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Sociology Source Ultimate now available

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We have upgraded our SocIndex with Fulltext subscription to Sociology Source Ultimate.

Sociology Source Ultimate features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. Sociology Source Ultimate contains full text for more than 1000 journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for more than 1000 books and monographs, and full text for over 40,000 conference papers.  Sociology Source Ultimate features more than 26,000 author profiles covering the most cited and most influential authors in the database, who are experts in their field.  Coverage of topics ranges from gender identity, marriage and family, to demographics, political sociology, religion and socio-cultural anthropology.

Further info

Title lists can be downloaded from https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/sociology-source-ultimate

In addition to the database entry added to several database lists, individual journals and e-books are listed in DiscoverEd.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text now available

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We have upgraded our RILM Abstracts of music literature subscription to include full text.

RILM abstracts of music literature with full text (RAFT) expands and enhances the unrivalled global bibliography of writings on music with the addition of a million pages of full-text content from more than 200 key periodicals, many of which are not available anywhere else online. In addition to metadata, abstracts, and indexing curated and written by RILM’s team of subject experts, RAFT offers search and browse for each full-text issue, cover to cover.

A spreadsheet of the current title list can be found here.  New titles are expected each month rising to 240 by the end of the year.

Further info

Access this full text database via DiscoverEd, our Music AZ list or our main AZ list.

 

Africa Wide Information – database trial

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africa wide logoThe Library has set up trial access to Africa Wide Information (Ebsco) until 30th June.

Africa-Wide Information comprises an aggregation of 50 databases sourced from Africa, Europe and North America.  Africa-Wide provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary information which documents research and publications by Africans and about Africa.

Africa-Wide covers close to 4 million news articles,  scholarly publications articles, books, reports, theses, citations, and grey literature.  Records include article abstracts and some full text with keyword indexing to enhance relevant retrieval.  The coverage is comprehensive from the 18th century to current and dates back to the 16th century.  Africa-Wide Information is an essential resource for those with an interest in African research and publications and for those doing research in an African context, no matter the subject field.

See the full list of databases included in this trial along with their descriptions at http://www.nisc.co.za/products/22/databases/africa-wide-information

This trial is listed in DiscoverEd and the E-Resources Trial Webpage where links to trial feedback forms can be found.

December E-Book News

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We have additions to the following e-book packages.

WebBanner6Berg Fashion Library – We have added 70 e-books to our catalogue in December.  See a list of the Berg e-books (currently 80 are available) at the e-book page on the Berg Fashion Library.

 

logoCambridge Books Online – We have access to a further 477 e-books across most subject areas, these are in the process of being added to our catalogue.  See the excel list here.

 

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Dawsonera – We have purchased a further 151 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 94 e-books from a variety of publishers across most subject areas.  These have been added to our catalogue.  See the list of titles here.

 

 

ebook logoEbsco/MyILibrary – myilib_B2B_491X42_hi-res A further 68 titles have been added to our catalogue.  See the list here.

 

 

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Elsevier Science Direct – We have added a further 207 e-books across various subject disciplines to our catalogue.  See the list here.

 

 

 

 

EO_OxfordReference_LRCBannerOxford Reference Online – We have replaced or added 20 titles published in 2014.  Browse a list of our titles here.

 

Further info

Further information about our e-books is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/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.

 

 

Autumn E-Book News

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The following have seen additions to content and have been or are in the process of being added to our catalogue.

ae-logoAccess Engineering has seen about 30 title additions as well as new calculators and videos over the last couple of months – see the new titles listed at http://ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=http://accessengineeringlibrary.com/pages/updates

 

logoWe have added 1156 e-books to our Cambridge Books Online package (includes some partner press titles).  Titles have been added to most subject areas.  Access the list here.

 

Screenshot 2014-10-31 14.02.39Cambridge Histories Online – we have purchased the 2014 published titles and these are in the process of being added to our catalogue as the titles are published (final titles due 5th Dec).  The list can be browsed here.

 

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Dawsonera – A further 223 titles were added to our catalogue over the last couple of months.  See the title list here.

 

 

 

logoEBL – A further 140 titles were added to our catalogue over the last couple of months.  See the list here.

 

 

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ebook logoEbsco/MyILibrary – A further 59 title have been added to our catalogue during Sept and Oct.  See the title list here.

 

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IEEEXplore – we have added a further 21 titles published by IEEE-Wiley.  Titles listed here.

 

 

 

ohoOxford Handbooks Online –  Archaeology, Classical studies and History modules (6 titles).  We have purchased the 2014 published titles listed here.

 

EO_OxfordScholarshipOnline_LRCBanner We have added a further 90 titles from Oxford Scholarship Online to our catalogue.  A list of the new titles is here.

 

new-connect-logoFrom Palgrave Connect we have 164 new titles in Business & Management, Economics & Finance, Education, History, International Relations & Development, Media & Culture, Political Science, Religion & Philosophy, Social Sciences and Theatre & Performance.  We have received the final update for 2014.  Further titles will become available to us in March 2015.  See the list here.

 

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Royal Society of Chemistry – We have added 14 more titles to our catalogue recently.  A list is here.

 

 

logoFrom Springer we have access to a further 521 e-books across most subject disciplines.  See the title list here.

 

 

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From Taylor & Francis we have added an additional 172 titles in Education to the catalogue.  See all 4 tabs on the excel list here.

 

 

University Press Scholarship Online

University Press Scholarship Online  has an additional 1226 titles added to our holdings in a wide range of subject areas and academic publishers.  These have been added to the catalogue but see also a title list here.

 

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Wageningen  – we have a further 14 titles, subject area life sciences.  Access the list here.

 

2013_WOL_logoA further 100 new Wiley Online Library titles have been added to our catalogue.  A list of the titles is available here.

Further info

Further information about our e-books is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/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.

 

 

 

Trial – Mental Measurements Yearbook

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logoEhostWe have trial access to the Mental Measurements Yearbook until the 21st December.  The Mental Measurements Yearbook is a guide to over 3,000 contemporary testing instruments. Produced by the Buros Center for Testing at the University of Nebraska, entries contain descriptive information (e.g., test purpose, publisher, pricing, population, scores) and edited review(s). To be included, a test must be commercially available and published in the English language. 1938 onwards.

Feedback and further info

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.

 

Trial access to PsycINFO and PsycARTICLEs via Ebsco platform

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logoEhostWe have trial access to psycINFO and psycARTICLES via the Ebsco platform until the 21st December.  We currently have access to both of these databases via the Ovid platform, we are interested in gaining feedback on using these databases on the Ebsco platform.

PsycINFO – 1806 onwards. Abstracts, citations and controlled vocabulary for contents of approximately 2,500 journals publishing behavioural science and mental health.

PsycARTICLES – Full-text from APA journals (mostly volume 1 onwards) and related imprints. Indexed in PsycINFO.

Feedback and further info

We are interested to know what you think of this platform to access these databases 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.

 

 

 

 

Trial – RIPM

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logoEhostWe have trial access to RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals) on the EbscoHost platform until the 11th November.

RIPM offers a unique, searchable collection of complete full-text music journals not found in any library or any other online resource, spanning a period of some two hundred years, from C.P.E. Bach to Berg and Bartok, and from Schubert to Schoenberg and Stravinsky.

Feedback and further info

We are interested to know what you think of this database 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.

 

August E-Book News

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We have increased our e-book holdings with the following providers.

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We have added a further 44  titles to the Dawsonera platform.  A list of the new titles is available here and these have all been added to our catalogue.

EBL – Ebook Library

We have added a further 72  titles to the EBL platform.  A list of the new titles is available here and these have all been added to our catalogue.

 

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A further 55 e-books have been added to the Ebsco and MyILibrary platforms over the last couple of months.  A list of the new titles is here and these have been added to our catalogue.

 

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A further 426 e-books in a variety of subject areas are now available on the Palgrave Connect website.  The individual titles have been added to our catalogue and the list of new titles can be browsed here.

 

2013_WOL_logoA further 695 e-books in a variety of subject areas are now available from Wiley Online Library.  The individual titles have been added to our catalogue and the list of new titles can be browsed here.

 

Further info

Further information about our e-books is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/library-museum-gallery/finding-resources/ebooks