We had a number of theses added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during the month of July. The theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time to write up work for publication: Death and Dying in Human and Companion Canine Relations by Maria Desougi. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20552 Enviromental factors […]
New library content: IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Stirling University Library now has access to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library until 29th November 2015, thanks to an excellent SHEDL deal (Scottish Higher Education Digital Library). IEEE Xplore Digital Library provides access to the IEEE/IET Electronic Library which features content from IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as well as IET (Institution […]
Library Catalogue : electronic journal records now back
The problem we were experiencing with the Library Catalogue that was preventing electronic journal records being loaded has now been fixed and our latest ejournal load has been successful. So you can once again use the Library Catalogue to search for the electronic journal titles that we have access to. We apologise for […]
Essential maintenance works to University telephone system: Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August
Estates and Campus Services are carrying out essential maintenance works to the University’s telephone system which are scheduled to commence this Saturday 2 August and continue throughout the weekend. This may result in some temporary disruption to normal service over the course of the weekend which it is aimed to be kept to a minimum. […]
Library Catalogue problem: no electronic journal records
**UPDATE – To address the problem below, the library catalogue will be unavailable for a short period this afternoon (Fri 25th) from 4:30pm. The ejournal records will then hopefully be reloaded over the weekend.** The Library Catalogue currently has some problems around the coverage and catalogue of our electronic journal records. Each month the […]
New 2013 Journal Metrics from Scopus announced
Elsevier have announced the release of the 2013 Journal Metrics based on Scopus data. The metrics provide methods for assessing the citation impact a journal makes and are all available for free download at http://www.journalmetrics.com. The impact metrics are based on methodologies developed by external bibliometricians and use Scopus as the data source. […]
Emerald Website Maintenance – 25th July for 4 Weeks
You will be unable to edit your Emerald profile, settings and preferences for a period of 4 weeks. Searching and retrieving journal articles from Emerald should be unaffected. See http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/management if you would like more information about using Emerald journals at the University of Stirling or contact library@stir.ac.uk.
Wireless Project reaches Library – Week beginning 21st July 2014
**Work is now complete in the Library building and the normal wifi service is still in service until the launch of the new access mechanism which will replace CampusNet** Work to install the new WiFi network reaches the Stirling campus library this week and engineers will be working across all floors of the library during […]
The Zombie thesis: walks and talks but isn’t really alive
One of my favourite blogs, The Thesis Whisperer*, has just posted a great article about the problems of what they term a “Zombie Thesis”: a thesis that although it has all the parts, such as title pages, chapters, graphs and charts, somehow isn’t quite hanging together well enough to make it a good and interesting […]
Stirling research theses added to STORRE in June
We had a number of theses added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during the month of June. A couple of these are publicly available now: Film Hierophany: Analysing the Sacred in Avant-garde Films from the 1920s to 1950s. By Lalipa Nilubol. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/20431 Participation and Agency: the experiences of young people in a […]