We have organised another programme of “Research Bites” over the summer for researchers. All sessions take place at 12.30 to 1.30pm and tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. To book the sessions sign up through Succeed and select Learning and Development: My Learning course. Select Researchers’ Development Programme &; the Researchers’ Forum. Then select […]
Stirling research theses added to STORRE in May
We had an incredible bumper crop of theses being added to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during the month of May. Congratulations to all those who have successfully completed their doctorates! A critical study of international higher education development: capital, capability, and a dialogical proposal for academic freedom as a responsibility. By […]
Write-N-Cite for Researchers
Date: Wednesday 11 June 2014 Time: 12.30 – 13.30 Location: Library Training Room 1 This workshop focuses on the use of the Write-N-Cite plug-in for Microsoft Word to help you manage your in-text citations and automatically produce your bibliography within Word. It is assumed that you already have some basic knowledge of using RefWorks. Sign […]
Library opening hours for the vacation period
From Thursday 29th May, the Stirling campus Library will revert to vacation opening hours as follows: Mon – Thurs 08:00 – 20:00 Friday 08:00 – 17:00 Sat & Sun 10:00 – 17:00 The Information Centre desks are open: IT enquiries: Mon-Thurs 09.00-20.00, Fridays 09.00-17.00, weekends 11.00-17.00 Lending enquiries: Mon-Thurs […]
Security risk: Change your Web of Science personal password
Thomson Reuters, the producers of the Web of Science platform, have recommended that you should change your password if you have registered with your own personalised account on any of their services. (Note you do not need to take any action if you simply access Web of Science via the University Portal. This change […]
Copyright Changes ‘Need-to-Know’ Webinar for Teaching Staff
JISClegal are running 20 minute webinar sessions on Copyright changes due next month. These will focus on the implications for teaching and learning. JISClegal staff will be available afterwords for live chat question and answers using Blackboard Collaborate. See JISClegal for further details. There is no need to register or book to join a session […]
Get your students ready for the autumn semester by sending your reading list to the library now!
We use the ASPIRE reading list software to produce resource lists where references are linked directly to the library catalogue so students can immediately check if a book is available. The software allows us to create direct links to e-journals and web resources so student can get to their reading with just a couple […]
About to graduate? 5 things you’ll wish you’d done before your graduation
First of all congratulations on your impending graduation! Here are some useful tips from Information Services on things you should do before you graduate. You can save yourself a lot of hassle by following these instructions before you graduate (your network account will be disabled on the night of your graduation so you will not […]
Growth of STORRE boosted by University’s RMS
STORRE, the University’s Open Access repository for our research publications, has been growing steadily over the last few years. But a recent graph produced by OpenDOAR (a directory of academic open access repositories) has provided a wonderful visual display of how the launch of the University’s Research Management System (RMS) in 2012 has given a […]
New multi-media resources
Two new multi-media collections have recently become available: The British Pathé Collection and the London Broadcasting Company / Independent Radio News Audio Archive. The British Pathé Collection contains 85,000 historic films which cover the period 1896-1976. The collection is varied, but is particularly strong in its coverage of the First and Second World Wars. This […]