For Open Access week, the Registry of Open Access Repositories has launched an animated world map that gives a dynamic overview of Open Access across the globe. Â Picking one recent deposit at a time, the animated map cycles around the world’s repositories showing a description of the deposit itself, together with a description and thumbnail […]
Portal downtime, Thursday 14th October
Due to essential maintenance, The Portal will be unavailable from 1pm tomorrow (Thursday 14th Oct). It is hoped that downtime can be limited to about one hour. This will affect the majority of online Student and Staff portal services. However, WebCT and access to library resources will still be available to all students […]
Winner of 2010 Man Booker Prize announced
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson has won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for fiction. The Stirling Campus Library has copies of the previous winners of this prize and a list can be viewed here. The Finkler Question is on order for the Stirling Campus Library, in the meantime you can borrow Howard Jacobson’s first novel If you are interested […]
Student Print queues and prices
There may be some disruption to the Stirling Campus Student Print Service on Wednesday afternoon between 3pm and 4pm. The names of student print dissertation queues will be changed and new colour print queues will be introduced. The dissertation queues which are for better quality colour and paper will begin with \\Alvie\dissertation and then […]
ZETOC – 10 years of keeping researchers up to date
ZETOC (the British Library’s Table of Contents alerting service) is ten years old this Autumn. This multidisciplinary search tool offers a current awareness service for researchers and is a useful way to keep up to date with what is being published in your field. ZETOC Alert allows you to register your topics of interest, or a list of your […]
Scam/phishing emails – be careful with your network account
There has recently been an increase in ‘phishing’ emails sent to University email accounts. These emails simulate formal University emails and attempt to deceive you into revealing your University username and password. Â Some of the more recent examples include emails notifying you that your mailbox is full and inviting you to click on a […]
Last few days to win an iPod Nano from Emerald
Want to win an iPod Nano? To enter the prize draw only for Stirling University Students, use Emerald e-journals and answer a few questions in the Emerald quiz . Emerald can be accessed via the University Portal from the A-Z Online Resources.  It includes 110 journals on marketing,  management, business,  human resources and other subjects.
Latest edition of ISSUE (IS newsletter) now out
The latest edition (number 82, October 2010) of the Information Services newsletter, ISSUE, is now available on the IS web site at:  http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/aboutis/issue.php  Printed copies will be available later this week.  Steve Boulton ISSUE Editor Academic Liaison and Development Information Services (01786) 466883 steven.boulton@stir.ac.uk
Looking for academic journal articles about the financial crisis?
Routledge publishing have compiled 65 free academic journal articles about the causes and impacts of the financial crisis. There are eight categories of article: causes of the financial crisis, financial crisis impact and management, regional focus on the financial crisis, learning from the financial crisis, the financial crisis as a crisis of capitalism, opportunities emerging from […]
Want to win a £50 book token?
To be in with a chance of winning try out the treasure hunt in the Stirling Campus Library. Pick up an entry form and the first clue from the Reception Desk at the entrance. Solve the clue on the first card and then move on the next location to get the next clue. There are 14 […]