Get the Best from the Library for … Mathematics and Physics

Posted on October 31, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for Mathematics and Physics? A key starting point is the Subject Guides at www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides-maths and www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides-physics. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarian is Rowena Stewart.

*New* purchases in 2014

Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Online
High Energy Nuclear Physics and Astronomy journal backfiles from Elsevier. Includes Nuclear Physics back to 1956 and Physics Letters back to 1962

Featured Library Resources for Mathematics and Physics in 2014-15 include:

MathSciNet

American Mathematical Society’s database. Bibliographic records with abstracts (or reviews) of mathematics, statistics, computer science articles published in more than 2,700 journals, book series and conference proceedings. Updated daily.

SIAM E-books

Full-text of approximately 400 monograph publications from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

INSPEC (Engineering Village)

INSPEC, part of Engineering Village, is a major database covering literature in computer science, electrical engineering, electronics and physics from 1896.

Access from www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-subjects.

Rowena Stewart, Academic Support Librarian – Chemistry

Get the Best from the Library for … Chemistry

Posted on October 31, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for Chemistry? A key starting point is the Chemistry Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides-chemistry. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarian is Rowena Stewart.

Featured Library Resources for Chemistry in 2014-15 include:

Knovel E-books

Full-text online of over 400 books in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering. Use Data Search. Includes DOSE (2005), Yaws’ Critical Property Data for Chemical Engineers and Chemists, International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Yaws’ Handbook of Physical Properties for Hydrocarbons and Chemicals (2008).

Maerck Index Online

Searchable full text database for information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals. Over 11,500 monographs – including historic records not available in the print edition. Updated regularly. Access from RSC via the Library catalogue: search for Merck Index, sort by publication date descending.

REAXYS

Chemical reaction, structure and property data for organic and inorganic compounds. Also bibliographic data. Search by chemical structures and reactions as well as text.Contains the information from Gmelin and Beilstein.

SciFinder

Academic literature information from more than 10,000 chemistry-related journals. Covers chemistry (all aspects), chemical structures and patents, chemical engineering, biochemistry, biotechnology, genetics.

Rowena Stewart, Academic Support Librarian – Chemistry

Get the Best from the Library for … GeoSciences

Posted on October 31, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for GeoSciences? A key starting point is the GeoSciences Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarian is Angela Nicholson.

Featured Recent Purchases for GeoSciences in 2014-15 include:

GeoScience World

Provides a comprehensive resource for research across the geosciences, built on a database of peer-reviewed journals and integrated with GeoRef.

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

An authoritative and comprehensive online source of information on human geography and related areas. It contains over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices.

New journal titles include:

Geography Compass
Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
International Journal of Logistics Management
Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: Climate Change

Angela Nicholson – Academic Support Librarian – GeoSciences

Get the Best from the Library for … Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences

Posted on October 30, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for PPLS subjects? A key starting point is the library Subject Guide for your subject at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarian is Anne Donnelly.

Featured Library Resources for PPLS in 2014-15 include:

Oxford Handbooks Online – Philosophy & Linguistics

Brings together the world’s leading scholars to discuss research and the latest thinking on a range of major topics.

Oxford Bibliographies – Philosophy

Combines an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopaedia, to guide researchers to the best available scholarship.

JOVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) – Neuroscience

Devoted to investigations of the structure, function, physiology, and pathophysiology of the brain and nervous system

Anne Donnelly, Academic Support Librarian – PPLS

Get the Best from the Library for … Education

Posted on October 30, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for Education? A key starting point is the Education Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarian is Nahad Gilbert.

Featured Library Resources for Education in 2014-15 include:

Education Source

This database covers all levels of education – from early childhood to higher education – as well as all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education and testing.

SAGE Research Methods

SAGE Research Methods is a research methods tool created to help and support beginning and advanced researchers in every step of a research project.

Child Development and Adolescent Studies

This database is a source for references to the current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.

Nahad Gilbert, Academic Support Librarian – Education

Get the Best from the Library for … Social Policy

Posted on October 30, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for Social Policy? A key starting point is the Social Policy Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarians are Caroline Stirling and Christine Love-Rodgers.

Featured Library Resources for Social Policy in 2014-15 include:

PAIS International

This resource covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international sources including journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. PAIS International is the current file covering 1972 to present. Topics covered include: Economic conditions, Education, Energy resources and policy, Government, Health conditions, Human rights, International Relations, Labor conditions and policy, Politics, Social conditions, Civil rights movement.

Race Relations Abstracts

Race Relations Abstracts covers the social, political and economic relations between races and ethnicities, including ethnic studies, discrimination and immigration studies. This indexing database contains more than 49,500 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as : Race & Class, Ethnic & Racial Studies, Journal of Social Issues, with coverage from 1975.

Very Short Introductions – Social Sciences

Online version of Oxford University Press’s Very Short Introductions series. Written by experts in the field they offer a bridge between reference content and higher academic work. Access to Social Sciences collection only.

Caroline Stirling & Christine Love-Rodgers, Academic Support Librarians – Social Policy

Get the Best from the Library for … Sociology

Posted on October 30, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for Sociology? A key starting point is the Sociology Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarians are Caroline Stirling and Christine Love-Rodgers.

Featured Library Resources for Sociology in 2014-15 include:

Media Education Foundation (MEF) digital film service

MEF produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical thinking about the social, political, and cultural impact of American mass media.

Very Short Introductions – Social Sciences

SAGE Research Methods

SAGE Research Methods is a research methods tool created to help and support beginning and advanced researchers in every step of a research project.

Caroline Stirling & Christine Love-Rodgers, Academic Support Librarians – Sociology

Get the Best from the Library for … Medicine MBChB

Posted on October 29, 2014 by cloverodgers

MBChB students – want to get the best from the Library for Medicine? A key starting point is the Medicine Subject Guide at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarian is Sheila Fisken.

Spotlight on featured resources for MBChB Medicine :

UP TO DATE

This resource is highly recommended by the Medical School. It gives evidence based answers to clinical questions quickly and easily. On and off campus access@ http://www.uptodate.com.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/contents/search

BMJ

We subscribe to a wide range or resources from the BMJ:

BMJ Best Practice
BMJ Case Reports
BMJ Learning
BMJ Journals

www.ed.ac.uk/is/medicine

ENDNOTE
Register to get an Endnote account to help store and manage your references. Learn how to create reference lists in a variety of styles.

http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/Libraries/PDF/guideEndNoteWebregistering.pdf

Sheila Fisken – Academic Support Librarian, Medicine MBChB

Get the Best from the Library for … ECA

Posted on October 29, 2014 by cloverodgers

Want to get the best from the Library for subject areas in ECA? A key starting point is the Subject Guides at http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/subject-guides. Start here to explore print and electronic collections, library facilities and library news for Art, Design, History of Art, Architecture and Music. Any questions? Your Academic Support Librarian is Jane Furness (J.Furness@ed.ac.uk).

Spotlight on significant resources for ECA purchased recently:

Music Online Premium Service from Alexander Street Press:

Provides access to 13 music collections,delivering a combined-and constantly growing-total of 860,000+ audio tracks, 1,200+ hours of video, 26,000+ scores, 124,000+ pages of reference material, and 200,000+ playlists to support diverse learning needs.

Pro Quest Art & Architecture Online:

This collection supports scholarship across fine and applied arts through to interior design, industrial design, and landscape gardening. The title list includes: Apollo, Architectural Review, Architects Journal, Art Monthly, British Journal of Photography, Country Life, Eye, Graphis, Ornament and more.

Routledge Performance Archive online:

A resource produced in partnership with Digital Theatre, providing unique access to a wide range of audio-visual material from past and present practitioners of performance.

Jane Furness – Academic Support Librarian, ECA

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