Sign up here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Lynda22818 22 August 12.30 – 1.30 in Training Room 1, Level 4 of the Library. All staff and students at the University of Stirling have access to lynda.com, an online resource of training videos and tutorials for personal and professional development. Whether you’re looking for a training course or a quick answer to a […]
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Library Catalogue Downtime
The library catalogue system is being upgraded this week and as part of this work, there will be a short period of downtime today from 10 pm to midnight. The following services will be unavailable: Library catalogue – including the Articles search option Online book renewals via ‘My library account’ Article request service WebBridge We […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in July #StirTopTenTheses
During June 1,094 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 10,367 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. By Niazi, Muaz A K http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3365 Downloads: 727 2. Assessment practices and their impact […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in July #StirTopTenPapers
During July there were 27,225 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 4,077 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Temporary organizational forms and coopetition in cycling: What makes a breakaway successful in the Tour de France? (Forthcoming/Available Online) By Scelles, Nicolas; Mignot, Jean-Francois; Cabaud, Benjamin; Francois, Aurelien. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25704 Downloads: 581 2. Do Elephants […]
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 […]
Altmetric Update: new highlights tab and streamlined interface
Altmetric is a tool that tracks online attention surrounding research papers. Their recent update makes it easier to see top influencers, international reach and most-mentioned journals. New Highlights Tab When you first login to Altmetric you will now immediately see a new Highlights tab. The tab contains various “data blocks”; each provides […]
Journal Citation Reports: 2018 release
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool that lists Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) and other journal metrics. JCR can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each […]
Library catalogue downtime: early hours of Tuesday 10th July
The Library Catalogue system is being upgraded this week and as part of this work there will be a short period of downtime in the early hours of Tuesday 10th July, from around 2am. The following services will be unavailable: Library catalogue searching – including the Articles search option Online book renewals via ‘My Library […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in June #StirTopTenTheses
During June, 1,103 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 9,716 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. By Niazi, Muaz A K http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3365 Downloads: 560 2. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a […]
New way to issue and return your books
From today we have new self-issue and self-return machines. These machines are currently located near the Library entrance. This could be subject to change as there may be a few other location changes in the library over the summer vacation. These new machines are sleeker and have more features than the old machines. With the […]