A further 253 e-books across most subject areas have been added to DiscoverEd. Cambridge Core hosts books from a variety of publishers including Edinburgh University Press, Cambridge University Press, Boydell & Brewer. A list of the new titles and subject areas can be found in the spreadsheet here.
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Academic Search Complete now available
We have upgraded our Academic Search Premier subscription to Academic Search Complete.
The Academic Search Complete multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 7,300 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals. Academic Search Complete offers access to video content from the Associated Press, the world’s leading news agency. Videos relevant to the search terms will appear in a carousel in the result list. With footage from 1930 to the present and updated monthly, this collection of more than 60,000 videos covers a wide variety of topics.
Further info
Title lists can be downloaded from https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-search-complete
In addition to the database entry added to several database lists, individual journals and e-books are listed in DiscoverEd.
Periodicals Archive Online – additional titles available
Thanks to funding from JISC Collections, we have access to 50 archival e-journals in the humanities and social sciences subject areas. These e-journals are available on the ProQuest website and have been added to DiscoverEd:
Title | Publisher | ISSN | Full Text First |
Full Text Last |
Agricultural Research | Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture | 0002-161X | 1-Jan-1953 | 1-Sep-2000 |
American Drama | American Drama Institute | 1061-0057 | 1-Oct-1991 | 1-Jul-2005 |
Ancient History Resources for Teachers | Division of Humanities, Macquarie University | 1032-3686 | 1-Mar-1971 | 1-Jan-2005 |
Architecture Plus Design | Media Transasia | 0970-2369 | 1-Nov-1985 | 1-Nov-2000 |
Australian Journal of French Studies | Monash University. | 0004-9468 | 1-Jan-1964 | 1-Sep-2000 |
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin | The Bank | 0005-5166 | 1-Dec-1960 | 1-Nov-2000 |
The Beethoven Journal | Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies and the American Beethoven Society | 1087-8262 | 1-Apr-1986 | 1-Dec-2000 |
The Byron Journal | Byron Society Journal, Ltd. | 0301-7257 | 1-Jan-1973 | 1-Jan-2000 |
Comparative Civilizations Review | 0733-4540 | 1-Jan-1979 | 1-Oct-2000 | |
Critical Review | Libertarian Review Foundation. | 0891-3811 | 1-Dec-1986 | 1-Oct-2000 |
Dickens Quarterly | Dickens Society | 0742-5473 | 1-Mar-1970 | 1-Dec-2000 |
Fifteenth Century Studies | Hans-Dieter Heinz, Akademischer Verlag Stuttgart [etc.] | 0164-0933 | 1-Jan-1978 | 1-Jan-2000 |
Foundation | Science Fiction Foundation | 0306-4964 | 1-Jan-1973 | 1-Oct-2000 |
The Gaskell Society Journal | Gaskell Society | 0951-7200 | 1-Jul-1987 | 1-Jan-2005 |
General Linguistics | Pennsylvania State University Press. | 0016-6553 | 1-Jan-1955 | 1-Jan-2003 |
Haydn Society Journal | The Society | 1350-1267 | 1-Jul-1979 | 1-Jan-2000 |
Higher Education Review | Tyrrell Burgess, etc. | 0018-1609 | 1-Oct-1968 | 1-Jul-2000 |
Humanity and Society | Association for Humanist Sociology | 0160-5976 | 1-Jul-1977 | 1-Nov-2000 |
International Education | College of Education, University of Tennessee | 0160-5429 | 1-Oct-1972 | 1-Apr-2001 |
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice | Dept. of Administration of Justice, Wichita State University | 0192-4036 | 1-Apr-1977 | 1-Oct-2000 |
Irish Economic and Social History | Economic and Social History Society of Ireland | 0332-4893 | 1-Jan-1974 | 1-Jan-2000 |
Islamic Quarterly | Islamic Cultural Centre. | 0021-1842 | 1-Apr-1956 | 1-Jan-2000 |
JPMS : Journal of Political and Military Sociology | Northern Illinois University, Sociology Dept. | 0047-2697 | 1-Apr-1973 | 1-Dec-2000 |
Jamaican Historical Review | Jamaica Historical Society | 1010-6367 | 1-Jun-1945 | 1-Jan-2001 |
Journal for the Study of Religion | Association for the Study of Religion (Southern Africa) | 1011-7601 | 1-Jan-1980 | 1-Jan-2000 |
Journal of Housing Research | Washington, D.C. :Office of Housing Policy Research, Fannie Mae, c1990- | 1052-7001 | 1-Jan-1990 | 1-Jan-2003 |
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology | Guilford Press | 0736-7236 | 1-Jan-1983 | 1-Dec-2000 |
Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | Published under the auspices of the Pakistan American Foundation | 0149-1784 | 1-Sep-1977 | 1-Dec-2000 |
Journal of Sport Behavior | United States Sports Academy. | 0162-7341 | 1-Feb-1980 | 1-Dec-2000 |
The Journal of Transport History | University College of Leicester | 0022-5266 | 1-May-1953 | 1-Sep-1999 |
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly | Association for Education in Journalism, etc. | 1077-6990 | 1-Jan-1924 | 1-Jan-2000 |
Judaism | American Jewish Congress | 0022-5762 | 1-Jan-1952 | 1-Oct-2000 |
Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England | AMS Press | 0731-3403 | 1-Jan-1984 | 1-Jan-1999 |
New Society | New Science Publications. | 0028-6729 | 4-Oct-1962 | 27-May-1988 |
Nineteenth Century Theatre | J. Donohue. | 0893-3766 | 1-Apr-1973 | 1-Dec-2000 |
Queen’s Quarterly | Quarterly Committee of Queen’s University. | 0033-6041 | 1893 | 1-Dec-2005 |
Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research | Loyola University of Chicago | 0034-5822 | 1-May-1962 | 1-Dec-1995 |
Romani Studies | Gypsy Lore Society | 1528-0748 | 1888 | 1-Aug-1995 |
Scottish Studies Review | Association for Scottish Literary Studies. | 0305-0785 | 1-May-1980 | 1-Apr-2000 |
Signal | Thimble Press | 0037-4954 | 1-Sep-1970 | 1-Jan-2003 |
The Southern Journal of Philosophy | Dept. of Philosophy, Memphis State University | 0038-4283 | 1-Apr-1964 | 1-Dec-2000 |
Studies in the Humanities | Indiana University of Pennsylvania. | 0039-3800 | 1-Mar-1969 | 1-Dec-2000 |
Tennyson Research Bulletin | Tennyson Society. | 0082-2841 | 1-Oct-1967 | 1-Nov-2001 |
TheatreForum | Theatre Dept. at the University of California | 1060-5320 | 1-Oct-1992 | 1-Jul-2005 |
Transafrican Journal of History | East African Publishing House | 0251-0391 | 1-Jan-1971 | 1-Jan-1996 |
TriQuarterly | The University | 0041-3097 | 1-Jan-1964 | 1-Jan-2005 |
Welsh History Review = Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru | University of Wales Press. | 0043-2431 | 1-Jan-1960 | 1-Dec-2001 |
Western European Stages | CASTA | 1050-1991 | 1-Oct-1989 | 1-Oct-2000 |
Western Humanities Review | University of Utah Press, etc. | 0043-3845 | 1-Jan-1947 | 1-Dec-1995 |
Women’s Studies Journal | Women’s Studies Association New Zealand | 0112-4099 | 1-Aug-1984 | 1-Apr-2000 |
Cambridge University Press E-Book Additions – September
A further 130 monographs and 32 coursebooks have been made available in September. A list of the additions can be found at the links below. These are now available via DiscoverEd.
September Coursebooks Additions
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.
Cambridge Books Online – More E-Books Added
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 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.
E-Book News – January update
A 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.
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.
EBL – 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.
Ebsco/MyILibrary – A further 45 titles have been added to our catalogue. See the list here.
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.
We 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.
Elsevier Science Direct – We have added a further 16 e-books to our catalogue. See the list here.
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.
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.
December E-Book News
We have additions to the following e-book packages.
Berg 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.
Cambridge 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.
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.
EBL – 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.
Ebsco/MyILibrary – A further 68 titles have been added to our catalogue. See the list here.
Elsevier Science Direct – We have added a further 207 e-books across various subject disciplines to our catalogue. See the list here.
Oxford 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
The following have seen additions to content and have been or are in the process of being added to our catalogue.
Access 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
We 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.
Cambridge 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.
Dawsonera – A further 223 titles were added to our catalogue over the last couple of months. See the title list here.
EBL – A further 140 titles were added to our catalogue over the last couple of months. See the list here.
Ebsco/MyILibrary – A further 59 title have been added to our catalogue during Sept and Oct. See the title list here.
IEEEXplore – we have added a further 21 titles published by IEEE-Wiley. Titles listed here.
Oxford Handbooks Online – Archaeology, Classical studies and History modules (6 titles). We have purchased the 2014 published titles listed here.
We have added a further 90 titles from Oxford Scholarship Online to our catalogue. A list of the new titles is here.
From 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.
Royal Society of Chemistry – We have added 14 more titles to our catalogue recently. A list is here.
From Springer we have access to a further 521 e-books across most subject disciplines. See the title list here.
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 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.
Wageningen – we have a further 14 titles, subject area life sciences. Access the list here.
A 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.