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 […]
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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 65 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 […]
Writing Gender Violence
Wednesday 29th November 2017 3 – 4.30pm Oscars, Pathfoot Building During Book Week Scotland join our panel: crime writer Alexandra Sokoloff; PhD student Lorna Hill, who has written a novel which focuses on the crimes of human trafficking and domestic abuse; and Lydia House from Zero Tolerance, who will talk about the Write to End […]
Coming soon – new look library catalogue and changes to StirGate
A new look for the library catalogue will be launched on 1st December 2016. The upgraded catalogue will offer an increased number of ways to explore the library’s printed and electronic collections. It will be possible to search for printed books, electronic books, printed journals, electronic articles and much more from one simple search box. New […]
Electronic book access problems – now resolved
Further to our earlier post we are pleased to report that access problems to Dawson’s Books have now been resolved. Apologies for any inconvenience this caused.
Temporary access problem with Dawson’s electronic books
Along with other universities, we are currently experiencing problems with access to some of our electronic books, specifically those from our supplier called Dawson’s Books. Dawson’s Books are aware of these problems and Library staff are in contact with the company about this issue. There is currently no timescale available for when this issue will be resolved. […]