Statistical Accounts of Scotland
Service
- What are the Statistical Accounts of Scotland?
- How can I gain access to the Statistical Accounts of Scotland?
- Is trial access available?
- I am from a subscribing academic institution. Who is my site representative?
- Does EDINA provide training and support materials?
- Who published the 1st and 2nd Accounts?
- What are the service Terms of Use?
Data/Interface Use
- May I use text from the Statistical Accounts of Scotland in my academic/personal work?
- May I link to scanned original pages from my own website?
- May I print page images from the service for my own use?
- Are there any exceptions to reproducing images from the service?
- May I use images from the service for commercial purposes?
- May I use the page displayed when you click on 'Browse scanned pages' from the service login page, in a document I am writing regarding Scottish Geneology where I want to mention your Statistical Accounts of Scotland service?
Service
Q. What are the Statistical Accounts of Scotland?
A. The two Statistical Accounts of Scotland, covering the 1790s and the 1830s, are among the best contemporary reports of life during the agricultural and industrial revolutions in Europe. Users may learn more about areas of Scotland, or use this key source to study the emergence of the modern British State and the economic and social impact of the world's first industrial nation. Based largely on information supplied by each parish church minister, the original (first) Statistical Account and the New (second) Statistical Account provide a rich record of a wide variety of topics: wealth, class and poverty; climate, agriculture, fishing and wildlife; population, schools, and the moral health of the people. They have been scanned and transcribed for this online service; features include:
- browsing scanned pages
- viewing transcribed text with a cut and paste facility
- page and volume searching
- viewing accounts in published order
- fault-tolerant text searching and display of search results within context
- bookmarking a page citation
- downloading a parish as a PDF
Q. How can I gain access to the Statistical Accounts of Scotland?
A. Access to the Statistical Accounts of Scotland enhanced service is by subscription. Individual, institutional or organisational subscriptions for the UK and overseas are available for the service.
Please note all internet users can browse, view and print the scanned original pages from the two Accounts for free by clicking on the "Browse scanned pages" link on the Statistical Accounts of Scotland login page at - http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/
Subscription information can be viewed on our web pages at - http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/access/prices.html
The annual subscription period for UK higher and further education institution subscriptions runs from 1st August to 31 July. The institutional subscription rates, based on JISC banding, and a downloadable subscription form can also be found at the above web link.
For institutions subscribing part-way into this deal, the charges will be pro-rated on a 6-monthly basis. Other institutions, including schools/SLAs, overseas academic institutions and other organisations, should contact the EDINA Helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk with as much information about the organisation and who will be using the service as possible; the Helpdesk will be back in touch with a subscription quote and forms (if necessary)
Individual subscribers can choose to subscribe for 2, 6 or 12 months and can subscribe online by selecting 'Immediate Access - Secure Online Payment' from the subscription information pages at - http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/access/prices.html
A. Trials are not generally available, as anyone may browse, view and print the scanned original pages from the two Accounts (see above); however, if you/your institution wishes to trial the service before subscribing, please contact Helpdesk for further assistance.
Q. I am from a subscribing academic institution. Who is my site representative?
A. Information on local site representatives for all EDINA services can be found on our website, at the “local site representative” link: http://edina.ac.uk/support/
Please be aware that you must be using a computer at your academic institution (within its recognised IP range) to use this facility. If you need further assistance determining your local site representative, please contact the Helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk
Q. Does EDINA provide training and support materials?
A. Quick Reference Guides are available on the EDINA website: http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/support
Please contact edina@ed.ac.uk with any queries about training for this service.
Q. Who published the 1st and 2nd Accounts?
A. This information can be found on the National Library of Scotland website.
Q. What are the service Terms of Use.
A. TERMS OF USE
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland Online Service is provided by EDINA. The design of the interface and database are property of EDINA. Copyright in page images belongs jointly to the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Subscribers to the service may print or download, in full, the page images from up to 10 parishes for use in teaching, research or personal educational development. These page images may not be republished in full in any format including, inter alia, on the world-wide-web, in print or on CD-ROM. A single page image from a parish may be republished on condition that copyright is properly acknowledged (in the form 'Images from Statistical Accounts Online Service © University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh') and a link is provided alongside to the front page of the Statistical Accounts Online Service (in the form 'The Statistical Accounts of Scotland is available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/).
Use of images for consultancy or for services leading to their commercial exploitation is prohibited without the explicit permission of the Copyright holders. A request for such permission should be addressed to EDINA in the first instance.
Data/Interface Use
Q. May I use text from the Statistical Accounts of Scotland in my academic/personal work?
A. If you use text from the Accounts, you must provide an acknowledgement statement of a form similar to this: “University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow. (1999) The Statistical Accounts of Scotland [specify account here]. Available from: http://edina.ac.uk/statacc/
Q. May I link to scanned original pages from my own website?
A. Linking to scanned pages is not a problem - please be sure to cite/thank EDINA on your linking page, also please be aware that these URLs may at some point change, and we would not be able to contact you to let you know:
Q. May I print page images from the service for my own use?
A. Subscribers to the service may print or download, in full, the page images from up to 10 parishes for use in teaching, research or personal educational development. These page images may not be republished in full in any format including, inter alia, on the world-wide-web, in print or on CD-ROM.
Q. Are there any exceptions to reproducing images from the service?
A. A single page image from a parish may be republished on condition that copyright is properly acknowledged (in the form 'Images from Statistical Accounts Online Service © University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh') and a link is provided alongside to the front page of the Statistical Accounts Online Service (in the form 'The Statistical Accounts of Scotland is available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/
Q. May I use images from the service for commercial purposes?
A. Use of images for consultancy or for services leading to their commercial exploitation is prohibited without the explicit permission of the Copyright holders. A request for such permission should be addressed to EDINA at edina@ed.ac.uk
A. This is permitted and we would be happy for anyone to take a screenshot of the page or provide a link to as it is freely available to any internet user.
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