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
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