Finding an article using a DOI

There’s a new feature in LibrarySearch which allows you to search for a journal article using a DOI only. Let’s see how this works: If we don’t have access to the article, you’re taken to a page that offers Library Access Options. This takes you to LibrarySearch, where you can request the article using the […]

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LibrarySearch now flags retracted articles

You may not realise (but probably guessed) that sometimes journal articles may be retracted because they include either accidental or deliberate errors.  The retraction could be due to incorrect experimental or interpretive errors and is to prevent readers from being misled and protects researchers from wasting time and resources by attempting to replicate or utilise […]

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Find@Stir – Finding full text articles

As part of the ongoing work improving the Library’s information retrieval systems, we have completed the transition from the old “WebBridge” system to the new Find@Stir tool to facilitate access to full text.   The ‘Find@Stir’ function will check the library’s online full text holdings and, where we hold a current licence, will take you directly […]

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New Library Links from Google Scholar direct to Stirling’s full-text articles

You can now set up Google Scholar so that it links seamlessly to LibrarySearch and the full-text of journal articles that Stirling University Library subscribes to. To setup your Google Scholar Library Links for Stirling’s LibrarySearch: First login to your Google/Google scholar account so that these settings will be retained, then: 1. In Google Scholar click the three horizontal bars in […]

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Do you want to keep your reading history?

Your current Library Catalogue account holds the list of books that you have borrowed, this list is in your ‘Reading History’.  Once we switch to the new LibrarySearch you won’t have access to your old Library account, so if you want to retain a copy of your Reading History: From the Library Catalogue home screen […]

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Coming soon …. LibrarySearch.

Getting ready for the new academic year, we are introducing a new and improved way to search the Library. From the 7th of June ‘LibrarySearch’ will replace our old Library Catalogue giving one-stop searching for books, e-books, dvds/videos, articles, digital media, and more. LibrarySearch helps you to manage your research. Sign-in (linked to your usual […]

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Where can I study?

You Said:Please provide a spreadsheet of rooms available for Study We did:We have various ways to find out where there is free space to study. We don’t have a spreadsheet, but we have created 2 web pages which provide live information about PC availability on campus (including the availability of our new laptop loans). Open […]

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