In response to a significant number of complaints about noise from students studying in the Stirling Campus Library in the build-up to the exam period, we are going to extend the Silent Zone on Level 4 to include Level 3 also. The dates covered will be from April 27th until May 20th We hope that this will […]
Election 2015: keep up to date
Want to keep up to date with the Election? Check out http://www.scoop.it/t/election-2015 which gathers together the latest Election information, including manifestos, broadcasts and comment. The site is curated by the ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences). Helen Beardsley Senior Subject Librarian
Copyright the card game
An interesting approach to teaching the basics of copyright! You can download the game from the JORUM site http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/19369 Valerie Wells, Senior Subject Librarian.
EBSCO databases – working again. Stirgate, Business Source, PsycINFO, etc.
Update to posts below: all our EBSCO databases are working normally. We apologise for the access problems that were happening last week. We’re pleased to say they’re working normally again. Update to post below: Although, I’ve not seen any official confirmation of a fix for the EBSCO database access problems – both yesterday and today I […]
SAGE Research Methods Datasets
We have trial access to the SAGE Research Methods Datasets till the end of April. You can access the datasets from http://srmo.sagepub.com/datasets There are 46 datasets which can be downloaded and used in teaching. Valerie Wells, Senior Subject Librarian.
GoGeo iPhone App: GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Data
A new mobile app has been launched to complement GoGeo, the web-based geospatial resource discovery tool for education and research from EDINA. The app allows users to keep abreast of news and events in the geospatial sector. GoGeo Mobile is separated into a number of channels including News, Events, Jobs and Resources for […]
Trial of Sustainable Organization Library: world leading collection on sustainability
The Library currently has a trial of the Sustainable Organization Library (SOL). SOL is the world’s leading collection on sustainability and social responsibility. It supports research, teaching, practice and policy-making. The collection has around 10,000 items (book chapters, case studies and research papers) drawn from nearly 800 books, reports and journal issues. […]
Win an iPad air 2 or an Amazon voucher Fill in the annual IS Satisfaction Survey
Information Services runs an annual Satisfaction Survey to find out what our staff and students think of our services. We take the results very seriously and aim to make improvements to services based on your feedback Enter the survey by finding the email sent to you from the Information Centre with the subject line ‘Information […]
Possible network disruption in Alexander Court – Thursday 19th March, 0730-0745
Information Services staff will be carrying out some configuration work on Thursday morning to improve the resilience of the network connection to Alexander Court. The work will affect all Alexander Court Residence Blocks and the Porter’s Lodge. There will be a brief interruption to network services as data traffic from Alexander Court moves over […]
Have your say on the University’s referencing software
The University’s RefWorks contract is coming up for review – help us choose the new software by telling us what’s important to you. Whether or not you use any referencing software we would like to know your views. Please choose ONE of the survey links below: I don’t […]