Great news! In response to student requests for extended library opening, from Monday 21st March until 31st July the library’s opening hours will be increased to: Monday – Friday 8 am – Midnight Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 8 pm These extended hours allow more time to access the library study space, books, journals, […]
Read to Death!
After a long hiatus, there is a new exhibition in the stairwell in the Library. As you head upstairs, pause to take a look at the 19th century editions of Sir Walter Scott’s novels, many of which have fine illustrations. The books all belong to Innerpeffray Library in Perthshire. Thanks to Stirling University research on […]
New Elsevier Read & Publish Agreement includes free Open Access publishing
UK universities and Elsevier have agreed a three-year Read & Publish deal to support the transition to Open Access for UK Research. This agreement provides both continued ‘read’ access to, and unlimited open access publishing in, Elsevier’s subscription journals. Stirling authors will be able to choose to publish open access at no additional cost to […]
Postgraduate dissertation week at Stirling: 23-27 May
Information Services and Student Learning Services offer support to students at every stage of your dissertation. During #StirDisserationWeek we will be highlighting the support and resources available to you. Student Learning Services Support Student Learning Services (SLS) are available for email and virtual tutorials. If you have any questions about the structure, writing, referencing, or […]
Stirling joins JMIR Publications Agreement: free Open Access Publishing for our authors
Stirling has joined the JMIR Publications Open Access Deal until end of February 2023. Stirling authors will have free uncapped open access publishing in all JMIR journals – covering fully Open Access journals broadly in the field of digital health research. Including titles such as: JMIR (Journal of Medical Internet Research); JMIR Public Health and Surveillance; JMIR […]
Superlative Books
From time to time, the Library is asked ‘which book in your collection has been borrowed the most?’ or ‘what is your oldest book?’. We thought you might be interested to learn about this, as well as some of our other ‘superlative’ books. What is our oldest book? The oldest intact book in Stirling University […]
Book an Exam Space
If you are sitting a digital examination at home and don’t have a suitable space to take it or would prefer to make use of University space, you can book an exam space online via Resource Booker; simply click on the Book a Desk for Exams button. Your booking will be confirmed by email and a specific […]
HS Talks – Latest content from World Experts
Presentations and case studies giving ideas and inspiration to inform your dissertation, seminars and other course work. The latest topics include Long-term implications of conflict in Ukraine; Avoiding Extinction; Analyzing performance; Comms is not a ‘soft’ function and more. Teaching staff may embed clips or full lectures in Canvas modules. Access HS Talks from Portal […]
Mastering Microsoft in May 2022
Mastering Microsoft is back!!! Are you a student or member of staff looking to expand your skillset? Join Information Services for our month-long Microsoft 365 skills event in May 2022. Sign up for one of our training sessions SIGN UP for one (or all) of our training sessions, we have dedicated sessions for staff and students. For more information and to […]
Preparing Your Summer Reading List
Teaching Staff can create a new summer module reading list or ‘roll over’ a previous list by clicking on the ‘Reading List’ in any Summer 2022 Canvas module. See further guidance on the Reading Lists SharePoint site. Once you have rolled over or created your list and are happy with your changes (even if you […]
LibrarySearch now flags retracted articles
You may not realise (but probably guessed) that sometimes journal articles may be retracted because they include either accidental or deliberate errors. The retraction could be due to incorrect experimental or interpretive errors and is to prevent readers from being misled and protects researchers from wasting time and resources by attempting to replicate or utilise […]