During April there were 39,293 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,296 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 […]
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New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in April #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during April. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Reflexivity and the process of maturation of students in a work-based learning programme. By Evgueni Chepelin http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27069 Investigating the divergent regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism by different […]
Altmetric: now covering patents
Tracking patent citations is one important way to understand the economic impacts of scholarship. Altmetric are now indexing citations to research found in 8 million patents from nine jurisdictions worldwide, including World Intellectual Property Organization, United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the European Patent Office. You can now use patent citation data […]
Unpaywall: find free, legal, Open Access articles
Wouldn’t it be handy if you could quickly check if there’s a free version of a paper when the library doesn’t have access? Well, now you can – using the super-smart ‘Unpaywall’ tool. Unpaywall is an extension to your web browser that finds free versions of otherwise paywalled papers from a database of about 10 […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in March #StirTopTenPapers
During March there were 45,448 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,338 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 […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in February #StirTopTenPapers
During February there were 37,817 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,096 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, […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in March #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during March. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: The Professionalisation of Scottish Football Coaches: A Personal Construct Approach. By Peter Clarke http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26824 “I wouldn’t imagine having to go through all this, and still be the […]
Web of Science: latest release updates
The Web of Science platform was updated on Sunday 25th March. There is a 4 minute ‘New Features’ video at: https://youtu.be/KfY4PWui7ig Details of the changes are also outlined in their release notes below. Web of Science is a multidisciplinary service for finding details of research articles and other publication types, covering: Sciences, Social […]
Library opening hours over the Easter Weekend (Friday 30th March – Monday 2nd April)
The Library will be open throughout the Easter Weekend. On Good Friday the library will open at 8am with the Service desks staffed until 5pm. The Lending desk will be staffed from 8:30 and the IT desk will be staffed from 8:45. The Library will be open self-service until 2am. Saturday and Sunday the Library […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in February #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during February. One of the theses is available for reading immediately: The Literary Clubs and Societies of Glasgow during the Long Nineteenth Century: A City’s History of Reading through its Communal Reading Practices and Productions. By Lauren Weiss http://hdl.handle.net/1893/26616 […]