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  1. British Newspaper Archive

    Description: More than 600 British newspapers, dating from 1710 to the present day.

    This resource has a concurrent user limit of 5 - please try again later if you cannot get access.
    Please complete personal registration and login to access full-text.

    Findmypast provided offsite access while Covid-19 restrictions applied but this is no longer available - more information about library access (opens in new window)

    Coverage: 1710 onwards

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Newspapers, History, Family History

    Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.

  2. British Online Archives

    This resource includes: Scottish trade with Africa and the West Indies in the early 18th century, 1694-1709
    British diplomacy with America and Ireland, an Ambassador’s letters, 1909-1962
    The East India Company: Corrupt Governance and Cruelty in India, 1806-1814
    India, uprising and reform, 1879-1910: in the records of the Governor-General

    Description: Extensive collection of full-text British historical archives. Includes : British diplomacy with America and Ireland, an Ambassador’s letters, 1909-1962; Scottish trade with Africa and the West Indies in the early 18th century, 1694-1709; India, business and control, 1806-1814: in the records of the Governor-General, and; India, uprising and reform, 1879-1910: in the records of the Governor-General

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official, History

    Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.

  3. British Standards Online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'BSOL'

    Description: Over 90,000 British, adopted European and international standards. Includes past, present and draft standards (BS, BS/EN, BS/ISO, BS/EN/ISO).

    This resource has a concurrent user limit of 2

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official, Reference Works

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  4. Cambridge Books Online

    Description: Over 2,000 e-books from Cambridge University Press, including more than 100 open access books.

    Coverage: 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013 and open access

    Publisher: Cambridge University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, E-books, History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  5. Cambridge Journals Online

    Description: Hundreds of peer-reviewed journals from Cambridge University Press. Subjects include humanities, life sciences, mathematics, science, engineering medicine, social sciences, humanities and law.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, Journals, History

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  6. Caribbean newspapers, 1718-1876

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876: From the American Antiquarian Society'

    Description: Over 60 newspapers from 22 Caribbean countries published in the 18th and 19th centuries. Created in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society.

    Publisher: Readex

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Newspapers, History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  7. Climate Change and Law Collection

    Description: A comprehensive collection of material from a range of organisations across the world, focusing on the implications that climate change has on human rights and laws at all levels, from local to global.

    Publisher: Brill

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Science

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  8. Cold War Intelligence

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Cold War intelligence online: the secret war between the U.S. and the USSR, 1945-1991'

    Description: A full-text collection of 2,360 formerly classified U.S. government documents (most of them classified Top Secret or higher) which provides readers with the declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

    Coverage: 1945- 1991

    Publisher: Brill

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official, History

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  9. Complete dictionary of scientific biography

    This resource is part of: Gale eBooks

    Description: An online dictionary providing information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, Science, Biography

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  10. Country Life Archive

    Description: Every issue of Country Life magazine from 1897 to 2005. This archive of the weekly British culture and lifestyle magazine, chronicles British heritage, including its art, architecture, and landscapes, with an emphasis on leisure pursuits such as antique collecting, hunting, shooting, equestrian news, and gardening.

    Coverage: 1897 to 2005

    Publisher: Proquest

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences

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  11. Credo Reference

    Description: A full-text collection of over 600 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers, with over 4 million entries and 1 million images. Titles range from art, language, business, and history, to geography, music, literature, science and religion, and biography.

    Publisher: CredoReference Inc

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Reference Works, Science, History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  12. D&B Hoovers

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'OneSource Global Business Browser'

    Description: A business information database which provides in depth profiles of companies worldwide, industry profiles, news and market research.

    Publisher: Dun & Bradstreet

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  13. Early English Books Online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'EEBO'

    Description: This resource is now accessed from the cross-searchable ProQuest search platform
    A full-text digital archive of some 130,000 books printed between 1473 and 1700. This consists of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere.

    Coverage: 1473 to 1700

    Publisher: Proquest

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: E-books, History, Literature

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  14. Early European Books

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Early European Books: printed sources to 1700'

    Description: All books published in Europe before 1701. This resource traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the 17th-century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access items.

    Library users now have access to Voyages & Imagination: Travel Writings and Literature from the Early Modern Period (Collection 19)

    Publisher: Proquest

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: History, Literature

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  15. Ebook Central

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'EBL Ebook Library'
    also known as 'ProQuest Ebook Central'

    Description: A full-text e-book database providing access to a small selection of e-book titles

    Please login for onsite and remote access

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Science, E-books, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  16. E-book Collection via EBSCOHost

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Netlibrary'

    Description: A full-text e-book collection providing access to around 3,500 titles

    Publisher: EBSCO

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Science, E-books, Art & Design, Literature

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  17. Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2014

    Description: Every issue of The Economist magazine from 1843 to 2014.

    Coverage: 1843 to 2014

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Newspapers, Journals, History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  18. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Parts 1 & 2

    Alternative titles: also known as '18th Century Collections Online'
    also known as 'ECCO'

    Description: Contains nearly 200,000 books published between 1701 and 1800. Covering all subject, his vast, searchable library includes books, pamphlets and broadsides from the UK, the Commonwealth and the Americas.

    Coverage: 1701 to 1800

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: E-books, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  19. Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online

    Description: More than 4,000 entries covering European history from 1450 to 1850. This is the English edition of the 15-volume German-language Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit.

    Publisher: Brill

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  20. EUP journals online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Edinburgh University Press journals collection'
    also known as 'EUP Complete Collection'

    Description: A full-text journal database providing access to over 40 journal titles published by Edinburgh University Press. The collection covers arts, humanities and social sciences, and includes scientific data, online journals and research materials at undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels. Please login for onsite and remote access

    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Journals, Art & Design, Literature

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  21. Factiva

    Description: A news and business search service covering over 14,000 leading newspaper titles, news sources and company information from around the world. Click on publisher link below to view a list of the sources covered (you may need to save the document first).
    Maximum of 3 concurrent users. Please try again later if you cannot access the resource.
    Note: If using Chrome you may experience intermittent problems when accessing the resource outside our George IV Bridge building and Kelvin Hall.

    Coverage: 1997 onwards

    Publisher: Proquest-Dow Jones

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Newspapers

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  22. Findmypast

    Description: Findmypast is a searchable online archive of over 2 billion records - birth, marriage and death records, parish records, censuses, migration records and military collections.
    It includes records from Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India and the United States.

    This resource has a concurrent user limit of 10 - please try again later if you cannot get access.

    Publisher: Findmypast

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official, Family History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  23. Forces War Records

    Description: A military genealogy specialist website containing over 670 million records, including indexes and images.

    Library users have access until 30/11/2025

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Family History

    Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.

  24. Gale eBooks

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Gale Virtual Reference Library'

    This resource includes: Complete dictionary of scientific biography

    Description: A full-text e-book collection currently providing access to the 26 volume Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.

    Library users can access all titles in this resource until 20th July 2024

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, Science, History, Biography, Family History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  25. Global Plants

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Global Plants on JSTOR'
    previously known as 'JSTOR Plant Science'

    Description: An online research tool for aggregating and exploring the world’s botanical resources, aimed at those researching, teaching or studying botany, biology, ecology, environmental and conservation studies

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Science, Journals

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  26. Grove Art Online

    Description: Available through the Oxford Art Online platform, a scholarly art encyclopedia, encompassing all aspects of visual culture. It features over 45,000 articles (including over 15,000 subject entries and over 22,000 biographies), bibliographies, and nearly 7000 searchable images.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Art & Design

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  27. Humanities International Complete

    Description: A full text and A&I database covering the humanities, with full-text from over 1,800 journal and book titles, plus data from the Humanities International Index containing over 2.9 million records from more than 2,300 journals

    Publisher: EBSCO

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  28. IBISWorld

    Description: Up-to-date research and data on hundreds of UK businesses and industries in the UK, including statistics, analysis and forecasts.

    Library users have access to UK Specialized Industry Reports

    Publisher: IBISWorld Limited

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  29. Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842–2003

    Description: Includes every published issue, from the first in 1842 to the last in 2003. Covers a wide range of subject areas, combining information and the power of pictures to provide a unique perspective on many aspects of modern life.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Newspapers, Journals, History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.

  30. India, Raj and Empire

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Raj, India and Empire'

    Description: A digital archive covering the history of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. The archive is taken from the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland.

    Coverage: 1615 to 1947

    Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History

    Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.