Subject guides

Helping you get the best out of the library with information on finding academic literature, referencing and more.

Academic Support Librarians

An Academic Support Librarian is assigned to each of these subjects. Ask us directly for help with literature searching, getting hold of reading material you know you want, library-related aspects of systematic reviews or on referencing.

 

Subject guides A-Z

African studies

Agriculture

AI - see Using Generative AI Tools in Academic Work

Animal sciences

Archaeology

Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Architectural History 

Art & Design

Artists' books (ECA)

Biological sciences

Biomedical sciences

Business

Canadian studies

Celtic & Scottish Studies

Centre for Open Learning

Chemistry

Church – Christian denominations in Scotland

Classics

Climate Emergency

Clinical education

Clinical psychology (HEA)

Clinical trials

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - New Resources

Comparative literature

Counselling, Psychotherapy and Applied Social Science (CPASS) (HEA)

Digital primary source and archive collections

Digital scholarship

Disability Studies

Dissertation & Thesis Festival

Diversifying Toolkit

Divinity

East Asian Studies

ECA Artists' Books

Economics

Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI)

Education and teacher training

Engineering

Engineering data

English language

English Literature

Exams and revision

Fake News

Film Studies

French and Francophone Studies

Generative AI (Using Generative AI Tools in Academic Work) 

Gender and Sexuality Studies

GeoSciences

German Studies

Global health policy

Grey Literature

Guidance for systematic reviews - see Systematic Reviews: FAQs

History

History of art

Informatics

International Development

Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Islamic Art & Architecture

Italian Studies

Jazz

Law

Leisure & Wellbeing

Library & Information Science

Linguistics

Literature review & study skills resources for intercalating medical students

Literature searching

Mathematics

Medicine

MicroMasters at the University of Edinburgh

Misinformation, Disinformation and Fake News

Music

New Library Resources - CAHSS - see College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - New Resources

Newspapers, magazines and other news sources

Nursing

Open (free to all) content

Patents

Philosophy

Physics & astronomy

Politics and International Relations

Primary sources (digital) and archives collections

Psychology (PPLS)

Race and Decolonial Studies

Referencing and reference management

Resource Lists

Russian Studies

Scandinavian Studies

Science, Technology & Innovation Studies

Social anthropology

Social policy

Social work

Sociology

South Asian studies

Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Sport & Physical Education

Standards (including Eurocodes)

Systematic Reviews: FAQs

TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

Theatre Studies

Translation Studies

Using Generative AI Tools in Academic Work

Veterinary medicine

Widening Participation