I recently attended the Learning at City conference and was offered the opportunity to present a poster. This was the first time that I have produced a poster so thought I would share some tips. I found it enjoyable, a opportunity to be creative, a talking point and delegates at the conference asked interesting questions…Continue Reading Designing a poster for the first time
What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in May?
With the end of the academic year and the holidays approaching, CRO still witness a steady flow of papers being deposited by researchers in May. The figures are detailed below: The number of total downloads from CRO overall is steadily creeping towards 2.5 million, indicating a high level of interest in the research outputs of…Continue Reading What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in May?
Read for Research scheme at CityLibrary
Since 2013, we have been offering a patron driven acquisition scheme called Read for Research based on the research interests of our research students, early career researchers and staff doing research at CityLibrary. So far we have purchased 1700 print books and 260 e-books through the scheme. Very popular across disciplines in the University. The…Continue Reading Read for Research scheme at CityLibrary
What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in April?
A steady continuation of uploads to CRO means that we now have over 14,000 research items available for download, or request, in our open access repository. Our infographic below provides full details of activity taking place in April 2019. Although the majority of visitors are based in the UK and USA, researchers from 169…Continue Reading What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in April?
How to recognise an ‘Accepted Manuscript’
With an increase in the number of policies requiring academics to deposit their ‘accepted manuscripts’ in repositories such as City Research Online (CRO), the library Publications Team has designed a quick and easy graphic guide to help you recognise which version is the ‘accepted manuscript’: The ‘accepted manuscript’, or ‘Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM), is the…Continue Reading How to recognise an ‘Accepted Manuscript’
Citing and referencing tools
A question I am sometimes asked is what is the difference between Cite Them Right, ProQuest Refworks and Cite this in Word (also known as Write N Cite)? These products have similar names but in reality they have different purposes. My advice would be start with the concepts of citing and referencing and understand these…Continue Reading Citing and referencing tools
What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in March?
March has seen a buzz of activity in CRO, with 190 new research publications being uploaded from across the university. These new additions bring the total number of City’s research outputs available for download or request to nearly 14,000. The infographic below details a breakdown of upload and download figures for the month. Over 20,000…Continue Reading What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in March?
Research Resource of the Month: Medline Complete
Compiled by the United States National Library of Medicine, Medline is recognised as one of the premier bibliographic databases providing access to journal articles covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, the health care system and general health care disciplines. It also covers literature in biology and biochemistry. Medline Complete is a version of Medline available from EBSCOhost….Continue Reading Research Resource of the Month: Medline Complete
Project Euclid
Project Euclid is an online publishing service driven by libraries, publishers and academics in the fields of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. It offers access to a growing platform of high-quality, peer-reviewed journals, books and conference proceedings. New features include: Improved searching, citation exports, publisher landing pages, mobile optimisation, e-mail alerts, and access…Continue Reading Project Euclid