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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 […]
Library opening hours (Stirling campus) for last week of semester and vacation
The Stirling campus library opening hours for the last week of semester and the vacation period are now available on the IS website. Â Lending and Enquiry Services
New library project update newsletter now out
Information Services has released a newsletter on the New Library project which includes an update on the New Library project; information about extended library opening hours and tips to help you get the most from the Interim library service. Click here to view the newsletter  Our Facebook page is regularly updated and includes photos […]
Finding Scottish journal articles in HeinOnline
HeinOnline is a great place to look for full text articles for LLB and BA law essays, but its large size can make it difficult to find articles about Scots Law. A new feature in HeinOnline makes this much easier – you can now ask HeinOnline to only show articles published within Scotland.  To do […]
Online Threats Increase
Everyone knows how annoying it is to receive lots of Junk Email. Many people are aware how important it is to protect their online identity such as bank account numbers and passwords. However, few people have considered that the two issues can be related, or realise that their University computer account details are also valuable […]