Changes to Education databases (BEI & ERIC) and new resources for educational research

Two of the Library’s largest education databases are now sporting a new look. British Education Index and ERIC are now available from EBSCO, rather than ProQuest. The EBSCO interface will be familiar to anyone who has searched StirGate, SportDiscus, Business Source Premier or Historical Abstracts. As before, it is possible to search BEI and ERIC simultaneoulsy, simply select one of the […]

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New library content: IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Stirling University Library now has access to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library until 29th November 2015, thanks to an excellent SHEDL deal (Scottish Higher Education Digital Library).   IEEE Xplore Digital Library provides access to the IEEE/IET Electronic Library which features content from IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as well as IET (Institution […]

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New 2013 Journal Metrics from Scopus announced

Elsevier have announced the release of the 2013 Journal Metrics based on Scopus data.   The metrics provide methods for assessing the citation impact a journal makes and are all available for free download at http://www.journalmetrics.com.   The impact metrics are based on methodologies developed by external bibliometricians and use Scopus as the data source. […]

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New resources added to A-Z list: Times Literary Supplement Archive and The Sunday Times Archive

Two new electronic resources have been added to the A-Z list: Times Literary Supplement Digital Archive and The Sunday Times Archive. These resources will be useful for anyone researching, teaching or studying either English Literature, History or Journalism.   The Times Literary Supplement Digital Archive provides access to the full text of the TLS from […]

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Three new health resources added to A-Z list: OVID Medline, the Joanna Briggs Institute and OVID Nursing

Great news for anyone researching, teaching or studying health. The Library now provides access to three new resources: OVID Medline, the Joanna Briggs Institute and OVID Nursing.   OVID Medline is a large index to medical, nursing, biological and allied health literature. References are included from over 5000 journals and it is updated weekly. It […]

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