Find out how census data is used by researchers and participate in hands-on exercises. Â This one-day workshop called ‘The longitudinal studies of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’Â will be held in Queen’s University Belfast on 12th May 2011. Â For more information and to book a place visit the Economic and Social Data […]
Month: March 2011
BioMed Central Membership
The University of Stirling holds membership to BioMed Central. This membership covers the costs of publishing within BioMed Central’s 214 Open Access journals for our researchers. You can view the University of Stirling’s membership page for details on submitting a paper and for a list of articles published in BioMed Central by our researchers in […]
Disruption to IS services Thursday 24 March: Industrial action
UCU has informed us that its members intend to participate in a one day strike on Thursday 24 March.  Information Services will do its best to minimise the impact this industrial action will have on those who use our services but inevitably there will be some disruption for which we apologise in advance.  […]
Nineteenth Century Pamphlet Collection – now available from JSTOR
A new resource for anyone studying or researching nineteenth century British history – the Nineteenth Century Pamphlet Collection is now available from the A-Z list of online resources.  This collection provides access to digitised versions of a range of nineteenth century British pamphlets held in seven UK research libraries. The collection includes:  Bristol Selected […]
RefWorks webinars in April
RefWorks have announced their schedule of webinars, live online training sessions, for April. You can register and join the live webinar or watch a recording of the session. Â Remember to visit our online training pages for RefWorks help, videos and other information. Â Here are the details and dates of the webinars as circulated […]
Census 2011 – information about completing your form and finding and using historical census data
 The 2011 Census will take place on Sunday 27th March 2011 and everyone living in the UK will be asked to take part. The Census takes place every 10 years and the data gathered is used to decide how taxes are allocated to services such as health, education and transport. A short video about filling in the […]
British Science & Engineering Week: 11th – 20th March 2011
Celebrate National Science and Engineering Week! Take a new look at the great science resources we have for your research.  The British Science Association web pages list events throughout the country for National Science and Engineering Week; there are different projects, festivals and online experiments.    We are always striving to offer you the best resources we […]
Extra databases now included in StirGate
The StirGate service continues to expand with several additional databases now available to include in your search. Once you have run a search, a list of the additional databases is available from the right hand side of the search screen. You can add results from as many additional databases as you would like.  The new […]
Calling all researchers!
Growing Knowledge, a British Library exhibition, has a great collection of inspiring and informing podcasts. Also, recordings from Digital Researcher 2011 a British Library and Vitae event are now available.   Both Growing Knowledge and Digital Researcher 2011 discuss the evolution of research in light of technological advances and innovation. They discuss and examine the ways […]
Talk on Archbishop Robert Leighton
Dr Alastair Mann, History and Politics, will give a talk on Archbishop Robert Leighton on Monday 14th March at 7.30pm in the Victoria Hall, Dunblane.  2011 is the 400th anniversary of the birth of Robert Leighton. Thanks to a special arrangement, the University is fortunate to have access to the books and manuscripts of […]