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.
Category: Databases
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 […]
New resource for finding political resources – Foreign Broadcast Information Service
The Library now has access to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. FBIS was created by the United States Government during the Second World War and its original mission was to “monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories”. (From the […]
New way to access social care information – changes to ReSearch Web
ReSearch Web – a tool for accessing up to date resources about social care and social work has been incorporated into Social Care Online and Social Services Knowledge Scotland from 1st April 2010. Both of these resources are listed on the A-Z list of online resources and are available from on and off campus. More information about […]
Changes to Westlaw legislation
Westlaw has recently started to include legislation that is not yet in force. If you are reading legislation in Westlaw you should pay close attention to the status information displayed at the top of every legislation part – this will tell you if you are looking at prospective law (i.e., law that is not yet in force). […]