He said: "It would be great if we could bring one or two in over the next week, enabling us to get more settled as quickly as possible.
"I don't want to be sitting in October still having pieces missing."
Sturrock is chasing permanent signings, as well as trying to borrow players from Premier League clubs.
He said: "I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face as far as loan signings are concerned.
"I have had great benefits in the past, at any football club I have been at, with loan players.
"It would be nice to think we could reap the benefits of that again.
"But there are also one or two others who I would like to bring in that would be permanent deals."
Sturrock added: "I still feel we have certain areas of the squad we have got to bolster."