For the third year in a row, we are participating in the JISC Digital Experience Insights survey (previously ‘Tracker’). We use this survey to find out how you are using digital technology at the University and what we can do to improve our services and support. For example, after you told us in last year’s […]
Category: Journals
BrowZine
With BrowZine you can browse, read and follow our current journal content either via the web-based version or via the App from an iOS or Android mobile device. The main features of Browzine are: Makes it easier to link to journal issues and tables of content. Search for journals by title, ISSN or subject. Browse content […]
#StirCyberSec 2018 – Week 2 – Expand your digital skills
Welcome to week 2 of our #stircybersec campaign. This week we’re concentrating on Digital Skills. The fast pace of technological change and the change in digital technologies in all aspects of study, work and life places new demands on everyone. It’s important for students and staff to be able to learn and work in this […]
Finding ejournals just got easier
We have added a new ‘Ejournals’ search tab to the Library Catalogue that allows you to quickly check if we have full-text access to an electronic journal. The Ejournals tab, links you to an ejournals finder which has some great features: The search box has an auto-suggest feature: as you begin to type, the […]
Unpaywall for open research: plans for Scopus integration
Described as a “ground-breaking development” towards achieving a true open research infrastructure, Unpaywall is a database listing almost 20 million freely available scholarly articles. This free service locates open-access articles and presents paywalled papers that have been legally archived and are freely available on other websites to users who might otherwise have hit a paywalled […]
BrowZine Trial, a Simple Way to Explore Scholarly Journals, What do you think?
We are currently running a trial of BrowZine. BrowZine allows you to browse, read and follow our current journal content either via browzine.com or from an Android or iOS mobile device. The main features of BrowZine are: Search for journals by title, ISSN or subject term Browse content and back issues of the library’s journal […]
Unpaywall: find free, legal, Open Access articles
Wouldn’t it be handy if you could quickly check if there’s a free version of a paper when the library doesn’t have access? Well, now you can – using the super-smart ‘Unpaywall’ tool. Unpaywall is an extension to your web browser that finds free versions of otherwise paywalled papers from a database of about 10 […]
Students we want to hear from you! Complete our Digital Skills Tracker Survey.
Do you want to win an Amazon Voucher? Find out how you can enter below. This is the second year that we have participated in the Jisc Digital Tracker Survey. In this survey we are asking your opinions about the following; Canvas Listen Again Online assessments eduroam Referencing ebooks and ejournals File store and Box […]
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 […]
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 […]