This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool and can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is published annually following […]
Category: Databases
Altmetric – Stirling latest data refresh complete
Altmetric for Institutions at Stirling is a service that monitors and reports on the attention research papers are receiving on the web. Four times a year Stirling sends publication details from our Research Management System (RMS), STORRE and DataSTORRE to Altmetric so they can refresh the data they hold about us. Altmetric then track […]
Altmetric Version 2 now available
Today Stirling’s Altmetric for Institutions has been upgraded to version 2. Altmetric is a tool that tracks social media attention of research outputs: journal articles, data, etc. Version 2 provides a more efficient interface, excellent reporting capabilities and advanced search functionality. Find research outputs: Use Altmetric to search across Stirling’s research or explore the Altmetric […]
New look for MLA International Bibliography
As from today the MLA International Bibliography has a new look and feel. The search interface is very similar to Stirgate, and the functionality which was available in the old MLA is still there now (e.g. searching for a literary author as a subject). The MLA International Bibliography indexes research in Literature and Language. Check it out on the […]
Library Catalogue available again
The work we had planned for today on our Library Catalogue has now been successfully completed. You can now access the Library Catalogue and related services as normal. Information Services
Library catalogue unavailable Tuesday 5 July
The library catalogue will be unavailable on Tuesday 5th July from 08.30 due to essential maintenance work. It is hoped to have access restored by the end of Tuesday. Alternative access to the library catalogue will be available via our Stirgate service (Stirgate searches many library databases including the library catalogue – the catalogue […]
Goodbye to British Humanities Index – hello to Humanities Index
British Humanities Index has had a rebrand, it’s now called Humanities Index. Despite the change of name, there has been no change to the content of the database. Humanities Index searches over 370 journals and magazines and a wide range of British newspapers from 1962 to present. Humanities Index is a useful resource for anyone researching, studying or […]
Open Music Library – new resource on A-Z list
If your studies, teaching or research involve music, you may wish to explore Open Music Library (OML), a recently launched resource containing digital music materials. OML contains over 33,000 journal articles, information about over 70,00 musicians and over 200,000 musical scores. Many of the journal articles included in OML are from open access journals, meaning that you can […]
New in Web of Science: Journal Metrics and Scientific Highly Cited & Hot Papers
There have been a couple of recent updates in Web of Science Collections that are worth knowing about. 1. In Web of Science Core Collection results you can view key journal metrics Web of Science Core Collection provides access to the Citation Indexes for: Science; Social Sciences; Arts & Humanities; Conference Proceedings and […]
New nineteenth century content added to House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
Good news for anyone researching or studying nineteenth century British history, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP) now includes papers from the House of Lords. This is the first time that these papers have been made available electronically and this enhancement to HCPP makes it an even more valuable resource for staff, students and researchers […]