The Emerald journals database is undergoing maintenance on Tuesday 7th June. Searching and other functionality may be disrupted. Normal service should resume on Wednesday 8th.
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UN iLibrary Available Until 30th June
Try out the new UN iLibrary of documents from the United Nations Secretariat, and its funds and programmes and let the Library know how useful you think it is. Content is covered from a broad range of subject areas including economic and social development, international trade and finance, environment and climate change, migration, democracy and governance, human […]
Edinburgh University Law Library – Restrictions Until 19th May
Due to reduced study space, access to Edinburgh University Law & Europa Library is limited mainly to Edinburgh University students until 19th May. Further details are available at the Law Library opening hours web page. If you think you are eligible for access during this period it advisable to contact the Law Library in advance to check.
Export to RefWorks Problem
The export to RefWorks function currently is experiencing difficulties and in many instances fails. There is a higher chance of success if you login to RefWorks before exporting references from a database e.g. from Stirgate, but this does not always work. This problem is affecting all UK universities and RefWorks are working on a fix.
Law Ebooks on trial until end December
Access a wide range of legal texts from Hart Publishing until the end of the year. Click any of the links below to browse the ebooks or search for them in the Library catalogue. Contact library@stir.ac.uk if you would like to give feedback about these books. Category Hart Publishing 2015 Hart Publishing 2014 Comparative Law, Legal […]
Emerald – Disruption to Service Monday 2nd March
Due to maintenance work at Emerald there may be disruption today when using some Emerald journal database services including: Search, Alerts, MyAccount and Registration
RefWorks for Staff and Research Students
A representative from RefWorks will provide introductory and advanced training for staff and research students on 16th December in Cottrell Room A1. RefWorks Fundamentals – 16/12/14 0930 am – 1030 am, Cottrell Room A1 This session is ideal if you are fairly new to RefWorks or have not used it for some time […]
Scopus problem exporting to RefWorks – a solution
The RefWorks ‘Direct Export’ function is currently not working in Scopus. This fault is affecting all universities. An alternative method of exporting references to RefWorks is available on our RefWorks Help Pages and can be used until the problem is resolved by RefWorks and Scopus. If you require further help contact library@stir.ac.uk.
Expert Search Skills for Researchers
EBSCO who provide many of our journal article databases including – ATLA Religion; Business Source premier; CINAHL (nursing and allied health): EconLIt; Health Source; International Political Science Abstracts; PsycInfo; SportDiscus and British Education Index, will provide a training workshop specially for University of Stirling staff and research students. The session is aimed specifically at researchers […]
If you like RefWorks you will love Write-N-Cite
Write-N-Cite connects your word processer to RefWorks so that you can cite references and update your bibliography automatically as you write your essay. Come along to our introductory classes to find out more. The following training sessions are available to undergraduate and taught postgraduate students: Tuesday 28th 1200-1300 Getting to grips with Write-N-Cite Wednesday 29th […]