Do you own a Windows 7 laptop?Support for Windows 7 was ended on January 14th so the there will be no further updates released by Microsoft. This means that the device will no longer receive security patches and updates, leaving it vulnerable to viruses / attack. The National Cyber Security Centre has warned against continuing […]
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Focus on: Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
If you are studying the history of film, broadcasting, theatre or the music industry, you will want to take a look at the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. This is an online archive of 50 entertainment magazines, from their first issues up to 2000. Titles covered include: Variety Billboard Broadcasting The Stage Picturegoer American Film The […]
100,000 Artworks from Paris Museums Now Freely Available
Increasing numbers of museums and galleries are making the digital versions of their paintings and other works of art freely available – many under a CC0 licence. A CC0 licence means that you can: copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking for permission. There is no legal requirement that you attribute […]
Stirling’s Top Ten most shared 2019 articles
Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Ten!! Here’s the Top Ten 2019 Stirling papers with the highest Altmetric scores showing that they have been widely shared in social media and on the web. The Altmetric “score of attention” is a weighted metric that is based on counts of mentions in […]
Introducing: the British Library Shared Research Repository
The British Library is hosting a new online repository for research produced by its staff, as well as staff of its partner organisations: the British Museum, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), National Museums Scotland, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Tate. It’s particularly useful for research on Heritage, Archaeology, History and Art. It’s easy to search […]
Problems Exporting to RefWorks
There is a problem exporting to RefWorks from databases supplied by EBSCO and Ovid. RefWorks are aware of this issue and are working to fix it. Databases affected include: Business Source, Cinahl, Historical Abstracts, Medline, Philosophers Index, Psycarticles, Psycinfo and SPORTDiscus. An alternative method in the meantime is to export a RIS file and separately […]
EndNote for Your Own Computer
The long awaited EndNote installation for personal devices is now available for Windows machines. See further guidance at https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/endnote/personal and request your download via UniDesk (Portal > UniDesk > IT >Software/Apps for your laptop). Additionally, the upgrade to EndNote X9.2 for University machines is available from the Software Center. X9.2 fixes an annoying bug with […]
Library and IT services during the University holidays
While many of you travel away from Stirling during the vacation period, we know that some of you choose to stay on or near campus over the Christmas period. A list of the services available from the University Library is outlined below. The Library will be operating the following opening hours during the Christmas period. […]
RefWorks Unavailable
RefWorks is temporarily unavailable currently due to a technical fault. RefWorks are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. (12/12/19)
Jolabokaflod (Christmas Book flood)
In Iceland, books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents, then you spend the rest of the night in bed reading them and eating chocolate. The tradition is part of a season called Jolabokaflod, or ‘The Christmas Book Flood’, because Iceland, which publishes more books per capita than any other country, sells most of its books […]