Yes, you heard that right. If you’ve looked at books in the library but not borrowed them, just leave them on the desk where you have been working and we’ll put them away. Why is this important? We will return any books through our system. Each book returned like this generates a use count. This […]
Library Opening Hours – Summertime
From Friday the 19th May, the library will move to vacation hours. This means the library will close at 8pm on Fridays. There are no other changes to our opening hours. Our vacation hours are: Day Time Monday – Thursday 8:00am – 12:00 midnight Friday 8:00am – 8:00pm Saturday and Sunday 10:00am – 8:00pm
Finding an article using a DOI
There’s a new feature in LibrarySearch which allows you to search for a journal article using a DOI only. Let’s see how this works: If we don’t have access to the article, you’re taken to a page that offers Library Access Options. This takes you to LibrarySearch, where you can request the article using the […]
Things to do before you graduate – tie up Library and IT loose ends
With Summer Graduation fast approaching we’ve written a handy Library and IT checklist to help make your transition from student to graduate an easy one. 1. Email – opt-in if you want to continue to access your student email account after graduation If you would like to continue to access your University email account after […]
Urgent: Upgrade from Legacy RefWorks to the New Version
Legacy RefWorks will stop working at the end of June. If you are using Legacy RefWorks you will see an “Upgrade to the Latest RefWorks version” button and we strongly advise you upgrade soon to avoid last minute problems. Before you press the button see our guidance and important considerations prior to upgrading. If your […]
Tell us what you think about Library and IT at Stirling
Join us for our upcoming user experience event! We want to hear from you about how we can improve our services to better meet your needs. Join us to share your thoughts and ideas on our services. Come and hear about (and influence) future plans. We want to hear about your experiences with us so […]
Mastering Microsoft in May 2023
Mastering Microsoft is back!!! Are you looking to expand your skillset? Join Information Services for our month-long Microsoft 365 skills event in May 2023. Sign up for one of our training sessions SIGN UP for one (or all) of our training sessions. For more information and to book a place click on the title of the session(s) you are interested […]
Mental Health Awareness Week in the Library
Looking after our wellbeing is always important and Mental Health Awareness Week is a chance for us to highlight some of the ways we can do this. On the theme of ‘anxiety’, this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is from 15 to 21 May. A lot is happening on campus and online; check out the website […]
What can you do with your etextbook?
This might seem like a silly question, but your etextbook may offer more features than you were expecting. To be clear, when we talk about an etextbook, we mean an online course text supplied by either Kortext or BibliU. For more information see https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/ebooks, where you will find online tutorials for both Kortext and BibliU […]
International Newsstream – What do you think?
International Newsstream, including over 1,300 news sources from outside of the U.S. and Canada is available for a trial period until 3rd June 2023. It includes titles such as The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times of India. We are interested to know what you […]