Earlier today I posted that there were problems accessing many of the library’s electronic journals and databases. This was due to our authentication system, EZProxy, failing. Fortunately EZProxy is now up and working again. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. If you encounter any continued access problems, please contact the Information Centre: infocentre@stir.ac.uk […]
Problems accessing ejournals and library databases
There is currently a problem accessing many of the library’s electronic journals and databases. We are currently investigating the issue which is related to one of our authentication systems (EZProxy) failing. Unfortunately the fault prevents you connecting to the ejournal or database. We apologise for this inconvenience and will post again as soon as […]
Win an iPad Mini, Dr Dre headphones or free print credit! 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. See our article on p7 of ISSUE Dec 2013 to find out what we did in response to last […]
Google Scholar links to WebBridge working again
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 […]