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 resources and services
Library essentials
Opening hours, borrowing, library catalogue, ejournals and academic literature databases.
Heritage Collections
Special collections, archives and museums.
Resource lists
Use a course's Resource List to request new books for teaching be added to stock.
Recommend a book for research
Recommend books to be bought by the Library which are relevant to research.
Interlibrary loans
Document delivery of materials not held in Edinburgh University Library.
E-reserve
Copyright clearance and scanning of print-only course reading materials.
Help
Academic Support Librarians (ASLs)
Advice and training in all matters library-related. Recommend new journal subscriptions to your ASL.
Learning technology services
Tools and support for online learning and teaching activities.
Research support services
Research-support services
High performance computing and research data support, including data repository service.
Publishing your research
Information on the Research Publications Service, Open Access publishing and self publishing.
University of Edinburgh repositories
Finding and submitting publications and data produced by University of Edinburgh researchers.
Copyright
Library help pages on copyright and links to the copyright enquiry service.