings
  • Personal Communications
  • Plays
  • Radio
  • Theses and dissertations
  • Twitter
  • Web pages with organisations as authors

And, at a similar time Cite Them Right will be adding MHRA guidance for the following:

  • Translated works
  • Plays
  • Newspaper articles
  • Theses and dissertations
  • Conference papers
  • Personal communications
  • Films
  • Radio
  • Sound recordings on CD
  • Music scores
  • Paintings/drawings
  • Sculpture

Later in the year (likely before the new academic year) Cite Them Right will be adding the following OSCOLA coverage:

  • Judgements of the European CoJ
  • International Treaties
  • ICJ cases
  • Personal communications
  • Interviews

And the following Vancouver coverage:

  • Newspaper articles
  • Theses and dissertations
  • Personal communications
  • Patents
  • Photographs

Oxford Handbooks Online – new content purchased

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We have purchased the following e-book collections to add to our existing Oxford Handbooks Online holdings:

  • Archaeology – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Business and Management – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Classical Studies – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Criminology – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Economics and Finance – Foundation, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Collection
  • History – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Law – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Linguistics – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Literature – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Music – Foundation, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Philosophy – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Politics – 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Psychology – Foundation, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Collection
  • Religion – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Collection

These new purchases now bring us fully up to date with all Oxford Handbooks Online content until the end of 2016.  Title lists for the entire collection or subject specific title lists are available at  http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/page/title-lists

Access

Basic records for each e-book have been added to DiscoverEd, these will be overwritten with fuller records.  Additional titles will be added throughout 2016 as further titles are published.

An entry for Oxford Handbooks Online is also listed on the E-book AZ list and the Databases AZ list.

Past Masters – Collected Works of Dewey 1882-1953 (2nd Release) now purchased

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We have purchased The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953 within the Past Masters series.

It includes:

Dewey, John. The Early Works of John Dewey, 1882-1898. 5 vols. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972.

The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924. 15 vols. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978.

The Later Works of John Dewey, 1925-1953. 17 vols. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985.

The Collected Works of John Dewey, 1882-1953. Supplementary Volume 1: 1884-1951. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 2008

Access Past Masters via the Databases AZ list or DiscoverEd.

Further info

Past Masters trial content – we are also trialling the Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg until 3rd June 2016.  See the E-Resources trial page for access and other e-resources currently on trial.

PastMasters – Augustine 4th Release now purchased

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We have purchased additional content within the Past Masters series.  It includes:

Augustine. Responses to Miscellaneous Questions. Introduction, translation and notes by Boniface Ramsey, edited by Raymond Canning. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2008.

Homilies on the Gospel of John 1-40. Translation and notes by Edmund Hill, O.P., edited and with an introduction and notes by Alan Fitzgerald, O.S.A. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2009.

Revisions. translation, notes and introduction by Boniface Ramsey, edited by Roland Teske, S.J. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2010.

The City of God (De Civitate Dei), Part I. Introduction and translation by William Babcock, notes by Boniface Ramsey. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2012.

The City of God (De Civitate Dei), Part II. Translation by William Babcock, notes by Boniface Ramsey. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2013.

New Testament I and II. Edited by Boniface Ramsey. Hyde Park, New York: New City Press, 2014.

Access Past Masters via the databases AZ list or DiscoverEd.

Cambridge Companions Online

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CCO Static Banner 600x63We have access to all Cambridge Companions Online as they are published.  A further 20 new titles in the subject areas of literature and history of ideas have been added to DiscoverED.  See the list of new titles here.

 

Cambridge University Press E-Book Additions – November

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A further 306 e-books published by Cambridge University Press have been added to DiscoverEd.  Subject areas cover most disciplines.  See the list here – tab 1 contains the monographs and tab 2 contains the course books.

Further info

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.