Even though the Library building is closed, many resources and services are still available online via the portal and library catalogue. Additional online content Many publishers and book/journal suppliers have temporarily opened up additional content during this period. We have put together a library guide which lists this additional content available: http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/covidlibsupport. Please note that […]
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Focus on: Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
If you are studying the history of film, broadcasting, theatre or the music industry, you will want to take a look at the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. This is an online archive of 50 entertainment magazines, from their first issues up to 2000. Titles covered include: Variety Billboard Broadcasting The Stage Picturegoer American Film The […]
Introducing: the British Library Shared Research Repository
The British Library is hosting a new online repository for research produced by its staff, as well as staff of its partner organisations: the British Museum, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), National Museums Scotland, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Tate. It’s particularly useful for research on Heritage, Archaeology, History and Art. It’s easy to search […]
Spotlight on…. American Periodicals
The Library subscribes to an online resource called American Periodicals, which includes digitised American magazines and periodicals published between 1740 and 1900. This is a good resource if your subject is American Literature or History, particularly if you are interested in the following topics: 19th century literature; women’s magazines; popular culture; American politics and government […]
Scotsman Historical Archive
The Library recently acquired a digital archive of The Scotsman newspaper, covering the first issue in 1817 up to 1950. The Scotsman 1817-1950 adds to our growing collection of historical digitised newspapers. As well as The Scotsman, you can also search The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, and many regional newspapers. Historians should […]
Goodbye COPAC, Hello Library Hub Discover
On 31st July Library Hub Discover was launched by JISC. This service replaces both COPAC and SUNCAT. It includes the catalogues of 117 university and research libraries in the UK and Ireland and there are plans to add more in the future (including Stirling University’s catalogue – coming soon!). The new service offers much of […]
Help with Chicago Referencing Style
Are you studying History, English or Religion? Do you need help with referencing in the Chicago style? We have a new online resource which might help – the Chicago Manual of Style. Part III of this publication has information on Source Citations and contains detailed information about citing different resource types. Wondering how to cite […]
Tait and Watson Book Collections
Will you need to consult books from the Tait and Watson Collections over the next few weeks? The Library will soon be upgrading two of its closed access storage areas. From 27th November to 20th December, we will not be able to access books in the Tait and Watson Collections. If you want to access […]
Box of Broadcasts – TV and radio programmes for education
The Library subscribes to Box of Broadcasts (BoB), which is an on-demand TV and radio recording service. We can record from over 62 free-to-air channels, and staff and students can also access the online archive of over 2 million broadcasts going back to the 1990s. What is BoB useful for? BoB is useful for teaching […]
Sage Research Methods – Cases now available
We now have access to Cases in Sage Research Methods. If you are embarking on some new research, Sage Research Methods can help you find answers to your questions about research methods and statistics. It contains ebooks, videos, articles and case studies. The case studies show how research methods have been applied in real-life […]