Mid semester break is from Monday 27 October – Friday 31 October inclusive.  The library will be open Monday-Friday 9-7 and 9-4 on the weekend.  The Information Centre will be open:  Mon-Friday 9-7 for IT enquiries and 11-4 for Library enquiries;  Saturday and Sunday 11-4
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IT Training courses – Stirling campus
IT training courses will run from Monday 29th September to Thursday 13th November 2008. These courses are open to all staff and students.  Full course schedules along with descriptions are available at http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/help/training/currentopen.php. Booking is done online via the Library and IT Skills course in WebCT https://webct.stir.ac.uk/webct/logon/2151425001 (uni login required).  An online guide which […]
Get cheap Microsoft software
By popular demand Microsoft is pleased to announce the return of the Ultimate Steal. Just as a refresher, the Ultimate Steal offers a full copy of Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Edition to students and staff for £38.95 GBP and it’s finally back  In a nutshell, The Ultimate Steal is:  A time-limited offer available […]
New EThOS Service from the British Library
The new EThOS service from the British Library aims to make the full text of UK PhD theses available online for free. PhD and other Doctoral graduates may well remember the feeling of relief when they finally handed in the bound copies of their thesis. However, destined for closed access library stacks, the majority of […]
ATLA, IPSA and Philosopher’s Index now available via OvidSP interface
ATLA, IPSA and the Philosopher’s Index now have a new look. Previously available on the Ovid Silver Platter interface, the content of the databases remains the same, and you can still link to full text online resources via the WebBridge button. Simultaneous searching of two or more databases is also still possible. Access them from […]
WebCT Upgrade: Saturday 16th August
WebCT will be unavailable for the upgrades to version 8.0.1 and disk storage on Saturday, 16 th August. I expect the system to be down between 10.00-14.00. The upgrade of the file storage should bring performance and stability benefits. Â WebCT 8 is not a major upgrade (there was no WebCT 7) but rather some […]
Research that shapes and improves lives – Find out more about research taking place at the University of Stirling
Throughout the summer the Stirling campus Library is hosting a display of posters outlining current research taking place at the University. The display can be found on Level 2, close to the entrance. If you can not make it into the Library we have created an online exhibition to highlight recent publications by Stirling researchers […]
Improvements to staff email system
The staff email system is being improved by the replacement of all of the servers and the storage hardware, and implementation of the latest version of the email server software (Microsoft Exchange 2007). These changes will make the system faster and more resilient in the event of hardware failures. The standard mail quota is also […]
ScienceDirect unavailable weekend of 2nd-3rd August for maintenance
ScienceDirect will be unavailable from 10.30am on Saturday 2nd August to 6.30am on Sunday 3rd August due to an upgrade to the administrative system. Â
IBSS, PsycInfo and PsycArticles now available via the EBSCO interface
From the 30th July I’m pleased to announce that the following databases are now available via the EBSCO interface. You can access each database from the A-Z of online resources. The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), produced by the London School of Economics and Political Science, includes over 2.5 million references to journal […]