Starting from the 21st of August 2023 Information Services will begin a program of work to replace all wireless access points in all buildings. During this 16 week program we will replace approximately 2500 of these with newer technology which should improve access for our staff and students. During this process you may experience brief […]
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Access to Financial Times Restored
Our access to the Financial Times (FT.com) should now be restored. As advertised previously, our access is now by SSO (single sign on) using your University email account. See our How to Sign In or Register for the FT guide which is available on the newspaper subject guide https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/newspapers. If you still experience any difficulties […]
Financial Times – Temporarily Unavailable
We apologise that there is currently no access to FT.com. We are working to resolve this issue as soon as possible.
Access to Financial Times Made Easy
The FT’s new ‘Single Sign On’ system makes it easier to sign up for access via the University’s subscription. Any time you come across an FT article simply sign in with your University email address and if required click ‘SSO Sign in‘ and follow any prompts to login to your University account. The first time […]
Core Reading: eTextbooks for Autumn Modules
Teaching staff – if your module has a core text and requires that as an eTextbook (e.g. from Kortext or BibliU), please email the Library or use the eTextbook Request form. eTextbooks must be purchased for each student that uses it and we need your confirmation every year before making that expenditure. Find out more […]
Preparing Your Autumn 2023 Reading List
Teaching staff are invited to create a new Autumn reading list or ‘roll over’ a previous list by clicking on the ‘Reading List’ option in your Autumn 2023 Canvas module. See further guidance on the Reading Lists SharePoint site. Once you have rolled over your list and are happy with your changes (even if you […]
Legacy RefWorks is Discontinued
The older version of RefWorks is discontinued from 30th June 2023 and users no longer have access to it. If you used RefWorks in the last few months but did not upgrade your account, we have attempted to migrate it to new RefWorks for you. You should have received an email notification about this from […]
Policy Commons – On Trial until 30th June 2023
Discover nearly 4 million documents from 28,000+ organisations in more than 160 countries around the world. Includes reports and policy content from IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, research centres, cities and other organizations working on the world’s most pressing and complex problems. A single easy to use source of “real world” impacts in otherwise hard to […]
Upgrade Your RefWorks Account Before End June
Legacy RefWorks will stop working at the end of June. If you are using Legacy RefWorks you will see an “Upgrade to the Latest RefWorks version” button at the top of the screen. If you don’t upgrade soon, you will lose all your references. Before you press the button see our guidance and important considerations prior to upgrading. If […]
New exhibition from Innerpeffray Library
Founded in 1680, Innerpeffray Library was Scotland‘s first free public lending library and was used by the local community until 1968. The library is located about 20 miles from the University, and students are welcome to visit, free of charge. Discover the rare books in its diverse collection and trace the families who took the […]