Web of Science is an integrated multidisciplinary database from Thomson Reuters covering 9300 of the highest impact research journals in the world back to 1970 which includes and allows both general and citation searching . It is updated weekly has current and retrospective coverage of the: Science Citation Index Social Sciences Citation Index Arts &…Continue Reading Research resource of the week @cityunilibrary – Web of Science
Research resource of the week @cityunilibrary – Sage Research Methods Online
Sage Research Methods Start out by doing a Quick Search from the box in the upper left of every page. Use the Advanced Search feature for creating a more targeted query. Search results will include relevant books, book chapters, dictionary and encyclopedia entries, videos, or journal articles from over 175,000 pages of renowned SAGE content in…Continue Reading Research resource of the week @cityunilibrary – Sage Research Methods Online
Erasmus visit to the Freie Universität Berlin part 3
One of the most interesting parts of my visit was presentations by the Elearning team (CeDis) who provide training, support and consultancy. They define their work into 3 areas: 1. elearning (blogs and wikis, e-examinations, educational software, social software..), 2. eresearch (E-Publishing, multimedia archives, open access.) and 3. multimedia (web publishing, AV and multimedia). The…Continue Reading Erasmus visit to the Freie Universität Berlin part 3
Erasmus visit to the Freie Universität Berlin part 2
At the Freie Universität, the Library Director met with myself and a Library trainee on placement and gave us an overview of the history, structure and projects and a tour of the main library. There are some similarities with the UK in terms of infrastructure and library systems. There are differences though in terms of…Continue Reading Erasmus visit to the Freie Universität Berlin part 2
New perspectives through Erasmus
I work as a Research Librarian at City University London Library. My role is a new one and I started working here in February 2013. I have been encouraged to go out and meet colleagues in other universities with a strong research culture to build a network and exchange ideas. I was aware of the…Continue Reading New perspectives through Erasmus
Visit to the IOE Library
I recently visited the IOE Library “The Newsam Library and Archives holds extensive collections of current and historical materials on education and related areas of social science. In addition to supporting the work of staff and students at the Institute of Education, the Library and Archives welcomes enquiries from all scholars, researchers and others in…Continue Reading Visit to the IOE Library
Visit to SOAS Library -June 2014
I visited recently SOAS to meet subject librarians to discuss experiences of researcher and subject support. The Library website is http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/ I used to work there previously and it was great to see some former colleagues when walking round. SOAS has undergone some refurbishment, particularly on the ground floor where there is now an exhibition…Continue Reading Visit to SOAS Library -June 2014
Open Access
Open Access is about making research outputs freely available on the Internet at the point of access, as opposed to a traditional publishing model which places research published online behind a subscription or paywall. Open Access takes the results of research that has already been paid for and makes it freely available online. It includes…Continue Reading Open Access
Web of Science/ Google Scholar partnership
Web of Science has now partnered with Google Scholar to make their content more discoverable. This means that you can see Google Scholar links on Web of Science. To do this, do a search, click on the title of the result and then click on Look up Full Text and this will display any Google…Continue Reading Web of Science/ Google Scholar partnership
Vitae Researcher Development website
The Vitae website is very useful for promoting the interests and development of researchers. Useful webpages include: Developing as a researcher Supporting researcher development Supervision Employability News and events are also advertised. Information about the Vitae Researcher Development Framework is here….Continue Reading Vitae Researcher Development website