With the new library catalogue you can search across most of the Library’s collections. This includes all physical items held at the Library and many eResources licenced by the library. You can find a list of the databases that are searchable from the library’s catalogue here: http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/c.php?g=632186&p=4451162 Top tips for searching the new library catalogue […]
Month: March 2017
DataSTORRE downtime on 28th March 7.30 – 8.30am
Our Systems & Support Services team will be carrying out maintenance work on the DataSTORRE server (moving it to new disk storage) on Tuesday 28th March during the “at risk” period, 7.30am – 8.30am. DataSTORRE will be unavailable whilst this work is being undertaken. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Clare Allan Senior Research Librarian
Learning and Teaching Day – Friday 24th March
Friday is the Student Union’s Learning and Teaching Day. Learning and Teaching Day is designed to let you, the students, feed directly into a number of consultations on University procedures, policies and projects. The day will bring together staff and students from across the University to look at how we can further improve the student […]
Web of Science citation counts added to Altmetric
You are now able to see Web of Science citation count data alongside other article metrics within Altmetric. Altmetric track mentions of scholarly articles in social media, for example: twitter, online news stories, blog postings, etc. Bringing together these types of mentions with the more traditional formal citation counts creates a useful integrated picture […]
Digital Security – Phishing Alert for Staff
Police Alert We have received notification from Police Scotland that fraudsters are sending out a high number of phishing emails to university email addresses claiming to be from your HR department. The email claims that the recipient is entitled to a pay rise and to click on a link to claim the pay rise. The […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in February #StirTopTenPapers
During February there were 30,446 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,694 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Inclusion for all? By Allan, Julie. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/596 Downloads: 491 2. Taking active learning into the primary school: a matter of new practices? By Stephen, Christine; Ellis, Jennifer; Martlew, Joan. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2803 Downloads: 392 […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in February #StirTopTenTheses
During February 1,111 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 12,256 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Dimensions of service quality and service climate: a study of bank customers and employees in four local Malaysian banks. By Ab. Wahab, Norailis. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1297 Downloads: 463 2. Towards A Novel Unified […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in January & February #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during January and February. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Peat’s secret archive: Interpreting the geochemical and palaeodust record from Scottish peat as a potential index of North Atlantic storminess and Holocene climate change. By Helena […]
Farewell Stirgate and Welcome to the New Library Catalogue
The Library Catalogue now incorporates the Stirgate journal articles database. You can choose to search only for articles, just for books or to search simultaneously for books and articles. The old Stirgate interface will disappear but you can still search its great content – just go to the Portal and select Library Catalogue . Other […]