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Doing Research

 

Doing Research This section provides guidance in using the information resources available to you at the University of Stirling. Please select an option from the left hand menu under 'Doing Research' or see below for more detail on the contents of each section.

  • Find Books
    Advice on the library catalogue, other library catalogues and e-books.
  • Find Journal Articles
    Finding relevant journal articles for your subject area.
  • Articles Off-campus
    Guides for accessing journal articles from different suppliers from off-campus
  • Find journals
    Finding print and electronic journals in the Libraries, locating journals at other libraries.
  • Find theses
    Finding theses by Stirling students and also theses from other institutions.
  • STORRE: Stirling Online Research Repository
    STORRE holds our most recent research theses in full text (mainly from 2006 onwards). We are working towards all of Stirling's research publications being held, and a small set of research articles are currently available.
  • Keeping up to date
    Useful methods for ensuring you keep up to date in your subject of interest.
  • Deposit your thesis
    Find out how to deposit your research thesis in STORRE: Stirling Online Research Repository.
  • Research guides by subject
    In depth guides to researching within your subject area. Includes recommended indexing databases with guides, recommended web sites and other useful hints and tips.
  • Writing References
    How to cite references. Basic guide to the two main referencing schemes: Harvard and Numeric.
  • Special Collections
    Rare books and manuscripts held by the Library
  • Reference Shelf
    A handy collection of online reference tools that are mostly freely available on the Web. Includes dictionaries, travel timetables, phone books, health, newspapers, etc.
  • Using other libraries
    Arranging access to other university libraries. Also links to other useful library catalogues including university libraries, the national libraries and public / specialist libraries.
  • Information for Researchers
    Useful Information Services information for researchers.
  • Undergraduate Dissertation
    Advice on preparing for, researching and producing your dissertation
  • Creating an academic poster using Powerpoint
    Full guide to creating an academic poster
  • Citation Analysis by Departments
    Useful guides for Departments wishing to conduct a citation analysis of their research publications.
  • Online surveys
    Information about how to build an online survey for your research purposes