The Library Catalogue, and associated services, will be unavailable during the mid-semester break on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th April 2009.  This is to allow the Library Catalogue computer system to be migrated to a new server.  The following services will be unavailable:  Access to the Library Catalogue Automated borrowing, returning or […]
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Major enhancement to Journal Citation Reports
Additional useful metrics have been added to Journal Citation Reports in their recent update. (Reminder of what the Journal Citation Reports are). Â New metrics added: Â 5 year Impact Factor: considered a better measure for journals in slower moving areas (traditional Impact Factors are based on 2 years of data). Â Summary Rank in […]
What do you think of StirGate? – Quick Poll on IS Home Page
***POLL NOW FINISHED*** StirGate is a new way of searching for journal articles, web sites and other useful publications, and we’d like to know what you think of it.   Let us know by clicking on the Quick Poll on the Information Services home page.  Far more important than X Factor, Celebrity Big Brother, Your […]
Latest edition of Journal Citation Reports now available
Journal Citation Reports are an immensely useful tool and can help with identifying: – journals with the greatest total cites and the highest impact in your field – journals relevant to your research and those in which it would be desirable to publish  Each edition of Journal Citations Report is published annually in the […]
Charles Darwin’s 200th Birthday, 12th February 2009
To celebrate this anniversary there is a small display about Darwin, and several related books, in the display case at the entrance to the Stirling Campus Library. Â Through a combination of meticulous observation and innovative thinking, Darwin came up with an explanation for the incredible variety of living things: that evolution was driven by […]
Changes to Access to Archives and Special Collections
As a result of building work in the university library many of our rare and valuable collections will be inaccessible from December 2008 to August 2010. In September 2010 the library will re-open with improved archives stores and a new reading room. Â Arrangements have been made for access to a number of our most […]
StirGate: Finding journal articles just got easier
StirGate, from the University of Stirling Library, is a new way of searching for journal articles, web sites and other useful publications. With one simple search you can browse up to 100 library resources.  These are the top 100 resources selected from our A-Z list of Online Resources and Subject Research Guides.  Using StirGate […]