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  1. Medieval and Early Modern Studies

    Description: A range of primary sources - including manuscripts, diaries, letters, working documents - covering social, cultural, political, scientific and religious perspectives, from the 12th to early 18th centuries.

    Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, History

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  2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Dictionary of national biography'
    also known as 'Oxford DNB'
    also known as 'Online DNB'
    also known as 'ODNB'
    also known as 'DNB'

    Description: Over 60,000 biographies of significant individuals who helped shape British history, including 11,000 portraits.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, E-books, Biography

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  3. Oxford Journals Online

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'OJO'

    Description: A database containing hundreds of journal titles covering life sciences, mathematics, physical sciences, medicine, social sciences, humanities, and law, from Oxford University Press.

    This resource's content is now accessed on the Oxford Academic platform

    Coverage: 1996 onwards

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, Journals, Music, History, Art & Design, Literature

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  4. Perdita Manuscripts : Women Writers, 1500-1700

    Description: A digital archive containing manuscripts from early modern women authors from Britain, 'lost' in time since the 16th and 17th centuries.

    Coverage: 1500 to 1700

    Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Literature

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  5. SAGE Journals

    Description: Access to over 1000 journal titles across a range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. Library users have access to the Sage Premier collection

    Coverage: 2013-

    Publisher: Sage

    Full text: Yes

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

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  6. Sage Knowledge

    Description: A full text monograph database. Library users have access to selected titles within the subject areas of Business, Education, Sociology, Psychology and Health

    Publisher: Sage

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, E-books

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  7. Scottish trade with Africa and the West Indies in the early 18th century, 1694-1709

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1694-1709'

    This resource is part of: British Online Archives

    Description: The papers of the Darien Company, the doomed Scottish trading company of the late 17th century. This full-text digital library comes from the collections of the National Library of Scotland and part of the British Online Archive.

    Coverage: 1694 to 1709

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, Americana, History

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

  8. Screen Studies Collection

    Alternative titles: also known as 'ProQuest Screen Studies Collection'

    Description: Current publications related to film scholarship alongside detailed and expansive filmographies. Includes the specialist index FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database and the detailed and complementary filmographies created by the American Film Institute and the British Film Institute; AFI Catalog and Film Index International.

    Publisher: Proquest

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, Journals, Music, Catalogues & Bibliographies, E-books, History, Art & Design

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  9. Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice

    Description: A portal for slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections covering 1490 to 2007, from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. There is a focus on the experience and legacy of historical slavery, the social justice perspective, and the continued existence of slavery today.

    Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, History

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  10. SpringerLink journal and e-book collection

    Description: A database providing access to e-books, journals, articles, protocols and reference works published by Springer. National Library of Scotland users have access to thousands of journal titles and e-books covering humanities, science, business, medicine, law, social science and engineering.

    Publisher: Springer

    Full text: Yes

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

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  11. State Papers Online

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'State papers online : the government of Britain, 1509-1714'
    also known as 'Early modern government in Britain and Europe'

    This resource includes: Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle

    Description: A digital manuscript database covering 200 years of British history, from the reign of Henry VIII to the end of the reign of Queen Anne, describing both domestic and overseas activity and events. This resource contains over 3 million manuscript pages and over 500,000 fully searchable calendar and catalogue entries, with links between the two types of document when they are related.

    Coverage: 1509-1714

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, History

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  12. United Nations iLibrary

    Alternative titles: also known as 'UN iLibrary'

    Description: The United Nations iLibrary is a single research repository for accessing digital content published by the United Nations Secretariat and its funds and programs.

    Coverage: 1996-

    Publisher: United Nations

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, Science, E-books, History

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

  13. University Press Scholarship Online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'UPSO'
    also known as 'Scholarship Online'

    Description: Thousands of e-books, from Oxford University Press and many other university presses offering publications in the humanities, social science and business.

    This resource's content is now accessed on the Oxford Academic platform

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

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

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  14. Web of Science

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Web of Knowledge'
    previously known as 'ISI Web of Knowledge'

    This resource includes: Journal Citation Reports
    Web of Science Core Collection
    Essential Science Indicators

    Description: An online portal providing access to the A&I databases Web of Science Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports, plus a number of other research tools.

    Publisher: Thomson Reuters

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, Journals

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  15. Web of Science Core Collection

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Web of Science'
    previously known as 'ISI Web of Science'

    This resource is part of: Web of Science

    Description: NLS customers have access to full backfile to 1900. An abstracting and indexing citation database covering over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities, plus over 120,000 international conference proceedings. Part of the Web of Science Portal.

    Coverage: 1900 onwards

    Publisher: Thomson Reuters

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, Journals, Literature

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  16. Who’s Who & Who Was Who

    Description: A reference work containing the current Who's Who - with over 34,000 autobiographical entries of noteworthy and influential people who impact British life - plus the entire Who Was Who archive from 1897 onwards.

    Coverage: 1897 onwards

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, History, Biography, Family History

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  17. Wiley Online Library e-books

    Description: Library users have access to a selection of e-book titles on the Wiley Online Library platform, covering the humanities and the life, health, physical and social sciences, and published between 2013 and 2015.

    Search tip: E-book titles you can access are identified by an unlocked padlock icon.

    Coverage: 2013-2015

    Publisher: Wiley

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, E-books

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