A new single place to search for the legislative content currently held on the OPSI website (original unconsolidated) and revised legislation from the Statute Law Database is now available http://www.legislation.gov.uk
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StirGate is changing – help us choose a new name
Information Services is investing in a new search tool to help students and staff find quality information resources. This will replace our StirGate service. This new toool will search simultaneously across many of the Library’s databases such as Web of Science, Historical Abstracts, CINAHL and Business Source Premier as well as our electronic journal and […]
Possible delays to Document Delivery Service requests
The Library has been informed that there may be some temporary delays to requests from the Document Delivery Service. For more information please see our Document Delivery Service website.
Stirling Campus Library opening times
The Stirling Campus Library will be open at the following times in the week commencing 20th December: Monday 20th December 08:30 – 19:00 Tuesday 21st December 08:30 – 19:00 Wednesday 22nd December 08:30 – 19:00 Thursday 23rd December 08:30 – 14:00 The Library will be closed from 14:00 on Thursday 23rd December until 08:30 on […]
New subject research guide for Environmental History
A new subject research guide for Environmental History has been produced by Library staff. This guide brings together a list of the major databases and journal archives of interest to those studying or researching environmental history as well providing a list of recommended websites. The research guide can be seen here. You can keep up to […]
UNData – new resource for finding statistical data from the United Nations
UNData provides access to 30 United Nations statistical databases which were not previously cross-searchable. It provides access to data on a wide variety of topics including: finance, refugees, health, education, crime, energy, the environment, tourism, trade and industry and can be found at: http://data.un.org/Default.aspx You can keep up to date with the latest updates by following […]
Archives and Special Collections Advent calendar
To get into the Christmas spirit, why not take a look at our new Archives and Special Collections online Advent calendar? See a different treasure from our collections every day! http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/advent/ For more information about our Archives and Special Collections, see http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/libraries/collections/spcoll/index.php
Winner of 2010 Man Booker Prize announced
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson has won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for fiction. The Stirling Campus Library has copies of the previous winners of this prize and a list can be viewed here. The Finkler Question is on order for the Stirling Campus Library, in the meantime you can borrow Howard Jacobson’s first novel If you are interested […]
ZETOC – 10 years of keeping researchers up to date
ZETOC (the British Library’s Table of Contents alerting service) is ten years old this Autumn. This multidisciplinary search tool offers a current awareness service for researchers and is a useful way to keep up to date with what is being published in your field. ZETOC Alert allows you to register your topics of interest, or a list of your […]
Last few days to win an iPod Nano from Emerald
Want to win an iPod Nano? To enter the prize draw only for Stirling University Students, use Emerald e-journals and answer a few questions in the Emerald quiz . Emerald can be accessed via the University Portal from the A-Z Online Resources.  It includes 110 journals on marketing,  management, business,  human resources and other subjects.