7th – 13th June is Alzheimer’s Scotland’s dementia awareness week. All of the university’s libraries have collections of books and electronic resources on this topic, a full list of these resources can be seen here. In addition we have a collection of Stirling authored research about dementia available from STORRE our institutional repository. The Stirling Campus is also home […]
Trial access to The Times newspaper Digital Archive – try it out and send us your thoughts
The Library has a trial of The Times newspaper’s Digital Archive (1785 – 1985) until the end of June 2010. You can access the archive from the A-Z list of online resources. We’re keen to know what you think about this resource, please send us your comments via our blog or in an email to […]
Online access to PhD theses in Islamic Studies
Researchers working in the field of Islamic Studies now have access to almost 1000 PhD theses in digital format. These theses were previously held in 97 libraries across the UK and Ireland but are now available to all researchers via the British Library’s eTHOS service. The theses have been made available electronically as part of the ‘Digital Islam’ […]
Creating a Sustainable Library Collection
Last year, subject librarians and academic colleagues undertook a weeding exercise to ensure that all the key strengths in Library’s stock could be housed in the new building.  Since then the collection has continued to grow and further weeding will be needed as the stock is moved from the interim Library and from off-campus to the […]
New resource for finding political resources – Foreign Broadcast Information Service
The Library now has access to the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. FBIS was created by the United States Government during the Second World War and its original mission was to “monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories”. (From the […]
OPEN USER FORUM – TUESDAY 18 MAY
 Please note that there will be an Information Services Open User Forum on Tuesday 18 May, 2.00pm in Room A5, Cottrell Building, Stirling Campus.  All staff and students are welcome to attend. Come along and meet the Director of Information Services and Departmental representatives.  Tim Whalley, Teaching Fellow, Biological & Environmental Science […]
Exam tips from Information Services
The exam period at the Stirling Campus starts on 18th May. To help with revision, Information Services has created an exam tips guide which can be found at: http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/research/guides/exam.php
General election results for local constituencies
The election results for the Stirling, Ochil and South Perthshire, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey and Na H-Eileanan An Iar (Western Isles) constituencies have now been declared. To see full information about the breakdown of the votes and links to the results for other areas visit our 2010 election results website.
New resource for finding historical information
The library has recently purchased the Bibliography of British and Irish History Online. This is useful resource for anyone searching for information about the history of Britain, Ireland or the Commonwealth. It contains references to books, book chapters and journal articles. To access British and Irish History Online use the A-Z list of online resources. For […]
Open User Forum
There will be an Information Services Open User Forum on Tuesday 18 May at 2.00pm, in room A5, Cottrell Building, Stirling Campus. All are welcome. IT and Library representatives in Academic and Administrative Departments and Students’ Union representatives are especially encouraged to attend. Â The agenda will include Library Transformation Project, Bibliographic Software, WebCT Upgrade, […]