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. […]
Category: Databases
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 […]
Digimap webinars June and July
Digimap are running 3 webinars in June and July: Wednesday 10th June, 1-1:30pm OS MasterMap and Building Heights – ArcGIS Ian Holmes Wednesday 24th June, 4-4:45pm Digimap Copyright Emma Diffley Wednesday 8th July, 4-4:45pm Digimap for new Site Reps Emma Diffley Register at: http://edina.ac.uk/events/ Note that even after registering: […]
DOI links not working – update: now working
The problem below with DOI links has now been resolved and DOI links are working properly again. This was a worldwide problem and it turns out the issue was that “somebody forgot to renew the dx.doi.org domain name” (come on we’ve all done something like that!) – details at: http://crosstech.crossref.org/2015/01/problems-with-dx-doi-org-on-january-20th-2015-what-we-know.html —————- There is currently […]
Digimap: loss of availability 4pm 26th to 9am 28th January
A new registration system has been developed for Digimap. Release of the new system requires a significant period of service unavailability. * New registrations for Digimap (using the current system) will be closed from 4pm Monday 26th January. * Digimap will then be unavailable all day on Tuesday 27th January, while the new system […]