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: […]
Category: Databases
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 […]
Web of Science: Cited Reference and Advanced searching now available within All Databases
The Web of Science platform was updated at the weekend: Cited Reference searching and Advanced searching are now available within All Databases. Cited Reference searching – All Databases A Cited Reference search allows you to find the articles that cited an article of interest. This is a very useful way to search […]
SCOPUS and RefWorks – now fixed
The problem with exporting data from SCOPUS to RefWorks described in our recent blog post has now been resolved. If you encounter any difficulties with exporting records please email library@stir.ac.uk
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 […]
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 […]
Library Catalogue : electronic journal records now back
The problem we were experiencing with the Library Catalogue that was preventing electronic journal records being loaded has now been fixed and our latest ejournal load has been successful. So you can once again use the Library Catalogue to search for the electronic journal titles that we have access to. We apologise for […]
Library Catalogue problem: no electronic journal records
**UPDATE – To address the problem below, the library catalogue will be unavailable for a short period this afternoon (Fri 25th) from 4:30pm. The ejournal records will then hopefully be reloaded over the weekend.** The Library Catalogue currently has some problems around the coverage and catalogue of our electronic journal records. Each month the […]
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. […]