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  1. Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series

    Description: In-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.

    Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024

    Publisher: Gale

    Subjects: Literature, Biography

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

  2. Gale OneFile: News

    Description: Provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.

    Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Newspapers

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

  3. 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.

  4. GreenFILE

    Description: An indexing and abstracting database of nearly 300,000 records covering environmental concerns, with full text for selected titles

    Publisher: EBSCO

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, Science

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

  5. 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.

  6. Grove Music Online

    This resource is part of: Oxford Music Online

    Description: A full-text reference work on music containing over 50,000 articles and 28,000 biographies. Incorporates 'The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians', 'The new Grove dictionary of opera' and 'The new Grove dictionary of jazz'. .This resource has a concurrent user limit of 3 - please logout when you are finished.

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Reference Works, Music

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

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. India, uprising and reform, 1879-1910: in the records of the Governor-General

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'Indian papers of the 4th Earl of Minto'

    This resource is part of: British Online Archives

    Description: The papers of Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, the 4th Earl of Minto, (1845-1914), Viceroy of India between 1905 and 1910. This archive covers a period momentous change in the history India. This collection forms part of a larger archive held by the National Library of Scotland.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official

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

  12. Infotrac Custom Newspapers

    Description: Over 70 newspapers from the UK and Ireland. It contains more than 30 newspapers from Scotland and many international titles.

    Library users can access all of the over 2,300 titles in the Gale OneFile: News resource until 20th July 2024

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Newspapers

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

  13. John Johnson Collection : an archive of printed ephemera

    Description: A full-text digital archive of from the ephemera collection of the Bodleian Library, illustrating everyday life in Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Over 22,000 items and almost 60,000 images are currently available, with over 150,000 images on completion

    Coverage: 1700 onwards

    Publisher: Proquest

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: History, Art & Design

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

  14. Journal Citation Reports

    This resource is part of: Web of Science

    Description: A citation database for the evaluation and ranking of the world's leading journals by impact factor, total citations and articles, and cited half-life.

    Publisher: Thomson Reuters

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, Journals

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

  15. JoVE

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Journal of Visualized Experiments'

    Description: Library users only have access to Biology content published between August 2013 and July 2015, and any open access content

    JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is a peer reviewed scientific video journal publishing scientific research in a visual format. Access covers the Biology section (previously called General).

    Coverage: August 2013 - July 2015

    Publisher: JoVE

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Science, Journals

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

  16. JSTOR

    Description: A digital library of more than 6,500 eBooks and 2,600 scholarly journals covering many topics including humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

    Coverage: 1800 onwards

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, Journals, History, Art & Design

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

  17. Karger journals collection

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Karger medical and scientific journals collection'

    Description: A full-text database of 130 medical and scientific journals published by Karger.

    Coverage: 1991-

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Science, Journals

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

  18. LISTA - Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts

    Alternative titles: previously known as 'LISA'

    Description: A bibliographic database covering librarianship, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Delivered via EBSCOhost.

    Publisher: EBSCO

    Subjects: Reference Works, Journals

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

  19. Making of Modern Law

    Description: A full-text digital archive of over 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926. The collection consists of 10 million pages of critical legal history, from casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and more.

    Coverage: 1800 to 1926

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

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

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

  20. Making of the Modern World

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature'
    previously known as 'Making of the world economy'

    Description: A full-text digital archive of over 61,000 works on economics and business published from 1450 through 1850. Drawing from the Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature, this collection consists of over 12 million pages.

    Coverage: 1450 to 1850

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Reference Works, E-books, History

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

  21. 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

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

  22. Mintel

    Description: New homepage: all available content is displayed together

    To access resource: please click on the check box and the I Accept button at the bottom of the Mintel Academic Access page

    A full-text market research database containing detailed consumer research, sales data and market information.

    Library users have access to both Mintel Reports and Mintel Trends.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business

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

  23. Music Online: Classical Scores Library (volumes 1 and 2)

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Classical Scores Library'

    Description: Library users have access to volumes I&II
    Contains more than 53,000 titles and 1.3 million printable pages of the most important scores in classical music, ranging from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. More than 4,600 composers are included, from traditionally studied composers such as Mozart and Tchaikovsky to contemporary artists including Kaija Saariaho, Peter Maxwell-Davies, and John Tavener.

    Publisher: Alexander Street Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Music

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

  24. Naxos Music Library

    Description: A classical music streaming service, with more than 2,500,000 tracks from over 170,000 CDs, including selections from jazz, world, folk and Chinese music. Also contains additional resources such as a music dictionary, study guides, aural training exercises, and opera libretti.

    Publisher: Naxos Digital Services US, Inc.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Music

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

  25. Naxos Music Library Jazz

    Alternative titles: also known as 'NML Jazz'

    Description: A music streaming service, with more than 250,000 tracks from over 25,000 albums. Includes recordings of over 32,000 artists, a selection of jazz legends and contemporary jazz.

    Publisher: Naxos Digital Services US, Inc.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Music

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

  26. Naxos MusicBox

    Description: An introduction to music for children aged 4-12, including over 4,000 audio tracks, themed playlists and quizzes, and encompassing music from classical, film and TV, opera and world genres.

    Publisher: Naxos Digital Services US, Inc.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Music

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

  27. Nineteenth Century Literary Society

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Nineteenth Century Literary Society: the John Murray Archive'
    also known as '19th Century Literary Society'

    Description: This digitised collection from the historic John Murray Archive covers book history, travel writing, politics and poetry, providing an invaluable insight into nineteenth century culture and the literary luminaries who shaped it.

    Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Literature

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

  28. Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals'
    previously known as '19th Century UK Periodicals'

    Description: A digital archive which covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. This resource consists of a multi-part collection and subjects range from art to business, and from children to politics. The periodicals are presented in their original published context.

    Coverage: 1801 to 1900

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Journals, History, Art & Design, Literature

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

  29. OECD iLibrary

    Description: Subscription cancelled – this resource will no longer be available from 31st March 2024

    Access to over 16,000 e-book titles as well as papers and statistics is contained with the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).


    From 1 July 2024 all OECD content will be made available for free under an open access licence.

    Publisher: OECD

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official

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

  30. Official Publications Online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'OPO'

    Description: Online access to UK Parliamentary publications, primary and secondary legislation, House and Command papers and gazettes.

    Publisher: TSO

    Subjects: Government & Official, E-books

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