The University has a subscription to LinkedInLearning which you can access from the portal. LinkedInLearning has many academic learner paths. However, there is much, much more to LinkedInLearning. There are so many options that you can choose from. At the moment they seem to be championing many wellbeing learner paths. When you access LinkedInLearning you […]
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Setting up an open Teams meeting/event
As well as having the ability to set up and run online meetings, Teams can be used for online events without a pre-determined guest list. Uses for this could include a virtual cafe event, a drop in training session that you want to advertise to students and so on. The good news is that this is […]
Covid19 – work from home FAQs
This last fortnight has been unprecedented in terms of the impact on IT services and infrastructure as staff have rushed to start working remotely. For some, this is the first time they have worked from home. This post reflects on the most frequently asked questions we have been experiencing at the Information Centre. Don’t forget […]
How to work from home without VPN / Remote Desktop
There’s a great deal you can do on your local laptop or PC without the need for VPN or Remote Desktop… Over the next few weeks, the demand for VPN and Remote desktop services is going to be unprecedented so it is inevitable that users will experience slowness/failure to connect at some point. Here are […]
Free Access to International Monetary Fund’s eLibrary
The IMF eLibrary is free to browse or download over 21,000 articles, books, working papers and studies, data and statistical tools. Access it via the A-Z Online Resources or your Library Subject Guide. You will find information and perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, […]
Learning at a Distance – a guide for students
As you know, following the University’s announcement of 13 March, face-to-face teaching is temporarily suspended with lectures, seminars and tutorials being delivered online until further notice. This is a guide to the online tools that you and your lecturers will be using to support your learning online over the next few weeks. This is a relatively fast move into delivering teaching online at […]
Last chance – Office 365 Overview session for staff
The last of our Office 365 Overview sessions for staff is on Friday 6th March, 13.00-c14.00 in Lecture Theatre A3. You can sign-up for the final session using our online form. Over the last 3 weeks we have run 6 sessions for staff to outline the process for moving our data from Box and into Office […]
Henry Stewart Business & Management Journals
The Henry Stewart Business and Management Journals are available for a free trial period to the end of April. Connect via the A-Z Online Resources or the Library Subject Guide for Business & Management. Try out the journals and send your feedback to shirley.millar@stir.ac.uk. The journals covers marketing, banking, finance and management and includes peer-reviewed […]
Top ten thesis downloads in January #StirTopTenTheses
In January, 1,237 theses in our research repository STORRE were downloaded 16,771 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Assessment practices and their impact on home economics education in Ireland. By McSweeney, Kathryn http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21804 Downloads: 1,528 2. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive […]
Dissertation Roadshow #BeMoreDuck
Don’t stick your head in the loch. Get your dissertation ducks in a row with help from Information Services. Find out how the Library and IT can help you with your dissertation at our Dissertation Roadshow. We’ll have staff from Information services to answer or direct your dissertation questions. Dissertation Roadshow Dates Tuesday 3rd March, […]