The Library now provides access to a collection of 400 digitised books from the 15th to 17th centuries. The collection covers topics from anatomy and botany to witchcraft. This resource will be of interest to anyone teaching or researching European history, the history of medicine or the history of publishing. You can access the collection via the A-Z […]
Exam period: more study space in the Library / Fair use of group study facilities
From Monday 7th May, the large rooms in the Enterprise Zone in the Stirling Campus Library will be opened up for exam study. The rooms will be furnished with extra desks and students are welcome to use the rooms for study. The 2 small rooms at the Enterprise Zone will also be open for group study […]
Studying or researching health? Free access to ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source 6th – 12th May 2012
To celebrate International Nursing Day on 12th May the Library has free access to ProQuest’s Nursing and Allied Health Source for one week. This database indexes over 1000 journal titles and can be accessed from here.
Library resources for Midwifery – International Day of the Midwife (5th May)
5th May is the International Confederation of Midwives’ International Day of the Midwife and this event gives us a good opportunity to highlight the library’s collections for midwifery. Both the Stirling and Highland campus libraries have extensive printed collections of books midwifery topics. In our Highland Campus Library these are located at the classmarks WQ, WS […]
Disruption to Library databases Sunday 6th May 2012
Due to maintenance by the supplier, several library databases will be unavailable from 3am on 6th May for up to 12 hours. The following databases will not be accessible during this period: ASSIA Aqualine ASFA Australian Education Index Biological Sciences British Education Index British Periodicals British Humanities Index Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management ERIC International Bibliography of […]
Extended library opening hours for the exam period
The Stirling campus library is now open extended opening hours for the exam period until Wednesday 30 May: Monday – Friday 08.30 – 2am Self Service from 8pm Saturday/Sunday 10.00 – 2am Self Service from 5pm
External network connectivity disruption – Tuesday 8th May, 07:30-09:00
As part of ongoing work to improve the reliability and performance of the University’s external network connection, EaStMAN – the body which provides our connectivity to JANET and the wider Internet – will be carrying out an upgrade of their infrastructure located here in Stirling. In order for us to take advantage of the […]
Staff print for Research Postgraduate students
The card readers on the new staff print MFDs (printer/copiers) read the Mifare chip in the new Mifare student cards as well as staff Smart ID cards. Research Post Grads without a staff card or a student card that has a Mifare chip, can print or copy by logging on to the MFD with their […]
Win a new iPad – fill in the IS Satisfaction Survey 2012
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. Click here to start the survey (login with your network account) or go to the portal > Succeed […]
Load balancing for Succeed
Succeed will be going load-balanced at mid-semester. Load-balancing Succeed with two servers will just about double the capacity of Succeed and make Succeed more robust as a single server crashing will not stop the system. Succeed will be down on Thursday 5th April (mid-semester week) to do the necessary work. It will probably be […]