JSTOR have announced that journal content published before 1923 in the United States and before 1870 elsewhere is to be made freely available online to anyone, anywhere in the world. This content covers many disciplines including arts, humanities, politics, economics, mathematics, botany, ecology, law and sociology. Almost half a million articles from over 200 journals […]
Succeed: Performance Issues this morning
Apologies for the difficulties in accessing Succeed this morning. There was a fault which required the system to be totally re-configured. This was completed at midday, and the system re-started. This has resolved the original problem, but due to the large number of users the system will continue to run a little slowly. Â We […]
Getting started with the Library – workshops for new students
Using a University Library for the first time can be a daunting prospect. To help new students find their way around the Stirling Campus Library Information Services is offering a series of workshops at the beginning of the autumn semester. There is no need to book a place, simply turn up and bring your reading […]
Access to modules in Succeed (formerly WebCT)
WebCT has been upgraded over the summer to Succeed. Your modules will now be available in Succeed. Â Most of the modules will become visible on Monday 12th September assuming you have completed administrative and academic enrolment. For first years your modules will appear on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th September again assuming you have […]
Web of Knowledge has a new look!
Web of Knowledge and all of the databases on that platform: BIOSIS, Web of Science, and MEDLINE, have some new features as well as a new look. Thomson Reuters are running webinars to introduce the new features. Register for a webninar here. The webinars will each last about 1 hour. Here are the dates and times: […]
Succeed – eLearning forum (9th September)
Come along to the eLearning forum and learn about some of the features that Succeed offers to support your teaching. In particular:Â Wikis, Blogs and Personal Learning Environments (Succeed – Campus Pack) Succeed Campus Pack offers easy to use and set up Web 2.0 tools in our learning environment. Campus Pack includes a range of […]
September Succeed Training for staff
Further training has been arranged for Succeed at the start of September. The dates are shown below. (All the sessions are in training room 2 (level 4) in the library)  Friday 2 September 2-5pm Tuesday 6 September 10-1pm Thursday 8 September 10-1pm  For Pathfoot based staff we are offering the date (location to […]
Advice for staff on preparing for the upgrade to Windows 7/Office 2010
Information Services is undertaking the upgrading of the vast majority of staff PCs to Windows 7 and Office 2010 over the vacation period. Â We have prepared a number of guides to help staff prepare for the upgrade and also some FAQs on the obvious changes / new features in Windows 7 and Office 2010. […]
New look for our education databases for the new academic year
Information Services is pleased to announce the launch of a new interface for our databases for education: the British Education Index (BEI), the Australian Education Index (AEI) and ERIC (Educational Resources Information Centre). These databases are available from the A-Z List of Online Resources.   The new interface offers direct exporting to RefWorks, quick limits […]
Maintenance affecting web services
Systems and Network Services will be performing some essential hardware maintenance on Saturday 27th August 2011 which will cause disruption to the following web services from 9.00am: <ul All University Divisional web sites Stirling Online Research Repository (STORRE) (old) WebCT The University Core web site (www.stir.ac.uk), the Portal, and the new Succeed service […]