Legacy RefWorks will stop working at the end of June. If you are using Legacy RefWorks you will see an “Upgrade to the Latest RefWorks version” button at the top of the screen. If you don’t upgrade soon, you will lose all your references. Before you press the button see our guidance and important considerations prior to upgrading. If […]
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Urgent: Upgrade from Legacy RefWorks to the New Version
Legacy RefWorks will stop working at the end of June. If you are using Legacy RefWorks you will see an “Upgrade to the Latest RefWorks version” button and we strongly advise you upgrade soon to avoid last minute problems. Before you press the button see our guidance and important considerations prior to upgrading. If your […]
International Newsstream – What do you think?
International Newsstream, including over 1,300 news sources from outside of the U.S. and Canada is available for a trial period until 3rd June 2023. It includes titles such as The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times of India. We are interested to know what you […]
Legacy RefWorks Retires Soon – Upgrade to New Version
Currently there are two versions of RefWorks. The older version (now referred to as legacy RefWorks) will be retired in June. We ask you to upgrade to the new version as soon as possible. If your RefWorks login takes you to https://refworks.proquest.com/ you are already using the latest version of RefWorks and no further action […]
Academic Development Events – March 2023
See the range of Academic Development events taking place in March. See more details and register via the Academic Development Events (sharepoint.com) page:
Lexis+ UK Training Session 8th March 2pm
Join the Lexis trainer for an introduction to the new Lexis+ UK search interface and learn more about using this important legal information database. Whether you have never used Lexis before or are familiar with the older version, you will find the session invaluable for your research and studies. No need to sign up, just […]
RefWorks – temporary access issue
Some users are experiencing an access issue with RefWorks via the ‘login from my institution’ option. This is affecting a number of universities. RefWorks is working on a solution. In the meantime you are recommended to try the following:
Auditing and Decolonising Your Own Reading List : Workshop
Building on previous work around the inclusive curriculum, colleagues from Stirling’s Inclusive Curriculum Short-Term Working Group will offer a hands-on workshop to support colleagues to audit and interrogate the diversity of the authors and perspectives featured in their own reading lists. The workshop will take place on Wednesday 18th January, from 10.00 – 11.30 am. See […]
Teaching Staff – eTextbooks from Kortext Webinar – Tuesday 6th December at 2pm
Click here to join the meeting If you are new to eTextbooks, find out more on how they may be of value. If you already use an eTextbook, you should pick up tips and ideas to get your students engaging and working better with the text. Click here to join the meeting. Kortext, supply many […]
Are you thinking about getting published?
Many publishers offer free webinars and training with hints and tips on all the challenges of getting published. The guidance is usually generic and not constrained to working with a single publisher. Sage are offering a series of webinars and recordings in 2023 (register here), including: