We have just learned that several Historic Environment Scotland (HES) web services will be retired on 24th June 2025. This includes the following resources: SCRAN Canmore Scotland’s Places The good news is that content is being transferred to a new website trove.scot. The website is live now, though content is still being transferred from the […]
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ESTC is back!
Anyone interested in book history will be glad to know that the ESTC (English Short Title Catalogue) is available again. The catalogue hosted by the British Library had been unavailable since the cyber attack in October 2023. The ESTC is now being hosted by CERL (Consortium of European Research Libraries). The ESTC is a bibliography […]
Library support for Open Access ebook publishing
The Library is keen to support open access publishing where possible. One of the ways we do this is by contributing to a publisher’s open access book publishing programme, so that book titles can be made freely available to everyone. MIT Press Direct to Open We have participated in the MIT Press Direct to Open […]
Latest improvements to LibKey Nomad (one-click access to full-text)
LibKey Nomad is such a nifty tool for accessing library resources quickly and efficiently and now it just got even better. This is the browser extension that delivers one-click access to the full-text of library-subscribed articles, as well as any open access versions. LibKey Nomad is loaded onto all university managed computers on campus. So, […]
Goodbye Historical Texts, Hello EEBO and ECCO
At the end of July, JISC ended its support for the Historical Texts database. I am happy to report that we continue to have access to much of the content of Historical Texts in two new subscriptions: Early English Books Online (EEBO) Provided by Proquest, EEBO includes digital facsimile page images of virtually every work […]
EBSCO Databases – Training and Introduction to New Interface
Join trainer Richard Crookes from EBSCO to learn about the new interface and some brief training on using the databases. This 45 minutes online session is an ideal introduction to the new interface, gives a quick refresher on EBSCO searching and is suitable for anyone new to these databases. The new interface will appear on […]
Two policy databases on trial
The Library currently has two policy databases on trial: Policy Commons Policy Commons database includes nearly four million documents, reports and policy content from intergovernmental organisations and non-governmental organisations, think tanks, research centres, cities and other organisations working on the world’s most pressing and complex problems. Policy Commons is a single, easy-to-use source of “real […]
Using the Financial Times for Study and Research (FT.com)
We are running two training sessions next week with a trainer from FT.com These training sessions will be delivered by an expert colleague from FT.com. It will help you navigate the huge amount of information available to you through FT.com and show you how to get the most out of the resource. This will include […]
LibKey Nomad: one-click access to full-text
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that delivers one-click access to the full-text of library-subscribed articles, as well as any open access versions. Earlier in the year Information Services added LibKey Nomad to all the university managed computers on campus; on both student and staff computers. So, you may have noticed the friendly looking Nomad […]
Join us for Green week
At University of Stirling Green Week takes place every year and is an interactive week focused on sustainability, active travel, biodiversity, and waste reduction. The library has recently signed the Green Libraries Manifesto, and have joined the partnership with many other libraries to start taking action on climate today. Libraries occupy a place in the […]