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December 18, 2025
Trial – Bloomsbury e-books
We have trial access to several e-book collections on the Bloomsbury e-book platform until the end of the year.
Bloomsbury Collections delivers access to quality research across the humanities and social sciences. Trial includes many of the 4,000 titles which will be on the platform by early 2015, featuring content from Bloomsbury’s latest research publications as well as a 100+ year legacy including Continuum, T&T Clark, Bristol Classical Press, Berg, The Arden Shakespeare and the recently acquired Hart Publishing.
The collections we are trialling are:
- Ancient Commentators on Aristotle
- Ancient History Archive 1983-2012
- Classical Literature Archive 1994-2012
- Classical Studies & Archaeology 2013
- Classical Studies & Archaeology 2014
Feedback and further info
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.
Trial – British Online Archives
We have trial access to British Online Archives until the 4th December. Access on campus or off campus via the VPN.
British Online Archives includes:
– British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900
– Colonial & missionary records
– Records of the Raj
– People & Protest in Britain and Abroad, 1800-2000
– Twentieth century politics
– World War One: Different Perspectives
– British Broadcasting Corporation
– Communist Party of Great Britain archive
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 – Stalin Digital Archive
We have trial access to Stalin Digital Archive until November 30th.
The Stalin Digital Archive contains a selection of documents which covers Stalin’s personal biography, his work in government, and his conduct of foreign affairs.
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.
Trial – English Historical Documents
We have trial access to English Historical Documents until 1st December. 
English Historical Documents Online contains over 5,500 expertly indexed and fully searchable primary documents from 500-1914.
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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.
Trial – Classic Arabic Texts Online
We have trial access to Classic Arabic Texts Online until 27th November. 
Classic Arabic Texts Online (CATO) offers approx. 19,000 pages of classic Brill editions of Arabic texts in a full-text searchable format. The first part of CATO includes the following titles:
1) Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum (with indices and glossaries!) edited by M.J. de Goeje and J.H. Kramers;
2) De Goeje’s edition of al-Ṭabarī’s Taʾrīkh al-rusul wa l-mulūk;
3) De Goeje’s edition of al-Balādhūrī’s Kitāb Futūḥ al-buldān; 4) Origins of the Islamic State by Murgotten and Hitti, the English translation of al-Balādhūrī’s Kitāb Futūḥ al-buldān.
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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.
Annexehalloween 2014
Viki took her creativity to new heights with this creation. We’re not sure what it is but it is certainly scary!
Previous pumpkin carving competitions at the Library Annexe have proved popular and we always enjoy the opportunity to flex our creative muscles during our lunch breaks. As such, the annual Annexe pumpkin carving competition was entered with much enthusiasm once again. And here are this year’s results!
Jack Skellington looks fantastic next to his more ambiguous friend.
Our part-time Annexe Assistant, Iraklis, was not at work on Halloween itself, but was sport enough to send us his own contribution, which he lovingly crafted in the comfort of his own home.
For those who can’t quite see it, it’s Sandra Bullock from the film Gravity.
Carl Jones, Library Annexe Supervisor
What’s on in our last week: 3rd – 7th November
#LibraryPop
Drop in sessions -1st Floor Main Library
3rd November – 7th November
| AM | PM | |
| Monday | Digital Footprint – managing your digital footprint | Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) Artists’ Books collection |
| Tuesday | Data Library | Community Fundraising – Development & Alumni |
| Wednesday | Collaborate | IS Skills |
| Thursday | Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) Library resources – how to find and use | MyEd Mobile |
| Friday | Finding and using Chinese related Library resources | Exam Papers Online |
Get the Best from the Library for … Mathematics and Physics
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
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
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
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