Teaching staff are invited to create a new Autumn reading list or ‘roll over’ a previous list by clicking on the ‘Reading List’ option in your Autumn 2023 Canvas module. See further guidance on the Reading Lists SharePoint site. Once you have rolled over your list and are happy with your changes (even if you […]
Legacy RefWorks is Discontinued
The older version of RefWorks is discontinued from 30th June 2023 and users no longer have access to it. If you used RefWorks in the last few months but did not upgrade your account, we have attempted to migrate it to new RefWorks for you. You should have received an email notification about this from […]
Policy Commons – On Trial until 30th June 2023
Discover nearly 4 million documents from 28,000+ organisations in more than 160 countries around the world. Includes reports and policy content from IGOs, NGOs, think tanks, research centres, cities and other organizations working on the world’s most pressing and complex problems. A single easy to use source of “real world” impacts in otherwise hard to […]
Jisc Digital Experience Insights Survey – Teaching and Professional Services Staff
The digital experience insights survey is a national survey to find out more about how you and your colleagues use technology and how this affects your teaching and professional practice. We are running this survey because we know that digital issues are important for everyone who learns and works at Stirling. The survey will ask […]
Upgrade Your RefWorks Account Before End June
Legacy RefWorks will stop working at the end of June. If you are using Legacy RefWorks you will see an “Upgrade to the Latest RefWorks version” button at the top of the screen. If you don’t upgrade soon, you will lose all your references. Before you press the button see our guidance and important considerations prior to upgrading. If […]
New exhibition from Innerpeffray Library
Founded in 1680, Innerpeffray Library was Scotland‘s first free public lending library and was used by the local community until 1968. The library is located about 20 miles from the University, and students are welcome to visit, free of charge. Discover the rare books in its diverse collection and trace the families who took the […]
Please leave books lying around in the library!
Yes, you heard that right. If you’ve looked at books in the library but not borrowed them, just leave them on the desk where you have been working and we’ll put them away. Why is this important? We will return any books through our system. Each book returned like this generates a use count. This […]
Library Opening Hours – Summertime
From Friday the 19th May, the library will move to vacation hours. This means the library will close at 8pm on Fridays. There are no other changes to our opening hours. Our vacation hours are: Day Time Monday – Thursday 8:00am – 12:00 midnight Friday 8:00am – 8:00pm Saturday and Sunday 10:00am – 8:00pm
Finding an article using a DOI
There’s a new feature in LibrarySearch which allows you to search for a journal article using a DOI only. Let’s see how this works: If we don’t have access to the article, you’re taken to a page that offers Library Access Options. This takes you to LibrarySearch, where you can request the article using the […]
Things to do before you graduate – tie up Library and IT loose ends
With Summer Graduation fast approaching we’ve written a handy Library and IT checklist to help make your transition from student to graduate an easy one. 1. Email – opt-in if you want to continue to access your student email account after graduation If you would like to continue to access your University email account after […]