Anyone studying or researching British media from the early 1980s onwards may be interested in our new resource Channel 4 Press Packs, which is available via the A-Z list of online resources. This resource provides access to digitised versions of the Press Packs which were produced by Channel 4 from its launch in 1982 until […]
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New to RefWorks? Training sessions in October & November
RefWorks is software which students and staff can use to store and manage bibliographic data. RefWorks will generate you a bibliography in the style required by your School (e.g. APA, MHRA, Harvard), and, if you use Write and Cite, RefWorks can be used to format your in-text citations too. More information about RefWorks is available from our user […]
Oxford Scholarship Online
University staff and students now have access to several new collections of ebooks published by Oxford University Press. We have recently subscribed to the following subject collections in Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy (over 1300 titles) Religion (over 1200 titles) History (over 1000 titles) Politics (over 700 titles) This is in addition to […]
Trial access to Alexander Street Video until 30th November 2013
We have trial access to a large collection of online videos from Alexander Street Press. Eventually growing to 20,000 titles, this is a one-stop multidisciplinary resource for students and staff. It covers the following disciplines now, with more to be added as it grows: American history; Anthropology; Area studies; Art and architecture; Business and […]
Not sure how to use the Library? Free workshops at the Stirling Campus
If you haven’t yet worked out how to find books in the Library, how to use our electronic books, how to make sense of your reading list, or how the Short Loan area works – don’t despair, come along to one of our free “Getting to Grips with the Library” workshops. These sessions will help you to become familiar […]
Westlaw – access restored (18th September 2013)
Access to the Westlaw legal database has been restored. We apologise for any inconvenience the earlier interuption to the service may have caused.
Bzzzz…. Bees in the library
The Library has two new exhibitions. Artist and poet, Alec Finlay, is currently Leverhulme artist-in-residence at the University of Stirling, working in collaboration with Professor Kathleen Jamie in the School of Arts and Humanities. The installation adapts a 19th century Nether hive system for beekeeping. In this Nether hive the knowledge of books […]
Succeed Downtime
Succeed will be unavailable on Friday 2nd August 07.30 – 12.00 for a hardware upgrade and Saturday 3rd August 09.00-13.00 for the upgrade to service pack 13. The downtime on Saturday 3rd August has previously been advertised but the downtime on the 2nd August is new. Directors of Learning and Teaching have been notified about […]
Disruption to Document Delivery Service – 30th May to 3rd June 2013 (Stirling Campus)
Due to the implementation of new software, our Document Delivery Service will be unavailable from 5pm on Thursday 30th May until approximately midday on 3rd June 2013. During this period users of the service will not be able to make any new requests, or check the progress of any previously submitted requests. Any items which […]
Can I use RefWorks after I graduate?
You can apply for a free RefWorks Alumni Account and transfer your references to it. Alternatively you could transfer your references to a variety of free referencing systems. It is important that you arrange to transfer your references before you actually leave the University as you will require access to the University Portal and your […]