The Library now has access to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. FBIS was created by the United States Government during the Second World War and its original mission was to “monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories”. (From the […]
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Exam tips from Information Services
The exam period at the Stirling Campus starts on 18th May. To help with revision, Information Services has created an exam tips guide which can be found at: http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/research/guides/exam.php
General election results for local constituencies
The election results for the Stirling, Ochil and South Perthshire, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and Na H-Eileanan An Iar (Western Isles) constituencies have now been declared. To see full information about the breakdown of the votes and links to the results for other areas visit our 2010 election results website.
New resource for finding historical information
The library has recently purchased the Bibliography of British and Irish History Online. This is useful resource for anyone searching for information about the history of Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth. It contains references to books, book chapters and journal articles. To access British and Irish History Online use the A-Z list of online resources. For […]
New content added to 19th Century British Newspapers Collection
Great news for anyone researching the 19th Century -Â a million extra pages have been added to the 19th Century British Newspaper Collection, taking the total number of pages available from this resource to over 3 million. The 19th Century British Newspaper Collection can be accessed from the A-Z list of online resources, or can be […]
Want to find out more about volcanoes?
Volcanoes and Iceland are hot topics in the media at the moment. The Stirling Campus Library has a collection of items (books, DVDs and journals) about volcanoes and about Iceland. To help you find these we have created a list of library items about volcanoes and Iceland. To find quality websites about volcanoes we suggest Intute – Geography […]
New electronic book supplier
Members of the University now have access to electronic books from EBL. These books cover a broad range of subject areas including aquaculture, philosophy, IT, nursing and social work. To view the full collection of electronic books available from EBL go to the A-Z list of online resources, select EBL and click on ‘view full catalogue’. Alternatively you will find all […]
Need to find information about the General Election?
The Library’s 2010 General Election guide has information about the parties and candidates who are standing for election in the areas containing or adjoining the University’s three campuses. From this website you can find out who was your last MP, discover how to register to vote, link to manifestos and follow parties on Twitter or Facebook.
Basement library books – Stirling Campus
Throughout the week 12th – 16th April 2010 essential construction work will be taking place in the Library Basement and staff will be unable to collect books during the day. Books will continue to be collected each evening and can be picked up the following day. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Personal Bibliographic Software Survey
At the Stirling campus we have had Reference Manager as the supported personal bibliographic software (PBS) package on campus since 2006. This is a package that stores the references by other people that you as an individual have identified as being useful to your research. As a result of a recent survey of nearly 100 researchers […]