The new staff printers will be starting to roll out to University departments from 28th August 2018. The new staff queues will automatically add to your staff PC and you will be able to begin using these when your new Ricoh MFD has been installed. Up until that point, the original print queues will still […]
Category: Academic staff
Unpaywall for open research: plans for Scopus integration
Described as a “ground-breaking development” towards achieving a true open research infrastructure, Unpaywall is a database listing almost 20 million freely available scholarly articles. This free service locates open-access articles and presents paywalled papers that have been legally archived and are freely available on other websites to users who might otherwise have hit a paywalled […]
The printers are changing – Staff training opportunity
Staff may be aware that there has been a review of all Multi-functional devices (MFD’s) located across the campus. The review has highlighted that some devices were being under-utilised and therefore, to reduce costs and to maximise the efficiency of each appliance a number of changes will be introduced over the coming weeks. Following a tender process, […]
Research Bite next Wednesday: Vitae RDF and Lynda.com
Due to low numbers this event has had to be CANCELLED Sign up here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Lynda22818 22 August 12.30 – 1.30 in Training Room 1, Level 4 of the Library. All staff and students at the University of Stirling have access to lynda.com, an online resource of training videos and tutorials for personal and professional development. Whether […]
FREE Microsoft Office software for your own devices
Staff and students of the University are allowed to download the Microsoft suite of software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc) under the University of Stirling Licence while you are studying or working here. Students can download Microsoft office 365 from within student email account http://office365.stir.ac.uk Navigate to the settings menu, there is an option to download the […]
Library Catalogue Downtime
The library catalogue system is being upgraded this week and as part of this work, there will be a short period of downtime today from 10 pm to midnight. The following services will be unavailable: Library catalogue – including the Articles search option Online book renewals via ‘My library account’ Article request service WebBridge We […]
I want to…..Create a Data Management Plan
Funders increasingly require researchers to submit data management plans with their funding applications. They also have policies on the management of research data which must be complied with. Research integrity relies on good data management so you really need to start thinking about managing your research data from the very start of your project, when […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in July #StirTopTenPapers
During July there were 27,225 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,077 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Temporary organizational forms and coopetition in cycling: What makes a breakaway successful in the Tour de France? (Forthcoming/Available Online) By Scelles, Nicolas; Mignot, Jean-Francois; Cabaud, Benjamin; Francois, Aurelien. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25704 Downloads: 581 2. Do Elephants […]
Altmetric Update: new highlights tab and streamlined interface
Altmetric is a tool that tracks online attention surrounding research papers. Their recent update makes it easier to see top influencers, international reach and most-mentioned journals. New Highlights Tab When you first login to Altmetric you will now immediately see a new Highlights tab. The tab contains various “data blocks”; each provides […]
Journal Citation Reports: 2018 release
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool that lists Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) and other journal metrics. JCR can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each […]