This November, the Open Access Button – a tool long used to find free, legal research articles – will officially be sunset. Since its launch, the Open Access Button has played an important role in making scholarly literature more accessible to the public. Their developers recommend users transition to Unpaywall, a similarly mission-driven service that […]
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Emerald access issues – workarounds
Update to post below (19th Sept 2025): most links in LibrarySearch to Emerald collections are now working. The exception is that links to some journals in the ‘Emerald Backfiles’ collection are still not working. This appears to relate to cases where we have access to older volumes of a journal that has since changed name. […]
New: Articles Citing Retracted Research Now Flagged in LibrarySearch
To help protect research integrity, LibrarySearch now flags not just retracted articles – but also articles that cite retracted research. Why this matters Retracted articles often contain serious issues such as errors, ethical problems, or false data. Using them, even unknowingly, can: LibrarySearch already alerts you when an article itself has been retracted. Now, it […]
Latest improvements to LibKey Nomad (one-click access to full-text)
LibKey Nomad is such a nifty tool for accessing library resources quickly and efficiently and now it just got even better. This is the browser extension that delivers one-click access to the full-text of library-subscribed articles, as well as any open access versions. LibKey Nomad is loaded onto all university managed computers on campus. So, […]
LibKey Nomad: one-click access to full-text
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that delivers one-click access to the full-text of library-subscribed articles, as well as any open access versions. Earlier in the year Information Services added LibKey Nomad to all the university managed computers on campus; on both student and staff computers. So, you may have noticed the friendly looking Nomad […]
7 million Open Access articles added to LibrarySearch
The Library has added 7 million additional open access articles to LibrarySearch, our one-stop library search tool. These articles come from a new integration with Unpaywall, a massive database of free scholarly articles. Because of our previous work, LibrarySearch already included many of these articles but this integration has given us a boost of around […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New UKRI Open Access Policy – starts 1st April
The new UKRI Open Access policy starts on 1st April. If you will be submitting manuscripts for publication that acknowledge any of the UKRI funding councils, the policy will apply. You will need to check the journal you are submitting to before you submit to ensure you are choosing a compliant route. The policy applies […]