Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during September. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Silence and Representation in Selected Postcolonial Texts. By Tirzah Zachariah. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24136 An Ethnographic Exploration of the Substance Use of Young People Living in Temporary Homeless Accommodation. By Jennifer […]
IDS Employment Law on Westlaw – One Month Trial
Carry out employment law research with IDS Employment Law Brief, Cases, Handbooks and Current Awareness. Everything from unfair dismissal to annual leave – key topics in employment law are all available in Westlaw during October. Select Westlaw from http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/law and click thee IDS Employment Law tab at the top. Let us know what you think about […]
New look for MLA International Bibliography
As from today the MLA International Bibliography has a new look and feel. The search interface is very similar to Stirgate, and the functionality which was available in the old MLA is still there now (e.g. searching for a literary author as a subject). The MLA International Bibliography indexes research in Literature and Language. Check it out on the […]
Maintenance on Emerald Journals Tuesday 4th October
There may be disruption to the Emerald database on Tuesday 4th October affecting the following functions: Search Alert subscriptions Activating access tokens Adding publications as favourites Any changes to ‘My Account’ and ‘Institutional Account’ E-commerce Registration
Malicious telephone calls
Please be advised that a number of staff have reported receiving telephone calls from unknown or other external numbers on their University extensions, which appear to be malicious cold-callers. Typically, the phone calls have been either accident-claim companies, or individuals claiming to be from the University IT department and/or ‘Windows Technical Support’, requesting access to […]
Stirling’s research papers for Scottish Climate Week #ScotClimateWeek
To mark Scottish Climate Week we’ve compiled a list of the climate related publications from the University of Stirling research repository: STORRE. It’s great to see the broad range of work from across the University: from papers about governance dimensions of climate and energy security to managing climate change in conservation practice to carbon dependency and […]
Cloud computing webinars in October – learn more about Box
Free online training sessions about using Box, Stirling’s cloud storage tool, are now open for booking. More information and a link to sign up can be found here. Box offers all students and staff at the University of Stirling free, unlimited cloud storage and provides anytime, anywhere and any device access to your files. […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in August #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Research Postgraduates who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during August. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Exploring the Relationships Between Mental Health and Sociostructural Inequalities. By Patrick Clark http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23938 Intricacies of Professional Learning in Health Care: The Case of Supporting Self-Management in Paediatric Diabetes. […]
Top Ten Thesis downloads in August #StirTopTenTheses
During August 1,073 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 9,668 times. The top ten downloaded theses were: Dimensions of service quality and service climate: a study of bank customers and employees in four local Malaysian banks. By Ab. Wahab, Norailis. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1297 Downloads: 340 Prior educational experiences and […]
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in August #StirTopTenPapers
During August there were 23,523 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,371 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. The Role of Creativity in Entrepreneurship. By Fillis, Ian; Rentschler, Ruth. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2518 Downloads: 304 2. Reporting medication errors and near misses. By Williamson, Sheena. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2044 Downloads: 196 3. Concepts […]