Tourism Geographies Journal

The library has a new subscription to Tourism Geographies. Tourism Geographies is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal which explores tourism and tourism-related areas of recreation and leisure studies from a geographic perspective. This journal brings together academic and applied research and regional traditions from around the world, including multi-disciplinary approaches from geography and related fields such …

Digimap Pilot Data Collection

The Library has access to a new collection from Digimap, initially on a trial basis until 31st July 2020. You will find this collection of Pilot Data in the main menu within Digimap, as shown below.   Digimap Pilot currently offers access to the following data. Geomni data which consists of: UKMap a modern, highly …

New books on Sustainable Tourism

In time for the new academic year, the library has been working hard to update the book collection in the areas of Tourism and Tourism Management, with a particular focus on sustainable tourism and the geography of tourism. As well as brand new books, we have purchased new editions and extra copies of key texts …

Welcome to Geography, Tourism & Environmental Science students

Make sure you know where your subject's books are located in the library and how to access our electronic resources. In addition to library books, we have a wide range of e-books and journals available online. Digimap is a geospatial mapping service which is essential for all Geography & Environmental Science students. For Tourism & …

Information for Science students

Hello, I’m Matt Adams, Science Faculty Librarian. This blog is designed to help you find all the information you need for your academic work. From first year assignments right through to your dissertation, you will need to use a range of academic sources such as textbooks, journal articles and databases. If you're new to the …

Image Libraries for Science

There are a number of internet sources where you can find good quality, copyright free images, charts, tables and figures to use in your assignments and other academic work. The ones below should be particularly relevant to students from the Science Faculty. Wellcome Collection Find thousands of Creative Commons licensed images from historical library materials and …

Searching the Archive in Box of Broadcasts

As well as watching current programmes, Box of Broadcasts also gives you access to a vast archive of television and radio recordings, dating back to the 1990s. Click on 'search' at the top of the screen and enter a keyword or the name of a programme.   Public Playlists You can also search for public …

Global Digimap

Global Digimap is a new service that is being developed with the help of its users. The creators are actively seeking feedback and ideas for the development of this service - if you interested then please either contact them on edina@ed.ac.uk or let me know so that I can provide you with more information. As with …

New Digimap Collections

Did you know that the university has access to the complete collection of Digimap resources, including Aerial, Marine and Historic map data? In addition to the OS and Environment data that you may be used to, staff and students can now access all of the packages below.   Aerial Aerial Digimap provides access to some …

Electronic Resources in OneSearch

OneSearch, the new library system, allows you to search our collection of electronic resources - including academic journals, databases, audio visual resources, maps and newspapers. You can find it on the library homepage.   How should I search? The electronic resources in OneSearch consist of a number of databases and each database contains different journals …