Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during July. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: ‘Violence can mean a lot of things can’t it?’ An exploration of responses to harm associated with indoor sex work in Scotland. By Emma Smith http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23515 Process Algebra […]
Free online EndNote training
Free online training sessions for EndNote have been added to their ‘Training Calendar’ at:- http://endnote.com/training#calendar Dates have been posted for August, September and October. Clare Allan Research Support and Scholarly Communications
Researchers: distinguish yourself with an ORCID
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a registry of unique identifiers for researchers and scholars. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier to DISTINGUISH YOU from all other researchers, AUTOMATICALLY LINKING your professional activities. Using an ORCID ID in your research workflows will help ensure you receive credit for your work. It can also simplify manuscript […]
EndNote now on Campus
Heard about EndNote? Wondered what it is all about? Frustrated that it was not available at Stirling. Need its powerful features for your systematic review? Considered by many researchers globally to be the best reference management tool for research, EndNote is now available for download to staff and research student machines. EndNote is so much […]
Emerald’s Celebration of Sport
Emerald Publishing have highlighted a range of articles in the changing world of sporting research across the globe. The articles are available free to view even if the University does not subscribe to them. See more at Emerald.
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in July #StirTopTenPapers
During July there were 22,361 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,267 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Reporting medication errors and near misses. By Williamson, Sheena. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2044 Downloads: 246 2. The Role of Creativity in Entrepreneurship. By Fillis, Ian; Rentschler, Ruth. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2518 Downloads: 236 3. Concepts […]
Library catalogue downtime Monday 8th – Tuesday 9th August
As part of the planned upgrade to the Library Catalogue a period of downtime is required on 8th and 9th August. The following services will be unavailable from 3:30 pm on Monday 8th August until midday on Tuesday 9th August: Library catalogue Self issue and self return facilities Online book renewals via ‘My Library Record’ Article […]
Changes to RefWorks
Users of RefWorks may have noticed that when they exporting references from a database to their account they are offered a choice to use either “legacy RefWorks” or “new RefWorks”. University of Stirling staff and students should select the “legacy RefWorks” option, with the orange coloured logo. The new version of RefWorks has not […]
CLA Licence enhancement
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) licence has been revised, it is now possible to copy 10% rather than 5% of a book. This means we can make digital copies of up to 10% of a book and make that available to students via Succeed. Contact your Subject Librarian for further information. […]
New books in the Teachers’ Collection
Library staff have recently purchased about 150 new books for the Teachers’ Collection. These books are a mixture of items to support those delivering the new Scottish curriculum and include materials for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams and a selection of contemporary young adult fiction. Some of these new books are on display in the Stirling campus Library entrance area, the […]