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Students in library

Information Services offers a wide range of services in support of learning, teaching and research. Our staff and students all benefit from:

The Library and its resources

Located at the heart of the University campus, our library offers a versatile space for students, staff and researchers to thrive in. Facilities and services include:

  • Print collection of over 300,000 titles.
  • Ten bookable study rooms.
  • Two dedicated training labs.
  • Maker Space - (offering 3D scanning, printing and a place to learn coding basics).
  • Open study spaces with beautiful views and study spaces with computers.
  • Wi-Fi throughout the building and campus.
  • Information Centre to help you use the library builing and IT facilities.

More facilities and services

Wide view of the library

Library e-resources

Core set of library journal databases, hundreds of thousands of e-journal articles and e-books, Document Delivery and Article Request service for obtaining resources from around the world. See more in our A-Z, library catalogue and subject Research Guides. 

Student studying in library

Study Zone

24/7 study space just next to the Library entrance, as well as loads of flexible study spaces including group study, individual study desk, PCs, printers and more. Find out more about our range of study spaces. 

students in study pod

Archives and special collections

Visit our archives and special collections pages, which provide information about the contents of our collections and details of how to access and consult material in our archives reading room. The archives are open to university staff and students, researchers and members of the public.

IT services for staff and students

Staff and students have access to a variety of IT resources in support of learning and teaching, including: 

  • The University portal – gateway to the university’s main IT services including staff and student email (Office365).
  • Our learning management system, Canvas. There is usually a Canvas space for each module which only students taking that module have access to. They can find essential resources for the module, electronic reading lists, assignments, inter-course chat/emails and much more.
  • Software for study – the University subscribes to Microsoft Office 365. All staff and students can benefit from the option to download a free copy of the Office software suite and access the Office365 product suite. The University can also supply some other software packages free to staff and students depending on our licensing.
  • Wi-Fi is available throughout the entire campus and all of the University owned Halls of Residence. We use eduroam which can also allow our staff/students to access Wi-Fi at other participating eduroam institutions worldwide. A public Wi-Fi service is also available for visitors.
  • Computing labs – IS supports a number of teaching and open access study labs in the main teaching buildings.  These include AV facilities for teaching purposes, lab PCs with standard software available, print/copy/scanning facilities.
researchers in lab

Services for Researchers

IS has its own Research team who help and advise researchers in the use of the University’s research systems. These include:

  • Stirling Online Research Repository – an Open Access Repository that makes copies of Stirling's research publications freely available on the web.
  • DataSTORRE – our online digital repository of multi-disciplinary research datasets produced at UoS.
  • Postgraduate Research Zone in the Library building – private study and meeting space for PGR students.
  • Advice on Open Access, University policies around Research data.
More info for researchers

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