Information Services is investing in a new search tool to help students and staff find quality information resources. This will replace our StirGate service. This new toool will search simultaneously across many of the Library’s databases such as Web of Science, Historical Abstracts, CINAHL and Business Source Premier as well as our electronic journal and […]
Category: Databases
New subject research guide for Environmental History
A new subject research guide for Environmental History has been produced by Library staff. This guide brings together a list of the major databases and journal archives of interest to those studying or researching environmental history as well providing a list of recommended websites. The research guide can be seen here. You can keep up to […]
ZETOC – 10 years of keeping researchers up to date
ZETOC (the British Library’s Table of Contents alerting service) is ten years old this Autumn. This multidisciplinary search tool offers a current awareness service for researchers and is a useful way to keep up to date with what is being published in your field. ZETOC Alert allows you to register your topics of interest, or a list of your […]
Last few days to win an iPod Nano from Emerald
Want to win an iPod Nano? To enter the prize draw only for Stirling University Students, use Emerald e-journals and answer a few questions in the Emerald quiz . Emerald can be accessed via the University Portal from the A-Z Online Resources.  It includes 110 journals on marketing,  management, business,  human resources and other subjects.
Looking for academic journal articles about the financial crisis?
Routledge publishing have compiled 65 free academic journal articles about the causes and impacts of the financial crisis. There are eight categories of article: causes of the financial crisis, financial crisis impact and management, regional focus on the financial crisis, learning from the financial crisis, the financial crisis as a crisis of capitalism, opportunities emerging from […]
Looking for historical newspaper articles? Try the Times Digital Archive
The Library has recently purchased the digital archive of the Times newspaper from 1785 to 1985. This resource allows users to search and browse the full text of two hundred years of the Times newspaper and is much easier to use than the microfilm collection. The Times Digital Archive is available from on and off campus and […]
Digimap Upgrade
Digimap Collections will be unavailable on Tuesday 3rd August from 10am to 4pm. This downtime is needed to complete a hardware upgrade.
New look for IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences)
IBSS is now available from the CSA platform, rather than from EBSCO. The content of the database is unaltered. It is possible to search IBSS and Sociological Abstracts simultaneously by selecting the two resources from the “specific databases” option. IBSS is a useful resource for anyone researching in the fields of politics, social sciences and economics.
Trial of sciences resource CABI available now!
If you are researching topics within the environment, agriculture, applied economics or food science have a look at our month trial access to CAB Abstracts. The trial will finish on the 20th July 2010. To access this database go to: http://isiknowledge.com and from the Select a Database tab in Web of Knowledge choose CABI: (1973-present). For a full […]
Trial access to The Times newspaper Digital Archive – try it out and send us your thoughts
The Library has a trial of The Times newspaper’s Digital Archive (1785 – 1985) until the end of June 2010. You can access the archive from the A-Z list of online resources. We’re keen to know what you think about this resource, please send us your comments via our blog or in an email to […]