ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a registry of unique identifiers for researchers and scholars. ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier to DISTINGUISH YOU from all other researchers, AUTOMATICALLY LINKING your professional activities. Using an ORCID ID in your research workflows will help ensure you receive credit for your work. It can also simplify manuscript […]
EndNote now on Campus
Heard about EndNote? Wondered what it is all about? Frustrated that it was not available at Stirling. Need its powerful features for your systematic review? Considered by many researchers globally to be the best reference management tool for research, EndNote is now available for download to staff and research student machines. EndNote is so much […]
Emerald’s Celebration of Sport
Emerald Publishing have highlighted a range of articles in the changing world of sporting research across the globe. The articles are available free to view even if the University does not subscribe to them. See more at Emerald.
Top ten papers from our Research Repository in July #StirTopTenPapers
During July there were 22,361 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 3,267 research publications. The top ten downloaded items were: 1. Reporting medication errors and near misses. By Williamson, Sheena. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2044 Downloads: 246 2. The Role of Creativity in Entrepreneurship. By Fillis, Ian; Rentschler, Ruth. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2518 Downloads: 236 3. Concepts […]
Library catalogue downtime Monday 8th – Tuesday 9th August
As part of the planned upgrade to the Library Catalogue a period of downtime is required on 8th and 9th August. The following services will be unavailable from 3:30 pm on Monday 8th August until midday on Tuesday 9th August: Library catalogue Self issue and self return facilities Online book renewals via ‘My Library Record’ Article […]
Changes to RefWorks
Users of RefWorks may have noticed that when they exporting references from a database to their account they are offered a choice to use either “legacy RefWorks” or “new RefWorks”. University of Stirling staff and students should select the “legacy RefWorks” option, with the orange coloured logo. The new version of RefWorks has not […]
CLA Licence enhancement
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) licence has been revised, it is now possible to copy 10% rather than 5% of a book. This means we can make digital copies of up to 10% of a book and make that available to students via Succeed. Contact your Subject Librarian for further information. […]
New books in the Teachers’ Collection
Library staff have recently purchased about 150 new books for the Teachers’ Collection. These books are a mixture of items to support those delivering the new Scottish curriculum and include materials for National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams and a selection of contemporary young adult fiction. Some of these new books are on display in the Stirling campus Library entrance area, the […]
Library users required – we need your feedback on the library catalogue: you get a £10 voucher for 30 mins of your time.
The library catalogue is changing this summer and we’re looking for volunteers to take part in a two-part observational usability study. You will need to be free to come to the Stirling or Highland campus library for 15 mins between 9 – 5 Mon to Fri w/c 25th July and again for 15 mins between […]
PATHFOOT COMPUTER LABS
As part of the ongoing “School Integration; Proposed Strategic Space Rationalisation” initiative the G corridor is being reconfigured and repurposed as staff office accommodation. The teaching and study pc labs have been de-commissioned and will be re-established in the Pathfoot Study Centre, rooms SC1, SC2 and adjacent mezzanine area. It is anticipated that the labs […]