We have some great training sessions coming up this month for staff and postgraduate research students. Endnote Fundamentals Monday 17th June: 11am – 12:30pm Library Training Room 1 (Level 4 of the Library)Presenter: Shirley Millar, Academic Liaison LibrarianSign up at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3VGX6KR An introduction to the most commonly used functions in EndNote including: Familiarisation with the […]
Category: Software
You Said, We Did – Software
You Said Can we get free software for studying? We Did We already have a lot of FREE software that students can download onto their own devices. (Woo Hoo, there is actually a lot of FREE software 🙂 ) Here is a list of the software that you can get for FREE from us with […]
Students – we want to hear from you! Tell us what you think about Digital Technology at the University and have a chance of winning an Amazon voucher…
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 […]
EndNote Online downtime 20th October
We’ve received notification from EndNote that their proposed maintenance last weekend was postponed and is now rescheduled for this coming weekend on Saturday 20th October from 10am to 5pm. Please note that during this time: EndNote web will redirect to a maintenance message ResearcherID services will be unavailable Web of Science save to EndNote […]
EndNote Online downtime 13th October
We’ve received notification from EndNote that their online service will be undergoing maintenance on Saturday 13th October from 10am to 5pm. Please note that during this time the following will be affected: EndNote web will redirect to a maintenance message ResearcherID services will be unavailable Web of Science save to EndNote online and record […]
#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 […]
FREE Microsoft Office software for your own devices
Staff and students of the University are allowed to download the Microsoft suite of software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc) under the University of Stirling Licence while you are studying or working here. Students can download Microsoft office 365 from within student email account http://office365.stir.ac.uk Navigate to the settings menu, there is an option to download the […]
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 […]
Lynda.com (online training in software & skills)
The University has a subscription to Lynda.com This is accessible from the Portal for both staff and students. To access Lynda.com click on the link or click on the image. We have also created a Lynda page which has tailored playlists for Stirling students, Teaching staff, Researchers and staff. You can either click on […]
Want a sneaky peak at the new box interface?
On August 31st the box interface will be changing automatically to a new box experience. To see the new interface you can go to   https://stir.app.box.com/on/allnewbox , which generates a cookie and turns it on for that browser instance.  See https://blog.box.com/blog/all-new-box/ for details. You can revert to the old version by clearing browser cookies. Single sign on […]