Web of Science will be sporting a new look from Sunday 12th January 2014. After this date the Web of Knowledge branding will be discontinued. More information about these changes and a preview of the site can viewed on the Web of Science website. To access Web of Science, please use the A-Z list of […]
Category: Databases
RefWorks login problems now fixed
The login problems with RefWorks reported earlier have now been resolved. You should now be able to login to RefWorks without any problems. If you do encounter any difficulties please contact our Information Centre: infocentre@stir.ac.uk Clare Allan Subject Librarian
RefWorks login problems at Stirling and across UK
A number of users of RefWorks have reported that their RefWorks account is suddenly not being recognised. Instead, users are receiving a pop-up saying that their email address appears to be invalid and they are being prompted to re-enter their email address. PLEASE NOTE: if you see this message when accessing RefWorks please DO NOT […]
Presentation from EThOS webinar now available
In December the British Library held a webinar on how their EThoS PhD theses service could be useful for your research. The webinar was aimed at researchers, students, librarians and anyone who is interested in finding and using PhD theses. The presentation from the webinar is now available and EThOS will be updating their […]
Environment Digimap: access until 31 July 2014
Environment Digimap offers land cover map data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH). University of Stirling has access until 31st July 2014 while the Collection is free from EDINA. Environment Digimap offers two facilities: mapping through Environment Roam, and the ability to download data through Environment Download. The data available, CEH’s […]
Free webinar Using doctoral theses in your research: a guide to EThOS
The British Library is holding a free webinar on how their EThoS PhD theses service works. Webinar on 10 December 2013, 11.00am GMT Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5131544266794515713 EThOS http://ethos.bl.uk is the UK’s national database for PhD theses, managed by the British Library. It’s a fantastic resource for researchers, with over 100,000 UK theses freely […]
ZETOC User Satisfaction Survey
The satisfaction survey is presented when you first visit the ZETOC home page at: http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk and also available by using the ‘Zetoc Survey 2013’ link listed in the ‘Please Note’ section. It would be really appreciated if you are able to take a few minutes of your time to provide feedback […]
New resource on A-Z list – Channel 4 Press Packs
Anyone studying or researching British media from the early 1980s onwards may be interested in our new resource Channel 4 Press Packs, which is available via the A-Z list of online resources. This resource provides access to digitised versions of the Press Packs which were produced by Channel 4 from its launch in 1982 until […]
Oxford Scholarship Online
University staff and students now have access to several new collections of ebooks published by Oxford University Press. We have recently subscribed to the following subject collections in Oxford Scholarship Online: Philosophy (over 1300 titles) Religion (over 1200 titles) History (over 1000 titles) Politics (over 700 titles) This is in addition to […]
Westlaw – access restored (18th September 2013)
Access to the Westlaw legal database has been restored. We apologise for any inconvenience the earlier interuption to the service may have caused.