To comply with the REF policy, Stirling researchers should submit their publication details to the Research Management System (RMS) and attach the full-text PDF file of their final peer-reviewed manuscripts. The PDF file will be copied to STORRE, the University’s institutional repository. Follow the steps below: A PDF version of Complying With REFs Open Access Policy […]
Month: March 2016
New nineteenth century content added to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Good news for anyone researching or studying nineteenth century British history, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) now includes papers from the House of Lords. This is the first time that these papers have been made available electronically and this enhancement to HCPP makes it an even more valuable resource for staff, students and researchers […]
Staff file store
We are currently undertaking an upgrade to the servers which support staff filestore (carron, dochart, esk, kelty, inchna, ness). This work is being undertaken up until the end of March (see schedule below) but we wanted to let you know about a couple of really nice features that will be available to you after your […]
Problem with ArticleRequest Service – now fixed
The problem we were experiencing with the ArticleRequest Service has now been fixed. The central server for ArticleRequest, managed by our library system supplier, experienced an “unforeseen outage”, this was causing links to the full-text PDF files to fail. The service has now been fully restored and ArticleRequest links to PDF files are working again. If you have any problems […]
IT security – How savvy are you?
Reminder – Quiz closes March 19th. Are you super secure or are there a few areas which need tightened? Information Services have prepared a short IT security quiz in Succeed for staff to take. It should take under 10 minutes to complete with 14 multiple choice/true or false answers. The purpose of the exercise is […]
Problem with ArticleRequest Service
There are currently problems accessing the PDF files requested via our ArticleRequest Service. The full-text PDF files provided by this service are stored on a central server and links to this server are currently failing. We are investigating this problem urgently and will post again when we have any news. We apologise for the […]
Top ten downloads from STORRE in February
During February there were 31,707 downloads from our research repository, STORRE, covering 3,351 items. The top ten items were: The Role of Creativity in Entrepreneurship. By Fillis, Ian; Rentschler, Ruth. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2518 Downloads: 416 Dimensions of service quality and service climate: a study of bank customers and employees in four local Malaysian banks. […]
Trial of Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide database
The Library currently has trial access to the database Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide: this is the world’s largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. The trial ends on 8th April 2016. This database is a trusted and unique resource. Subjects covered include: Diseases; Economics; Ecotourism; Habitat […]