The Thesis Whisperer blog* has just posted a useful list of: Five things to do in your first year of your PhD: 1. Socialise 2. Write 3. Routine 4. Take as many courses as you can! 5. Pick your supervision (not so relevant in the UK) This is a great list and […]
Category: Databases
SciELO – new resource on A-Z list
Looking for research from Latin America, South Africa or the Caribbean? Why not try SciELO Citation Index, a new resource from Thomson Reuters and newly available to Stirling University staff and students. SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) provides access to open access materials in a wide range of disciplines: applied social science, health, linguistics, letters and arts, earth […]
New Scopus Release
The Scopus library database was updated on the 1st of February. This release focused on a redesign of the user interface and an update to the help functionality. Scopus have summarised the changes as: 1. Improved readability of Scopus’ most-used pages with an emphasis on the most-used features. The redesign aims to make the […]
Free webinar Using doctoral theses in your research: a guide to EThOS
The British Library is holding a free webinar on how their EThoS PhD theses service works. This is a repeat of the successful webinar they held on the 10th December last year. Webinar on Thursday 13 February 2014, 3.00pm – 4.00pm GMT Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5974661878725146370 EThOS http://ethos.bl.uk is the UK’s national database for […]
Digimap Training
Digimap has some upcoming webinars and a free training event in London. Booking is available via the links below. 19 February 2014, 4-4:30pm– Webinar, Making the most of Roam: http://edina.ac.uk/events/courses/2014-02-19-roam.html 26 February 2014, 4-4:30pm – Webinar, Environment Digimap: http://edina.ac.uk/events/courses/2014-02-26-environment_digimap.html 6 March 2014 – Digimap Collections workshop, Imperial College London: http://edina.ac.uk/events/courses/2014-03-06_digimap_collections.html […]
Web of Science performance issues – now fixed
The server problems which affected Web of Science on 13th January have now been resolved.
New look for Web of Science
Web of Science will be sporting a new look from Sunday 12th January 2014. After this date the Web of Knowledge branding will be discontinued. More information about these changes and a preview of the site can viewed on the Web of Science website. To access Web of Science, please use the A-Z list of […]
RefWorks login problems now fixed
The login problems with RefWorks reported earlier have now been resolved. You should now be able to login to RefWorks without any problems. If you do encounter any difficulties please contact our Information Centre: infocentre@stir.ac.uk Clare Allan Subject Librarian
RefWorks login problems at Stirling and across UK
A number of users of RefWorks have reported that their RefWorks account is suddenly not being recognised. Instead, users are receiving a pop-up saying that their email address appears to be invalid and they are being prompted to re-enter their email address. PLEASE NOTE: if you see this message when accessing RefWorks please DO NOT […]
Presentation from EThOS webinar now available
In December the British Library held a webinar on how their EThoS PhD theses service could be useful for your research. The webinar was aimed at researchers, students, librarians and anyone who is interested in finding and using PhD theses. The presentation from the webinar is now available and EThOS will be updating their […]