Students and staff at the University of Stirling now have access to CINAHL Full Text. CINAHL is one of the library’s major electronic resources for locating literature on nursing, midwifery and health related topics. This new version of CINAHL contains the full text from over 600 more journals than the previous version. CINAHL Full Text is […]
Month: September 2011
Succeed restart 8.00am Thursday 29th
Information services have been working closely with Blackboard (the company that produces the underlying software) to understand why we have had two crashes of Succeed and two short periods of poor performance. To this end we have been advised to make number of changes to the system. These changes are designed to produce two outcomes […]
Stirling campus library now open to midnight every day / library zoning
In response to feedback from staff and students in the IS Satisfaction Survey, Library opening hours on Stirling campus have now been extended to midnight seven days a week. These hours will be further extended to 2am during the exam periods. Â The Information Centre will close at 8pm with the building staffed by security […]
Wireless Network in Student Residences
Information Services are now offering Wireless Access Points (WAPs) for sale in the Library. This is in response to the growing number of devices being brought to the University, such as smartphones and iPads, which have WiFi network connectivity but no wired connection.  Although wireless networking (as well as wired) will be installed in […]
Early journal content from JSTOR now freely available
JSTOR have announced that journal content published before 1923 in the United States and before 1870 elsewhere is to be made freely available online to anyone, anywhere in the world. This content covers many disciplines including arts, humanities, politics, economics, mathematics, botany, ecology, law and sociology. Almost half a million articles from over 200 journals […]
Succeed: Performance Issues this morning
Apologies for the difficulties in accessing Succeed this morning. There was a fault which required the system to be totally re-configured. This was completed at midday, and the system re-started. This has resolved the original problem, but due to the large number of users the system will continue to run a little slowly. Â We […]
Getting started with the Library – workshops for new students
Using a University Library for the first time can be a daunting prospect. To help new students find their way around the Stirling Campus Library Information Services is offering a series of workshops at the beginning of the autumn semester. There is no need to book a place, simply turn up and bring your reading […]
Access to modules in Succeed (formerly WebCT)
WebCT has been upgraded over the summer to Succeed. Your modules will now be available in Succeed. Â Most of the modules will become visible on Monday 12th September assuming you have completed administrative and academic enrolment. For first years your modules will appear on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th September again assuming you have […]
Web of Knowledge has a new look!
Web of Knowledge and all of the databases on that platform: BIOSIS, Web of Science, and MEDLINE, have some new features as well as a new look. Thomson Reuters are running webinars to introduce the new features. Register for a webninar here. The webinars will each last about 1 hour. Here are the dates and times: […]