Police Alert We have received notification from Police Scotland that fraudsters are sending out a high number of phishing emails to university email addresses claiming to be from your HR department. The email claims that the recipient is entitled to a pay rise and to click on a link to claim the pay rise. The […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in February #StirTopTenPapers
During February there were 30,446 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,694 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Inclusion for all? By Allan, Julie. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/596 Downloads: 491 2. Taking active learning into the primary school: a matter of new practices? By Stephen, Christine; Ellis, Jennifer; Martlew, Joan. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2803 Downloads: 392 […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in February #StirTopTenTheses
During February 1,111 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 12,256 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: 463 2. Towards A Novel Unified […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in January & February #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during January and February. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Peat’s secret archive: Interpreting the geochemical and palaeodust record from Scottish peat as a potential index of North Atlantic storminess and Holocene climate change. By Helena […]
Farewell Stirgate and Welcome to the New Library Catalogue
The Library Catalogue now incorporates the Stirgate journal articles database. You can choose to search only for articles, just for books or to search simultaneously for books and articles. The old Stirgate interface will disappear but you can still search its great content – just go to the Portal and select Library Catalogue . Other […]
Roses are red …….
Thanks to everyone who took the time to share the love (or maybe break up with us) the old-fashioned way. We were pleasantly surprised at the number of letters that we got. Some were fantastic love letters, although some you want to break up with us (sob). We have had some great suggestions, which we […]
Introducing LARS – Library and Archives Research Support
It has been 6 months since the Research & Scholarly Communications Team came into existence on 1 August 2016. We were set up to support a wide range of research services in a tailored focused fashion in order to support the University’s strategic ambitions to grow research income and activity. Following feedback we have decided to […]
Print system maintenance
This message applies only to the Stirling and Highland Campuses. Information Services staff will be undertaking maintenance work on the Print System early on the morning of Wednesday 22nd February. The work will commence at 06:30 and should be completed with services restored by 07:00. Interruptions to services (printing, photocopying and scanning) will be experienced […]
Nexis Newspaper Database
Access to the Nexis Newspaper database is currently unavailable due to technical issues. Nexis are working to resolve these and get the system up and running as soon as possible. Nexis provides the text of UK national and regional newspapers plus newspapers, magazines and trade press from across the world. It is an immense source of information […]
Wireless Network Service Update
**UPDATE – THIS WORK HAS BEEN CANCELLED** On Wednesday 22nd February, Information Services staff will be applying an update to the wireless network service. Whilst we expect the process to run smoothly, the service should be viewed ‘at risk’ between 0730 and 0930. Information Services