Academic Book Week (#AcBookWeek) – the week-long celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books throughout history is returning for a second year from 23-28 January 2017 following the success of 2015. Please see the Academic Book Week website for more information. Ahead of Academic Book Week, the Top 20 Academic Books that […]
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Succeed Modules Opening Dates – Spring 2017
Succeed modules will open on the same basis as last year but with the new Spring semester start date. For Spring 2017 this will be: 1st and 2nd year modules will open on the Monday before the start of semester (9th Jan 2017) 3rd and 4th year modules will open on the Tuesday before the start […]
Let’s get digital – We would like you to tell us your digital study needs
*Survey available to Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate students.* The Digital Student Experience Tracker is a new national survey to find out how you use digital technologies and how this affects your university experience overall. The University of Stirling has chosen to use the Tracker because we know how important digital issues are to you. The […]
Our favourite Open Access films
If you want to learn more about Open Access these are our favourite short films explains what Open Access is and what Licences are. “What is Open Access” “Creative Commons: a shared culture” Don’t forget we have loads of information on our web pages at http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/researchers/writing/publishingimpact/open-access/ JISC – Open Access hour: live Twitter […]
Study Zone- More PCs
We plan to move around 30 study desks with PCs into the 24-hour Study Zone, and re-configure the existing study furniture. To minimise disruption the work will be undertaken during reading week ( beginning 24th October). The majority of the area will be closed off on those days to allow contractors to carry out the […]
IDS Employment Law on Westlaw – One Month Trial
Carry out employment law research with IDS Employment Law Brief, Cases, Handbooks and Current Awareness. Everything from unfair dismissal to annual leave – key topics in employment law are all available in Westlaw during October. Select Westlaw from http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/law and click thee IDS Employment Law tab at the top. Let us know what you think about […]
New look for MLA International Bibliography
As from today the MLA International Bibliography has a new look and feel. The search interface is very similar to Stirgate, and the functionality which was available in the old MLA is still there now (e.g. searching for a literary author as a subject). The MLA International Bibliography indexes research in Literature and Language. Check it out on the […]
Maintenance on Emerald Journals Tuesday 4th October
There may be disruption to the Emerald database on Tuesday 4th October affecting the following functions: Search Alert subscriptions Activating access tokens Adding publications as favourites Any changes to ‘My Account’ and ‘Institutional Account’ E-commerce Registration
EndNote now on Campus
Heard about EndNote? Wondered what it is all about? Frustrated that it was not available at Stirling. Need its powerful features for your systematic review? Considered by many researchers globally to be the best reference management tool for research, EndNote is now available for download to staff and research student machines. EndNote is so much […]
Emerald’s Celebration of Sport
Emerald Publishing have highlighted a range of articles in the changing world of sporting research across the globe. The articles are available free to view even if the University does not subscribe to them. See more at Emerald.