Following extensive feedback from the research community on referencing software we are pleased to announce that EndNote will be available on campus later this month. A trainer from EndNote will provide a series of workshops for beginner and experienced users on 3rd August. This will be followed by a series of short introductory workshops for […]
Library catalogue unavailable Tuesday 5 July
The library catalogue will be unavailable on Tuesday 5th July from 08.30 due to essential maintenance work. It is hoped to have access restored by the end of Tuesday. Alternative access to the library catalogue will be available via our Stirgate service (Stirgate searches many library databases including the library catalogue – the catalogue […]
Altmetric for Institutions: now with added citations
Altmetric for Institutions have now added Scopus citation counts (and the 3 most recent citing articles) to a new ‘citations’ tab on the Altmetric details pages. The addition of this citations data will make it easier to compare academic and broader attention all in one place. More information about this is available here. […]
New Research Bites workshop added – social media for public engagement
Information Services and the Research and Enterprise Office are pleased to announce an extra workshop in our summer Research Bites workshop series. Professor Leigh Sparks, Professor Rachel Norman and Professor Paul Cairney will lead a workshop about using social media for public engagement activities on 30th August 2016 between 12 pm and 1 pm. All […]
Highly cited social science books, all available from your Library
Looking for the most highly cited social sciences books and journal articles? The LSE Impact of the Social Sciences blog recently posted a list of the most cited publications in the social sciences, using data from Google Scholar. The blog posting explains the methodology used to compose the list and the disciplines it covers. All […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in May #StirTopTenTheses
During May 1,072 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 12,279 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: 1. Dimensions of service quality and service climate: a study of bank customers and employees in four local Malaysian banks. By Ab. Wahab, Norailis. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1297 Downloads: 487 2. Film music […]
HeinOnline – International Legal Material on Trial until 20th June
International legal material is available in HeinOnline for a trial period to 20th June. To try out HeinOnline International login to Portal and access HeinOnline as usual from the Law Subject Guide or A-Z Online Resources. All the additional content on trial is highlighted. Let us know what you think of the international content at […]
Emerald – Disruption to Service Tuesday 7th June
The Emerald journals database is undergoing maintenance on Tuesday 7th June. Searching and other functionality may be disrupted. Normal service should resume on Wednesday 8th.
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in May #StirTopTenPapers
During May there were 32,961 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,448 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. The Role of Creativity in Entrepreneurship. By Fillis, Ian; Rentschler, Ruth. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2518 Downloads: 343 2. Taking active learning into the primary school: a matter of new practices? By Stephen, Christine; […]
REF publications’ compliance: first deadline date approaching
In order for peer-reviewed journal articles, systematic reviews, or conference papers in formal publications that were accepted for publication after 1st April 2016 to be returnable and compliant for the next REF, the Author’s Accepted Manuscript must be deposited into STORRE via RMS within 3 months of acceptance. Guidance is available here. If you need any assistance or […]