To help students with their dissertations this semester, a new web site has been set up. Topics covered include: finding and obtaining information for dissertation research, writing up the dissertation document and the final printing of the dissertation. The web site can be found at: http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/dissertation/index.php    Â
Join the conversation – follow Information Services on Twitter
Keep up to date with the latest news from Information Services by following us on Twitter, we are isstirling. Our most recent updates will appear on the IS homepage and we will be using Twitter to keep you informed about the new library project, IT issues, new electronic resources and much more. Sarah Kevill Subject Librarian
Using Social Bookmarking: Delicious Example
If you have ever lost track of a useful webpage or forgotten how you found that perfect site, a tool that bookmarks your web links might be what you need.   Delicious is a social bookmarking site, which means you create an account (it is free to register with Delicious) where you can list, share and organise your […]
ScienceDirect is up and running again
Following problems with access yesterday, ScienceDirect is again available through the A-Z list of online resources. Â Elizabeth Andrews Subject Librarian
ScienceDirect is down
Following maintenance at the weekend, ScienceDirect is not yet available. For more information, please contact the Information Centre: infocentre@stir.ac.uk or the Library Help Desk: library@stir.ac.uk. Elizabeth Andrews Subject Librarian
ScienceDirect down for maintenance this weekend
ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 12 hours from 1:00PM GMT Saturday, 23 January to 1:00AM GMT Sunday, 24 January.
More journals in the SHEDL
Berg, Edinburgh University Press, and Oxford Univeristy Press have all finalised negotiations with SHEDL (Scottish Higher Education Digital Library). This will give the University access to many of the journals produced by these publishers at a very small additional cost, and in the case of Berg no cost at all, as we currently do not subscribe […]
Teaching Staff: Why the Library Needs ALL of Your Reading Lists
Tell us what you want your students to read so we can make it available in the Library. We need all of your reading lists not just your TalisList electronic reading lists. Email us your reading lists for Spring Semester 2010 by Friday 22nd January 2010. Â Â Â We will strive to make the […]
Stirling uni in the snow – freezing but we’re still open!
January 2009 – some photos of the frozen campus on a slide around (not on!) the loch. Photos taken with a camera phone. Â Â
Working from home without having to leave your work PC switched on
If working from home over the holiday period there are various methods of accessing the services you need. It is possible to access your work PC and use it from home using Remote Desktop – see our article on this. However you only need Remote Desktop if you need to use applications which you can’t […]