Alumni have remote access to some Library e-resources using their University Login. Our licence agreements cover non-commercial use only, which means that the e-resources should only be used for private study and research, and should not be used for any commercial gain. Please note that this list is subject to change as new licence agreements are signed. We welcome any feedback on access issues or suggestions for e-resources to be added. Please send queries to e-resources@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk. More E-Resources are also availableAlumni are permitted on site access to more e-resources via Library Guest PCs and the Alumni Wi-Fi service. Alumni access to some E-Resources is currently unavailable. These have been temporarily removed this list whilst the Library works with providers to restore access. These resources will be added back to the list as and when access is fixed. 24 August 2025. HTML a-n. The Artists' Information Company (Alumni ed) Access information: On and off campus. Description: a-n's purpose is to stimulate and support contemporary visual arts practice and to affirm the value of artists in society through advocacy and information, from the perspective of practicing artists. The a-n website offers straightforward routes to information of relevance to all engaged in the visual arts. A-n aims to represent the many voices, industry insights and wide range of activities within contemporary visual arts today. Resources include a Knowledge Bank, a Publications section and a Jobs and Opportunities section. All users can access the a-n archive of jobs and opportunities, for learning purposes. HTML Annual Reviews (Alumni ed)Access information:On and off campus.Description:Since 1932, Annual Reviews has offered comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 50 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics. HTML ARTstor (Alumni ed)Access information:Access on and off-campus.To access:Click "Log in through your Library" link at top of screen.Search for "University of Edinburgh".Select "University of Edinburgh Alumni Access" and follow on-screen prompts.Description:ARTstor is a digital library of images covering the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. The collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. If you wish to download images for your own scholarly use you will need to Register with ARTstor, once you have logged in with your University Login. By registering your email address and creating a password you will create a profile which will allow you to download images and save images to folders as part of "My ARTstor". Note: To register for an ARTstor account, you must be on-site at your institution, or logged in through your institution's proxy server.Coverage:One million plus digital images.Userguide:http://artstor.libguides.com HTML Bloomsbury Architecture Library (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Bloomsbury Architecture Library is a leading digital resource for the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design. Its dynamic digital platform offers access to wide-ranging collections of text and image content, from architectural history to cutting-edge design guidance. The platform is comprised of multiple collections, including the newly updated ebook edition of Bannister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture, 21st edition. HTML Bloomsbury Drama Online (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Drama Online is a digital library of the world’s most studied and critically-acclaimed plays, accompanied by a wealth of innovative teaching and performance tools, critical analysis, contextual information, references and practical texts. We have subscribed to following components: Nick Hern Books Collection: Over 500 modern plays from specialist theatre publisher Nick Hern Books featuring pre-eminent playwrights including Howard Brenton, Jez Butterworth, and Caryl Churchill. The RSC Live Collection: 17 films of live productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2013 to the cutting-edge 2016-17 production of The Tempest starring Simon Russell-Beale Shakespeare's Globe On Screen (2008-2015): 21 films recorded live on the Globe stage from leading actors including Mark Rylance, Stephen Fry, and Roger Allam’s Olivier Award-winning Falstaff in Henry IV Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen 2 (2016-2018): Features landmark productions from the Globe Theatre’s most recent seasons, including the first production from the indoor Jacobean theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2014 Shakespeare in the Present: A six hour acting masterclass with international coach Patsy Rodenburg, starring Joseph Fiennes Stage on Screen: Critically acclaimed stage productions of four key set drama and literature texts: The Duchess of Malfi, Doctor Faustus, The School for Scandal, and Volpone. Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains: Steven Berkoff: A 90 minute masterclass from Steven Berkoff, world-renowned writer, director, and actor. Maxine Peake as Hamlet: A landmark reinvention of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Maxine Peake in the title role. Oberon Books Collection: A unique collection of over 500 titles of play texts from ground-breaking British plays to the best of international drama and plays in translation. HTML Bloomsbury Screen Studies (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Bloomsbury Screen Studies offers a broad range of content to support moving-image studies. It comprises award-winning screenplays, presented in industry-standard studio format, from ‘Orlando’ to ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’. It also includes critical and contextual books on film from the late nineteenth century to the present, and an interactive timeline of cinema history. It is an essential resource for academics and students engaged in research and learning around film history, theory and practice. HTML Business Expert Press (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: The Business Expert Press digital library of business disciplines and special topic collections is a revolutionary new compilation of e-books. Each book represents the most current and applied review of the theory and practice of the author's area of expertise: from accounting to supply chain management. HTML Churchill Archive (Alumni Ed) Access information: Access on and off campus. Description: Until recently the only way to access this historical resource was to visit the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge, now researchers can browse the nearly 800,000 private letters, speeches, telegrams, manuscripts, government transcripts and other key historical documents within the archive. Search the Churchill catalogue online, browse by topic and period and explore the people and places which appear in the archive. HTML Human Kinetics Library (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: A collection of over 150 e-books and 200 videos from the Human Kinetics Library core collection. Topics covered include: Active Ageing, Biomechanics, Cognition and Mental Health, Disability in Sport, Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Sport Management, Marketing and Finance, and more. Specific sports and activities covered include: Archery, Baseball, Basketball, Dance, Football (Soccer), Hiking and Backpacking, Martial Arts and Self-Defence, Water Sports and Activities, and more. Further notes: Users can create a personal account in order to save items to view later, organise saved items into folders, email and export citations, save searches and set up search alerts. HTML JSTOR (Alumni Ed)Access information:Access on and off campus. This e-resource is part funded by the Library and the Alumni Office.To access:Click "Log in through your Library" link at top of screen.Search for "University of Edinburgh".Select "university of Edinburgh Alumni Access" and follow on-screen prompts.Description:Full-text journal archive service providing access to complete back runs of all the scholarly journals currently available in JSTOR. Recent volumes are excluded, usually the last 3-5 years, but each year a further year is added to the archive. Each title is listed in DiscoverEd. About 4-5% of Artstor images migrated into Jstor are not accessible outside the United States.CoverageThe collections currently available are:Arts & Sciences 1-15Biological SciencesBusiness I-IV CollectionBusiness & EconomicsEcology & Botany IIGlobal PlantsHealth & General SciencesHebrew JournalsIrelandJewish Studies CollectionJSTOR Essential CollectionLanguage & LiteratureLives of LiteratureLife SciencesMathematics & StatisticsMusicReligion and TheologySecurity StudiesSustainabilityWorld Heritage Sites: AfricaThe 19th Century British Pamphlets Collections is also available via JSTOR. Userguides to the various collections can be found at https://guides.jstor.org HTML Karger E-JournalsAccess information:Select Institutional Login (Shibboleth)Description:Full-text access to University of Edinburgh Library subscribed titles. These are displayed once you are logged in. HTML Migration to New Worlds (Alumni ed) Access information: Access on and off campus. Description: Migration to New Worlds explores the movement of peoples from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia. From government-led population drives during the early nineteenth century through to mass steamship travel, it showcases unique primary source material recounting the many and varied personal experiences of migration. Most material comes from the period 1800-1924, the ‘Century of Immigration’, but there is some earlier and later material included as well. Explore Colonial Office files on emigration, diaries and travel journals, ship logs and plans, printed literature, objects, watercolours, and oral histories. HTML Open Book Publishers (Alumni ed) Access information: Access on and off campus Description: An open access publisher, primarily for humanities and social sciences but now expanding into other disciplines. Over 100 e-books available. Note: Library membership provides students/staff or alumni with the right to freely download any digital edition format of any title from their website. Library Membership also provides a 15% discount (to staff/student/alumni) on any printed edition of their titles, purchased from their website. HTML ProQuest Business Package subscription will end on 31 October 2025Access information.Paid for and only available to Business School Alumni.Description.Based on ABI/INFORM Complete, this database has speciality business subject resources for accounting / tax, public finance, investment/financial management, banking, compliance / governance, enterprise / innovation, economics and Asian business. HTML Retrospect Journal Access information: Open access Description: Retrospect is a student led journal at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. It began as the Edinburgh University History Society’s Journal in 2006. In 2008, it was shortlisted for the Scottish Herald Award for Best Student Magazine in Scotland which they won in 2010. In 2012, it became a fully-fledged society. They publish articles online and in print. These articles include academic essays, features pieces, TV/book/film/theatre reviews, interviews with university staff and creative people, and historical fiction. HTML Rockefeller University Press (Alumni ed) Access information: Sign in via your institution. Select "UK Federation" from the drop down menu and then "University of Edinburgh". Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Driven by active scientists, Rockefeller University Press journals publish groundbreaking research in the life sciences and biomedicine from leading investigators around the world. HTML SAGE E-Journals (Alumni ed) Access information: Acess on and off campus. Select Institutional Login Description: Sage Premier package gives access to Sage e-journals back to 1999. HTML SCRANAccess information:Access on and off-campus. Choose Shibboleth Log In or UK Federation.Description:1.5 million text records of historic monuments and of artefacts held in museums, galleries and archives, plus 100,000 related multimedia resources; video or sound clips, animations, graphics, plans, virtual reality objects and in particular, colour photographic images. Access to the text records and thumbnail images is freely available. Access to full resources is available under licence only, the terms of which restrict use of the material for no profit, no proliferation use in education. The University of Chicago Press Journals (Alumni ed)Access information:Login using Institutional Login. Type University of Edinburgh into box and select the alumni option. Enter University Login if prompted.Description:Access to 92 journals, chiefly in the arts, humanities, history and social sciences. This article was published on 2024-08-21
HTML a-n. The Artists' Information Company (Alumni ed) Access information: On and off campus. Description: a-n's purpose is to stimulate and support contemporary visual arts practice and to affirm the value of artists in society through advocacy and information, from the perspective of practicing artists. The a-n website offers straightforward routes to information of relevance to all engaged in the visual arts. A-n aims to represent the many voices, industry insights and wide range of activities within contemporary visual arts today. Resources include a Knowledge Bank, a Publications section and a Jobs and Opportunities section. All users can access the a-n archive of jobs and opportunities, for learning purposes.
HTML Annual Reviews (Alumni ed)Access information:On and off campus.Description:Since 1932, Annual Reviews has offered comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 50 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences including Economics.
HTML ARTstor (Alumni ed)Access information:Access on and off-campus.To access:Click "Log in through your Library" link at top of screen.Search for "University of Edinburgh".Select "University of Edinburgh Alumni Access" and follow on-screen prompts.Description:ARTstor is a digital library of images covering the arts, architecture, humanities, and social sciences. The collections comprise contributions from outstanding museums, photographers, libraries, scholars, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. If you wish to download images for your own scholarly use you will need to Register with ARTstor, once you have logged in with your University Login. By registering your email address and creating a password you will create a profile which will allow you to download images and save images to folders as part of "My ARTstor". Note: To register for an ARTstor account, you must be on-site at your institution, or logged in through your institution's proxy server.Coverage:One million plus digital images.Userguide:http://artstor.libguides.com
HTML Bloomsbury Architecture Library (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Bloomsbury Architecture Library is a leading digital resource for the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design. Its dynamic digital platform offers access to wide-ranging collections of text and image content, from architectural history to cutting-edge design guidance. The platform is comprised of multiple collections, including the newly updated ebook edition of Bannister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture, 21st edition.
HTML Bloomsbury Drama Online (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Drama Online is a digital library of the world’s most studied and critically-acclaimed plays, accompanied by a wealth of innovative teaching and performance tools, critical analysis, contextual information, references and practical texts. We have subscribed to following components: Nick Hern Books Collection: Over 500 modern plays from specialist theatre publisher Nick Hern Books featuring pre-eminent playwrights including Howard Brenton, Jez Butterworth, and Caryl Churchill. The RSC Live Collection: 17 films of live productions from the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2013 to the cutting-edge 2016-17 production of The Tempest starring Simon Russell-Beale Shakespeare's Globe On Screen (2008-2015): 21 films recorded live on the Globe stage from leading actors including Mark Rylance, Stephen Fry, and Roger Allam’s Olivier Award-winning Falstaff in Henry IV Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen 2 (2016-2018): Features landmark productions from the Globe Theatre’s most recent seasons, including the first production from the indoor Jacobean theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2014 Shakespeare in the Present: A six hour acting masterclass with international coach Patsy Rodenburg, starring Joseph Fiennes Stage on Screen: Critically acclaimed stage productions of four key set drama and literature texts: The Duchess of Malfi, Doctor Faustus, The School for Scandal, and Volpone. Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains: Steven Berkoff: A 90 minute masterclass from Steven Berkoff, world-renowned writer, director, and actor. Maxine Peake as Hamlet: A landmark reinvention of Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Maxine Peake in the title role. Oberon Books Collection: A unique collection of over 500 titles of play texts from ground-breaking British plays to the best of international drama and plays in translation.
HTML Bloomsbury Screen Studies (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Bloomsbury Screen Studies offers a broad range of content to support moving-image studies. It comprises award-winning screenplays, presented in industry-standard studio format, from ‘Orlando’ to ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’. It also includes critical and contextual books on film from the late nineteenth century to the present, and an interactive timeline of cinema history. It is an essential resource for academics and students engaged in research and learning around film history, theory and practice.
HTML Business Expert Press (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: The Business Expert Press digital library of business disciplines and special topic collections is a revolutionary new compilation of e-books. Each book represents the most current and applied review of the theory and practice of the author's area of expertise: from accounting to supply chain management.
HTML Churchill Archive (Alumni Ed) Access information: Access on and off campus. Description: Until recently the only way to access this historical resource was to visit the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge, now researchers can browse the nearly 800,000 private letters, speeches, telegrams, manuscripts, government transcripts and other key historical documents within the archive. Search the Churchill catalogue online, browse by topic and period and explore the people and places which appear in the archive.
HTML Human Kinetics Library (Alumni ed) Access information: Login using Shibboleth. Type University of Edinburgh into box and click continue. Enter University Login if prompted. Description: A collection of over 150 e-books and 200 videos from the Human Kinetics Library core collection. Topics covered include: Active Ageing, Biomechanics, Cognition and Mental Health, Disability in Sport, Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Sport Management, Marketing and Finance, and more. Specific sports and activities covered include: Archery, Baseball, Basketball, Dance, Football (Soccer), Hiking and Backpacking, Martial Arts and Self-Defence, Water Sports and Activities, and more. Further notes: Users can create a personal account in order to save items to view later, organise saved items into folders, email and export citations, save searches and set up search alerts.
HTML JSTOR (Alumni Ed)Access information:Access on and off campus. This e-resource is part funded by the Library and the Alumni Office.To access:Click "Log in through your Library" link at top of screen.Search for "University of Edinburgh".Select "university of Edinburgh Alumni Access" and follow on-screen prompts.Description:Full-text journal archive service providing access to complete back runs of all the scholarly journals currently available in JSTOR. Recent volumes are excluded, usually the last 3-5 years, but each year a further year is added to the archive. Each title is listed in DiscoverEd. About 4-5% of Artstor images migrated into Jstor are not accessible outside the United States.CoverageThe collections currently available are:Arts & Sciences 1-15Biological SciencesBusiness I-IV CollectionBusiness & EconomicsEcology & Botany IIGlobal PlantsHealth & General SciencesHebrew JournalsIrelandJewish Studies CollectionJSTOR Essential CollectionLanguage & LiteratureLives of LiteratureLife SciencesMathematics & StatisticsMusicReligion and TheologySecurity StudiesSustainabilityWorld Heritage Sites: AfricaThe 19th Century British Pamphlets Collections is also available via JSTOR. Userguides to the various collections can be found at https://guides.jstor.org
HTML Karger E-JournalsAccess information:Select Institutional Login (Shibboleth)Description:Full-text access to University of Edinburgh Library subscribed titles. These are displayed once you are logged in.
HTML Migration to New Worlds (Alumni ed) Access information: Access on and off campus. Description: Migration to New Worlds explores the movement of peoples from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia. From government-led population drives during the early nineteenth century through to mass steamship travel, it showcases unique primary source material recounting the many and varied personal experiences of migration. Most material comes from the period 1800-1924, the ‘Century of Immigration’, but there is some earlier and later material included as well. Explore Colonial Office files on emigration, diaries and travel journals, ship logs and plans, printed literature, objects, watercolours, and oral histories.
HTML Open Book Publishers (Alumni ed) Access information: Access on and off campus Description: An open access publisher, primarily for humanities and social sciences but now expanding into other disciplines. Over 100 e-books available. Note: Library membership provides students/staff or alumni with the right to freely download any digital edition format of any title from their website. Library Membership also provides a 15% discount (to staff/student/alumni) on any printed edition of their titles, purchased from their website.
HTML ProQuest Business Package subscription will end on 31 October 2025Access information.Paid for and only available to Business School Alumni.Description.Based on ABI/INFORM Complete, this database has speciality business subject resources for accounting / tax, public finance, investment/financial management, banking, compliance / governance, enterprise / innovation, economics and Asian business.
HTML Retrospect Journal Access information: Open access Description: Retrospect is a student led journal at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. It began as the Edinburgh University History Society’s Journal in 2006. In 2008, it was shortlisted for the Scottish Herald Award for Best Student Magazine in Scotland which they won in 2010. In 2012, it became a fully-fledged society. They publish articles online and in print. These articles include academic essays, features pieces, TV/book/film/theatre reviews, interviews with university staff and creative people, and historical fiction.
HTML Rockefeller University Press (Alumni ed) Access information: Sign in via your institution. Select "UK Federation" from the drop down menu and then "University of Edinburgh". Enter University Login if prompted. Description: Driven by active scientists, Rockefeller University Press journals publish groundbreaking research in the life sciences and biomedicine from leading investigators around the world.
HTML SAGE E-Journals (Alumni ed) Access information: Acess on and off campus. Select Institutional Login Description: Sage Premier package gives access to Sage e-journals back to 1999.
HTML SCRANAccess information:Access on and off-campus. Choose Shibboleth Log In or UK Federation.Description:1.5 million text records of historic monuments and of artefacts held in museums, galleries and archives, plus 100,000 related multimedia resources; video or sound clips, animations, graphics, plans, virtual reality objects and in particular, colour photographic images. Access to the text records and thumbnail images is freely available. Access to full resources is available under licence only, the terms of which restrict use of the material for no profit, no proliferation use in education.
