{"id":355,"date":"2014-06-12T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=355"},"modified":"2014-06-12T12:26:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T12:26:43","slug":"researching-africa-explore-new-resources-uniofedinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2014\/06\/12\/researching-africa-explore-new-resources-uniofedinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Researching Africa? Explore new resources @UniofEdinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the University of Edinburgh Library we&#8217;re developing our digital resources for African Studies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/companion.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-356\" alt=\"companion\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/companion.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/yearbook.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-357\" alt=\"yearbook\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/yearbook.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a>New this month is\u00a0trial access to two new online resources for African Studies\u00a0 &#8211; <em>Africa Yearbook Online<\/em> and <em>African Studies Companion Online<\/em> They are both published by Brill, and the trial period ends 1st July 2014. Trial access is available via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/is\/databases-trials\">http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/is\/databases-trials<\/a>. Please tell us what you think as this helps us make a case for purchase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/africaconfidential.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-358\" alt=\"africaconfidential\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/africaconfidential.gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We recently upgraded our online subscription to <em>Africa Confidential<\/em>, a hugely important source of information for\u00a0researchers interested in what is going on in contemporary Africa. Current stories feature the first steps by new Egyptian President El Sisi, and developments in a Red Sea Missile drama between Sudan and Iran. You can find <em>Africa Confidential<\/em> on the library catalogue or via the E-journals A-Z list.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re continuing to build our e-book collections in Africa Studies. Titles purchased recently include:<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_291\" style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/05\/Inside-African-Anthropology.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-291\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-291\" alt=\"Inside African Anthropology [electronic resource] : Monica Wilson and her Interpreters. Volume 0. \/ Edited by Andrew Bank, Leslie J. Bank CUP 2013 - e-book\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/05\/Inside-African-Anthropology.jpg\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside African Anthropology [electronic resource] : Monica Wilson and her Interpreters.\u00a0 Edited by Andrew Bank, Leslie J. Bank CUP 2013 &#8211; e-book<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_359\" style=\"width: 143px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/Aidsandreligiouspractices.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-359\" alt=\"AIDS and religious practice in Africa [electronic resource] \/ edited by Felicitas Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler. Brill 2009 ebook\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/files\/2014\/06\/Aidsandreligiouspractices.jpg\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-359\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AIDS and religious practice in Africa [electronic resource] \/ edited by Felicitas Becker and P. Wenzel Geissler. Brill 2009 ebook<\/p><\/div>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><em>\u00a0Christine Love-Rodgers, Academic Support Librarian &#8211; SPS<\/em><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the University of Edinburgh Library we&#8217;re developing our digital resources for African Studies. 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