Guidance for new academic staff and postgraduate researchers: Information Services Group (ISG) teaching and research services

Key resources for teaching and research provided by Information Services. Compiled with academic staff and postgraduate research students in mind, particularly those new to the University.

Useful information for staff and researchers (pdf)

Staff new to the University of Edinburgh are invited to join an Academic Support Librarian on a tour of one of the University's libraries and learn more about key Library services:

Library tours for staff

Library resources and services

Library essentials

Opening hours, borrowing, library catalogue, ejournals and academic literature databases.

Library essentials

Centre for Research Collections

Special collections, archives and theses.

Centre for Research Collections

Resource lists

Create and manage your online reading list with the Resource Lists service.

Use a course's Resource List to request new books for teaching be added to stock.

Resource lists

Recommend a book for research

Recommend books to be bought by the Library which are relevant to research.

Recommend a book

Interlibrary loans

Document delivery of materials not held in Edinburgh University Library.

Interlibrary loans

E-reserve

Copyright clearance and scanning of print-only course reading materials.

E-reserve

Help

Academic Support Librarians (ASLs)

Advice and training in all matters library-related. Recommend new journal subscriptions to your ASL.

Academic Support Librarians

Library Subject guides

Learning technology services

Tools and support for online learning and teaching activities.

Learning technology services

Research support services

Research-support services

High performance computing and research data support, including data repository service.

Research-support services

Publishing your research

Information on the Research Publications Service, Open Access publishing and self publishing.

Publishing your research

University of Edinburgh repositories

Finding and submitting publications and data produced by University of Edinburgh researchers.

University of Edinburgh repositories

 

Copyright

Library help pages on copyright and links to the copyright enquiry service.

Copyright