We had a number of theses added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during the month of August. The theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time to write up work for publication: Evaluation of the ecological impacts of beaver reintroduction on aquatic systems by Alan Law. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20767 Ageing […]
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Stirling research theses added to STORRE in July
We had a number of theses added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during the month of July. The theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time to write up work for publication: Death and Dying in Human and Companion Canine Relations by Maria Desougi. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20552 Enviromental factors […]
New library content: IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Stirling University Library now has access to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library until 29th November 2015, thanks to an excellent SHEDL deal (Scottish Higher Education Digital Library). IEEE Xplore Digital Library provides access to the IEEE/IET Electronic Library which features content from IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as well as IET (Institution […]
Library Catalogue : electronic journal records now back
The problem we were experiencing with the Library Catalogue that was preventing electronic journal records being loaded has now been fixed and our latest ejournal load has been successful. So you can once again use the Library Catalogue to search for the electronic journal titles that we have access to. We apologise for […]
Library Catalogue problem: no electronic journal records
**UPDATE – To address the problem below, the library catalogue will be unavailable for a short period this afternoon (Fri 25th) from 4:30pm. The ejournal records will then hopefully be reloaded over the weekend.** The Library Catalogue currently has some problems around the coverage and catalogue of our electronic journal records. Each month the […]
New 2013 Journal Metrics from Scopus announced
Elsevier have announced the release of the 2013 Journal Metrics based on Scopus data. The metrics provide methods for assessing the citation impact a journal makes and are all available for free download at http://www.journalmetrics.com. The impact metrics are based on methodologies developed by external bibliometricians and use Scopus as the data source. […]
The Zombie thesis: walks and talks but isn’t really alive
One of my favourite blogs, The Thesis Whisperer*, has just posted a great article about the problems of what they term a “Zombie Thesis”: a thesis that although it has all the parts, such as title pages, chapters, graphs and charts, somehow isn’t quite hanging together well enough to make it a good and interesting […]
Stirling research theses added to STORRE in June
We had a number of theses added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during the month of June. A couple of these are publicly available now: Film Hierophany: Analysing the Sacred in Avant-garde Films from the 1920s to 1950s. By Lalipa Nilubol. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20431 Participation and Agency: the experiences of young people in a […]
Stirling research theses added to STORRE in May
We had an incredible bumper crop of theses being added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during the month of May. Congratulations to all those who have successfully completed their doctorates! A critical study of international higher education development: capital, capability, and a dialogical proposal for academic freedom as a responsibility. By […]
Security risk: Change your Web of Science personal password
Thomson Reuters, the producers of the Web of Science platform, have recommended that you should change your password if you have registered with your own personalised account on any of their services. (Note you do not need to take any action if you simply access Web of Science via the University Portal. This change […]