Category Archives: research

Springer 2024 e-books and protocols update

Our Library’s ebook collections have been further enhanced this year with more than 10,000 new ebooks from the following Springer collections. These are largely frontfile additions for 2024. Many more 2024 titles will continue to be released and become available up … Continue reading

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Springer 2023 e-books and protocols update

Our Library’s ebook collections have been further enhanced this year with c18,000 new ebooks from the following Springer collections. These are largely frontfile additions for 2023. Many more 2023 titles will continue to be released and become available up until the … Continue reading

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#eBookSOS: Fact and Fiction from the Full-Text Frontline

We’ve all been there. Deadline looming, haven’t done the reading, scrolling through the library catalogue in the hope of finding something in electronic format to avoid making the long trek to the library. Only the text isn’t available as an … Continue reading

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International Open Access Week 2022

“Open Access to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry … Continue reading

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Springer 2022 e-books and protocols update

Our Library’s ebook collections have been further enhanced this year with c17,000 new ebooks from the following Springer collections. These are largely frontfile additions for 2022. Many more 2022 titles will continue to be released and become available up until the … Continue reading

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Accessing restricted datasets using the Library’s SafePod

In March of this year we were proud to launch our new SafePod, a new facility for research that allows access to restricted datasets from within the Library. Research Culture week provides a welcome opportunity to take a closer look … Continue reading

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Springer 2021 e-books and protocols update

Our Library’s ebook collections have been further enhanced this year with more than 7,300 new ebooks from the following Springer collections. These are largely frontfile additions for 2021. Many more 2021 titles will continue to be released and become available up until … Continue reading

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Cabell’s Predatory Reports: new subscription

The Library now provides access to Cabell’s Predatory Reports, a searchable database for identifying potentially predatory, deceptive and fraudulent journals using Cabell’s criteria such as peer review, integrity and publication practices. Find Cabell’s on the Library Catalogue and linked from … Continue reading

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Help for researchers: evidencing your strengths and developing your publishing strategy

Lorraine Whitmarsh and Stijn Wuyts from our Departments of Psychology and Physics have recently been named as two of the world’s most influential researchers by the Web of Science. Their Highly Cited Researchers 2020 List aims to identify the world’s … Continue reading

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Fancy a game of research data?

Alex Ball, Research Data Librarian (Systems), would like to tell you about the launch of the Research Data Management Adventure, a text adventure that might just help you manage your research data a little better. I want to talk to … Continue reading

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