For the third year in a row, we are participating in the JISC Digital Experience Insights survey (previously ‘Tracker’). We use this survey to find out how you are using digital technology at the University and what we can do to improve our services and support. For example, after you told us in last year’s […]
Category: Databases
#StirCyberSec 2018 – Week 2 – Expand your digital skills
Welcome to week 2 of our #stircybersec campaign. This week we’re concentrating on Digital Skills. The fast pace of technological change and the change in digital technologies in all aspects of study, work and life places new demands on everyone. It’s important for students and staff to be able to learn and work in this […]
Unpaywall for open research: plans for Scopus integration
Described as a “ground-breaking development” towards achieving a true open research infrastructure, Unpaywall is a database listing almost 20 million freely available scholarly articles. This free service locates open-access articles and presents paywalled papers that have been legally archived and are freely available on other websites to users who might otherwise have hit a paywalled […]
Altmetric Update: new highlights tab and streamlined interface
Altmetric is a tool that tracks online attention surrounding research papers. Their recent update makes it easier to see top influencers, international reach and most-mentioned journals. New Highlights Tab When you first login to Altmetric you will now immediately see a new Highlights tab. The tab contains various “data blocks”; each provides […]
Journal Citation Reports: 2018 release
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool that lists Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) and other journal metrics. JCR can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each […]
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 […]
Students we want to hear from you! Complete our Digital Skills Tracker Survey.
Do you want to win an Amazon Voucher? Find out how you can enter below. This is the second year that we have participated in the Jisc Digital Tracker Survey. In this survey we are asking your opinions about the following; Canvas Listen Again Online assessments eduroam Referencing ebooks and ejournals File store and Box […]
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 […]
Web of Science Trainers to Provide Training for Stirling Researchers
Sign up for a session led by expert Web of Science trainers to help you get the most from one of the world’s premier research interfaces. Web of Science – a crucial resource for finding and analysing the most relevant information in science, social science, arts and humanities (including journals, books, data, patents, conference […]
Session on strategically promoting your research
Want to be smarter about publicising your research? Kevin Tipton, Professor of Sport, Health and Exercise Science, will be giving a talk on how he is using Altmetric to help strategically promote his research. Kevin’s work is in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. The session will include a brief […]