The Library currently has trial access to the database Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide: this is the world’s largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. The trial ends on 8th April 2016. This database is a trusted and unique resource. Subjects covered include: Diseases; Economics; Ecotourism; Habitat […]
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New look for House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
The new semester is almost here, and for anyone researching or studying British political or parliamentary history, the new year brings a new look for the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (HCPP). HCPP is a major resource covering all aspects of British social, economic and political history from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Providing electronic access to Bills, […]
The University of Stirling now has access to Altmetric for Institutions
Altmetric is a free tool that tracks social media attention to research papers and is recognisable because of its use of a colourful donut: Altmetric scores for individual articles have been available in STORRE since November 2014. The University now subscribes to Altmetric for Institutions: this is a service that provides an aggregated […]
New in Web of Science: Usage Counts and Emerging Sources Citation Index
There have been a couple of recent updates in Web of Science that are worth knowing about. 1. New Usage Counts option in the Web of Science Platform The Web of Science – All Databases Platform has a new Usage Counts measure; this gives an indication of interest in each article. […]
Aluka ‘Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa’ collection
We have a free trial of the Aluka ‘Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa’ collection until 9th November. This collection contains a huge number of primary source documents on the liberation struggles in Southern Africa during the 20th century. To access the trial, go to http://www.aluka.org.ezproxy.stir.ac.uk/struggles . Please send any feedback on this resource to […]
Chance to win a Kindle – EThOS PhD Service Survey
Are you a user of the EThOS service http://ethos.bl.uk? Is your PhD included in EThOS? EThOS have launched a survey to find out what EThOS users think about their service and to find out more about how they use doctoral theses – and EThOS – for their research. EThOS are also interested in […]
New semester – new library databases
Information Services is delighted to announce that we now subscribe to several new library databases and two of our existing databases have been upgraded for the new academic year. These new subscriptions bring increased amount of full text coverage for many subjects across the university. Business Source Premier has been replaced with Business Source […]
Scopus to cease support for Internet Explorer 8
Effective from 1st October 1 2015, Scopus* will no longer support Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). This is to allow Scopus to focus support on newer, officially-supported IE browser versions. If you are still using Internet Explorer 8 on your office PC you can upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 by installing it from Run Advertised […]
British Newspapers Part 3, 1780-1950
We have extended our collection of online historical newspapers. The third collection of Gale Cengage Learning’s British Newspapers covers 1780 – 1950 and includes many local newspapers, including the Stirling Observer (1839-1867). You can access this new resource from the A-Z list of Online Resources. British Newspapers Part 3 can be searched together with […]
Latest Journal Citation Reports now available
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 greatest total cites and the highest impact in your field find the most influential journals in which to publish Each edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is […]