On the 19th of January, students of Southampton University were subjected to a hoax email. The email was spoofed to make it look like it came from the Vice Chancellor and announced exams were cancelled due to the University closing. The statements made in the email were completely false with the intention to cause disruption […]
Finding Free Articles – Open Access plugins to make it easier
A third to a half of articles have a free Open Access version, although finding them isn’t always easy – but there are now a growing number of browser extensions that can help. CORE Discovery Open Access Button Unpaywall Kopernio Google Scholar button See our handy ‘OA plugins’ guide for more details: https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/oaplugins Clare AllanSenior Research […]
Join us for #Yarnfulness
Every Wednesday from 12:30 until 1:30 the Maker Space (Level 2 of the library) is open for our weekly #Yarnfulness session. We have all the supplies that you need to start knitting or crocheting. (In fact, we have had a huge donation of wool, so plenty of beautiful colours to choose from). We even have […]
You said – We did
We take your feedback seriously. During the following few weeks, we will show some examples of changes we have introduced following student feedback. The ‘You Said We Did’ campaign highlights the impact student feedback has across the University resulting in real, student-led, change. Your feedback matters Your views and opinions are important to us. Across […]
100,000 Artworks from Paris Museums Now Freely Available
Increasing numbers of museums and galleries are making the digital versions of their paintings and other works of art freely available – many under a CC0 licence. A CC0 licence means that you can: copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking for permission. There is no legal requirement that you attribute […]
Stirling’s Top Ten most shared 2019 articles
Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Ten!! Here’s the Top Ten 2019 Stirling papers with the highest Altmetric scores showing that they have been widely shared in social media and on the web. The Altmetric “score of attention” is a weighted metric that is based on counts of mentions in […]
New laptop lending service
One of the benefits being introduced for students, as a result of the Campus Central project is a new facility, which enables students to borrow a laptop for free. Short loan (up to four hours) laptops are now available for University of Stirling students. The laptop loans machines are located on level 2 of the library, one near […]
STORRE Repository Now Recommends Useful Related Articles
We’ve added a new widget to our Open Access Repository STORRE that gives you recommendations for useful articles that are related to the article you’re looking at. All the recommended articles are free to read and can be accessed without a paywall. Thanks to our developer Mike White for his work on this! The recommended […]
#StirReFreshers2020 – Library and IT
Information Services invites you to join us for a week of events to help you hit the ground running when it comes to the Library and IT at the University of Stirling. What’s on… Essential Student Guide to Library and IT Services Learn all about the Library and IT services at Stirling including, student email, […]
Introducing: the British Library Shared Research Repository
The British Library is hosting a new online repository for research produced by its staff, as well as staff of its partner organisations: the British Museum, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), National Museums Scotland, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Tate. It’s particularly useful for research on Heritage, Archaeology, History and Art. It’s easy to search […]