Book Week Scotland 2017 is taking place from Monday 27 November – Sunday 3 December. Book Week Scotland is a week-long celebration of books and reading that takes place every November. During Book Week, people of all ages and walks of life will come together in libraries, schools, community venues and workplaces to share and […]
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Library extended opening hours (Yay we are open 24/7)
GOOD NEWS FLASH! From today, the Library opening hours are extending and we will be open 24/7. We are open 24/7 until the end of the exam period. Allowing access to our books, journals, PCs, printers and group study facilities. Library staff will be available to answer questions from 8:30am – 8:00pm Monday to Friday […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in October #StirTopTenTheses
During October 1,097 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 12,308 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a case study of African university presses. By Darko-Ampem, Kwasi Otu. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/71 Downloads: 596 2. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in October #StirTopTenPapers
During October there were 32,149 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,935 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth Deakin; Broadfoot, Patricia; Daugherty, Richard; Gardner, John; James, Mary; Stobart, Gordon. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19607 Downloads: […]
Emerging Sources Citation Index back-file added to Web of Science
This month we’ve added an additional 10-year back-file of The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) to the Web of Science Core Collection. This extends our coverage so that we now have ESCI access for 2005 to present. ESCI extends the range of publications in Web of Science to include high-quality, peer-reviewed publications of regional importance […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in October #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during October. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Exploring learning conceptions in a culturally diverse science classroom. By Karen Thomson http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25959 The Transition from the Africa Inland Mission to the Africa Inland Church in Kenya, […]
Spam and phishing emails – What we are doing to help.
Phishing emails are designed by fraudsters to appear as if they have been sent by banks, credit card companies, government departments, online stores auction sites, and other trusted organisations. You can receive phishing emails via a dedicated email client (program) either such as Microsoft Outlook, or via internet-based email such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or […]
Library catalogue issues – resolved
The Library Catalogue is now working normally again. 🙂 We are sorry for the inconvenience caused by yesterday’s problems. You can access the Catalogue via the University Portal, then select Library Catalogue from the left hand menu. Clare Allan Senior Research Librarian
Library Catalogue intermittent access issues
There are currently problems with searches on the Library Catalogue – these are being worked on. While these problems are on-going you can use the classic catalogue to search for books and journal titles at: http://libcat.stir.ac.uk Clare Allan Senior Research Librarian
Open Access week 23 – 29 October 2017
The theme of this year’s Open Access week is “what are the benefits of making scholarly outputs openly available”. Although the benefits of Open Access publishing are numerous, one crucial benefit is eligibility for the next REF exercise. In the UK in order to be eligible for submission to REF 2021 the following conditions […]