The Student Services Hub team are joining UniDesk. UniDesk is your first point of call for a wide range of student enquiries such as Library, IT and now the Student Services Hub. You might want to ask questions about: Ask the Library The Library, the Library Catalogue, your Library Record, Research Guides, A-Z Online Resources, […]
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 […]
Chrome OneClass Extension – DO NOT USE
If you receive an email from a fellow Stirling student along the lines of: “Hey guys, I just found some really helpful notes for the upcoming exams for <University Name> courses at https://oneclass.com/s/signup. I highly recommend signing up for an account now that way your first download is free!” Do not install the advertised OneClass […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in October #StirTopTenPapers
During October there were 33,266 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,629 research publications. The top ten downloaded items 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: 628 2. Reporting medication errors and near […]
Turnitin Digital Receipts
Turnitin have advised us that their engineers are investigating the issue with receiving digital receipts for Turnitin assignments. If you are worried you can download a copy of your digital receipt by following these instructions: 1. Navigate to the assignment in Succeed. 2. Click View/Complete. 3. Click on the grey square download button (next to the […]
Coming soon – new look library catalogue and changes to StirGate
A new look for the library catalogue will be launched on 1st December 2016. The upgraded catalogue will offer an increased number of ways to explore the library’s printed and electronic collections. It will be possible to search for printed books, electronic books, printed journals, electronic articles and much more from one simple search box. New […]
Stirling theses digitised from microfilm by British Library EThOS service
We have been working with EThOS on a pilot project to digitise older University of Stirling theses that are part of the British Library’s microfilm collection of UK PhD theses. The microfilm copies were created over many years as part of the pre-EThOS British Thesis Service, and were used to supply thesis loans and […]
Stirling’s #DataSTORRE invited to join SHARE @SHARE_research
We’re delighted to have been invited by SHARE to add DataSTORRE to their list of metadata providers. DataSTORRE is our online digital repository of multi-disciplinary research datasets produced at the University of Stirling. SHARE is a collaboration between the North American Association of Research Libraries and the Center for Open Science to map […]
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 […]
Introducing the new Office 365 App Launcher
You may have noticed that your student email (Office 365) has changed recently. Microsoft have made some changes and there is now a newer version of the Office 365 app launcher. You should find it easier to find recently used apps, and there are additional customisation options. You can access the new features by clicking […]