ScienceDirect, which provides electronic journals for many of our subjects, will be down for maintainance on Saturday 19th September. ScienceDirect journals will be unavailable from 1pm on Saturday until 2am on Sunday.  If you have any problems accessing electronic journals on Saturday please try again on Sunday.  library@stir.ac.uk
Journal archive from Taylor & Francis
The University Library has now purchased the following journal archives from Taylor & Francis. These have been bought as they provide us with a secure archive, back to the first issue of the journal. A link to a list of the titles included is below. Details of these journals will be added to the library […]
Latest edition of IS newsletter (ISSUE) now out
The latest edition (number 77, July 2009) 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 early week beginning 3rd August.  See articles on: STORRE’s historic 1,000th item latest edition of Journal Citation Reports introducting Stirling Connect Publish or Perish […]
Stirling Connect (social networking site) goes live
Today a new service at the University launches: Stirling Connect. Stirling Connect is a social networking site for staff and students at the University. In Stirling connect you can have your own blog, share photos, share bookmarks, create groups (public and private), have a wiki, and make friends. Â Groups are a great way to […]
New and updated internet searching tutorials
Intute, the subject gateway to quality websites, has recently launched several new internet searching tutorials. These freely available tutorials guide you through the process of online research to help you locate the best of the web for your subject. Â There are new tutorials for midwifery, computer science, environment and American studies and updated tutorials […]
PhilPapers – new resource for finding online research in philosophy
PhilPapers is an index to online academic journal articles and book chapters about philosophy. It contains references from approximately 200 philosophy journals and monitors the websites of leading philosophers. PhilPapers is freely available, but if you register for an account you can receive RSS feeds of new materials in topics of interest.  See more online […]
Stirling theses to be digitised for Digi-Islam Project
Stirling University Library has been invited to be involved in the Digi-Islam project. This is a JISC funded project and the first strand aims to digitise and make available one thousand UK PhD theses from the subject area of Islamic Studies.  A review was conducted using Index to Theses of the UK and Ireland […]
Stirling Campus Library – we’ve moved!
As scheduled, the main Library building on Stirling campus is now closed to users for the duration of building works as part of the New Library Project. Â On Monday 29th June, the Library reopened its doors in its temporary location for the next year, following a short closure period to allow us to relocate […]
Stirling Campus Library closed Friday 26th – Sunday 28th June
The library will be closed from Friday 26th June to Sunday 28th June. This closure is to allow services to move into the interim library.  The interim library will open on Monday 29th June at 9am. Its entrance will be next to the Atrium Fast Food Bar.  Information on the library services during the interim (summer […]
Information Centre – reduced service on Friday 26th June due to relocation
FOR THE ATTENTION OF ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS Â As previously advertised, the Stirling Campus Library will be closed from Friday 26th June until Sunday 28th June to complete the move to the Interim library building. Â On Friday 26th June, the Information Centre will be open in a limited capacity:Â you can still contact […]