I recently posted that there was a problem with our links to WebBridge in GoogleScholar not appearing. These Links normally open the WebBridge window that allows you to check whether Stirling has access to the full-text of the reference. I’ve now heard from our WebBridge supplier that this problem is fixed. Hurrah! I’m sorry […]
Progress on Google Scholar links to WebBridge
I recently posted that there is a problem with our links to WebBridge in GoogleScholar not appearing. There has now been some progress to report – here’s what the rep from the WebBridge supplier has told us: “Good news is that Google crawled the site map file on Saturday [12th April]. Bad news is […]
Google Scholar links to WebBridge not working
There is currently a known problem with the Library links in Google Scholar that go to WebBridge. Our WebBridge supplier, Innovative, know about this problem and they are investigating. What this means is that in Google Scholar results you will not currently see the “Univ. of Stirling Links”. These Links normally open the WebBridge […]
Network disruption at Western Isles Campus, weekend 12/13 April
The network service from our Western Isles Campus back to Stirling is provided via UHI (University of the Highlands and Islands). UHI have a planned maintenance weekend on the 12/13th of April. They expect to be carrying out network failure testing between 0900 and 1700 on Saturday 12th of April, users should expect network services […]
How to save your work safely on lab PCs – NEVER save a doc in email
There has been an increase in numbers of students losing their work on lab computers due to not saving their files correctly. Please see the guidance below: ALWAYS save your work to your home directory when using a lab computer. You will find this in ‘Computer’ as your ‘H:’ drive. On a Windows 7 […]
New policy for open access in the post-2014 Research Excellence Framework
A new open access policy for future research assessments, post REF 2014 has been announced by HEFCE and the other three UK funding bodies. The requirements apply to journal articles and conference proceedings which are accepted for publication after 1st April 2016, and do not apply to data, monographs, other long-form publications, creative or non-text […]
First World War newspaper articles
August 2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. To facilitate access to research in this field Cengage Learning have made made several newspaper articles from the period freely available online. Topics include: the prelude to war, the Western Front, keeping the Germany Army at bay, Germany’s advance, America joins the […]
RefWorks for Law Students – Wednesday 2nd April
A workshop on using RefWorks and Write-N-Cite with OSCOLA has been arranged at the request of a number of law students. No booking required. Date:Wednesday 02/04/14, Time: 1030-1230, Location: Cottrell, Room 2Y5
New from StirGate – Research Starters
Research Starters are a new feature of StirGate. They are summaries of a topic and are constructed from credible and reliable sources including Encyclopedia Britannica and reference books from Salem Press. There are approximately 60,000 Research Starters in StirGate covering topics as diverse as autism, badminton, classroom management, diabetes, global warming, monetary policy, Voltaire and Scottish law. Over […]
Leighton Library access April – May 2014
Due to staff illness, it will not be possible to fetch books from the Leighton Library in Dunblane between 16th April and mid May. If you will require a Leighton Library book during that period, please request it by 9th April at the latest. Note that many books in the Leighton Library are […]