EBSCO is a major academic database supplier, covering a wide selection of journals, trade publications and other literature in all sorts of subjects. EBSCOHost is their online platform. You’ve probably used EBSCOHost before: City Library Services subscribe to their databases for all our subjects. Find out which is best for you using our Library Guides,…Continue Reading Research Resource of the Month: EBSCOHost
ACT on ACCEPTANCE: make the REF 2021
What is Act on Acceptance? From 1st April 2018, changes to HEFCE’s open access policy require researchers to submit their work to City Research Online within 3 months of acceptance to be eligible for the next REF. As soon as you know your research will be published in a peer-reviewed journal, or conference proceedings, Act…Continue Reading ACT on ACCEPTANCE: make the REF 2021
Research Resource of the Month: Cite Them Right Online
Cite Them Right Online is a great tool that gives you quick access to reference layouts for hundreds of different source types, from journal articles to Facebook posts to financial reports – even citing dance recitals is covered! The main reference style is Harvard, but you can also find options for MLA, APA, MHRA, Vancouver…Continue Reading Research Resource of the Month: Cite Them Right Online
Research resource of the month: Westlaw UK
This month we are focusing on Westlaw UK, which is one of the major legal databases we subscribe to at City. It is a great resource for researching UK and EU case law and legislation, and for reading legal journal articles and selected practitioner texts. Here are some key benefits and highlights: Westlaw Insight (available from the…Continue Reading Research resource of the month: Westlaw UK
Research resource of the month: BrowZine
BrowZine is a great online resource that enables you to easily browse, read and monitor current journal content from CityLibrary either online or from an app on your mobile device. What are the main features of BrowZine? Search for journals by title, ISSN or subject term. Browse current and previous issues of journal collections. Create customisable bookshelves of your…Continue Reading Research resource of the month: BrowZine
ORCID: how to set up a unique researcher identifier
What is ORCID? ORCID – which stands for ‘Open Researcher and Contributor ID’ – is a system whereby researchers are given a unique digital identifier, which distinguishes them from other researchers. This can be very useful when you share the same name with other people! In addition, by using an ORCID ID during the publishing…Continue Reading ORCID: how to set up a unique researcher identifier
Research resource of the month: ProQuest RefWorks
What is ProQuest Refworks? ProQuest RefWorks is an online reference management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers at all levels gather, organise, store and share all types of information and to generate citations and bibliographies. ProQuest RefWorks can be accessed at: https://refworks.proquest.com/ You will need to click Create account the first time you use ProQuest RefWorks. You need to use…Continue Reading Research resource of the month: ProQuest RefWorks
Communicating through research
I have recently had the opportunity to conduct some research-based practice by undertaking an MA in Academic Practice dissertation in the Learning Enhancement and Development Department at City, University of London. This gave me the opportunity to combine two of my interests which are teaching/ training and conducting research. I chose a topic which is related to my…Continue Reading Communicating through research
Reflections on LILAC 2017
I was fortunate this year to have the opportunity to attend LILAC 2017 in Swansea in April. LILAC is the Librarians’ Information Literacy Annual Conference which is a 3 day event which attracts national and international delegates. There are keynotes, workshops, presentations and networking opportunities on many different aspects of information literacy. In my free time, …Continue Reading Reflections on LILAC 2017
City Graduation 2017
After a slightly challenging summer but having passed my MA in Academic Practice in October 2016, I attended my City, University of London graduation ceremony at the Barbican in January 2017. I have been fortunate to have the opportunity to take UG and PG and vocational qualifications and I have always found them a chance to learn new languages, …Continue Reading City Graduation 2017