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The new UKRI Open Access Policy and more: guidance and scenarios on publishing your research as Open Access
Read more: The new UKRI Open Access Policy and more: guidance and scenarios on publishing your research as Open AccessThe new UKRI policy on Open Access comes into effect on 1st April 2022. Detailed information is available on our UKRI Open Access Policy webpage, but the following scenarios maybe of help in highlighting some practical effects of the policy, and on publishing Open Access in general. The key changes contained in the new policy…
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Elsevier and the University of Dundee: agreement reached
Read more: Elsevier and the University of Dundee: agreement reachedAfter extensive negotiations between the UK Universities and Elsevier, facilitated by JISC, a three year (2022-24) open access transitional agreement has been achieved which will maintain read access and allows for unlimited publishing in core hybrid Science Direct, Cell Press and Lancet titles. Elsevier is the largest academic publisher, and is the one with whom…
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Scottish Universities Open Access Press
Read more: Scottish Universities Open Access PressAbout the author: Dominique Walker is the Publishing Officer for the Scottish Universities Open Access Press (SUOAP). Her role is hosted by the Library and Learning Centre LLC at the University of Dundee. Dominique’s role is a two year secondment to help with the initial launch of SUOAP. She will assist the Management and Editorial…
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Optimise your Researchfish submission
Read more: Optimise your Researchfish submissionMake the most of the Researchfish submission with tips and advice provided to us by the team at Researchfish. Tips to optimise your Researchfish submission Consider the following when working on your Researchfish submission: Connect your Researchfish account to your ORCID account to enable data to be harvested from ORCID ready to attribute in Researchfish…
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H-Index: what it is, and displaying it on your Discovery profile (or not)
Read more: H-Index: what it is, and displaying it on your Discovery profile (or not)The h-index is an author-level metric which is designed to measure both productivity and the citation impact of any publications produced. It is calculated by counting the number of publications produced, and the number of times those papers have been cited. For example, if an author has published 20 papers in total, and 10 of…
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Levelling up access to data: University of Dundee one of first in Scotland to get a SafePod
Read more: Levelling up access to data: University of Dundee one of first in Scotland to get a SafePodUniversity of Dundee SafePod now open On Friday 25th February, the Dundee SafePod situated within the Main Library was opened by Professor John Rowan, Vice-Principal for Research, Knowledge Exchange & Wider Impact. The event attendees included researchers, professional services supporting research and external partners including the Manager and the Director of the SafePod Network and…
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Elsevier and the University of Dundee
Read more: Elsevier and the University of DundeeThe University of Dundee’s current subscription to Elsevier journals is our largest, both in terms of volume and cost. We currently subscribe to 1865 journals, representing almost 20% of our expenditure on scholarly materials. As well as being widely read, researchers at Dundee publish extensively in Elsevier journals. Our current subscription agreement with Elsevier officially…
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Title not in stock? Try MoreBooks@dundee.ac.uk
Read more: Title not in stock? Try MoreBooks@dundee.ac.ukMoreBooks@dundee.ac.uk is a service for students (undergraduate, taught & research postgraduate) that encourages you to ask us to purchase books relevant to your studies which aren’t in stock (as ebooks or print) in the Library. Email us from your @dundee.ac.uk email address, with the full details of the tile required. Titles will be bought as…
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Getting Started Resources: Resources for new students (undergraduate or postgraduate)
Read more: Getting Started Resources: Resources for new students (undergraduate or postgraduate)A few resources to get you started…. 1. The Library homepage – www.dundee.ac.uk/library 2. People 3. Guides 4. Library Search 5. The Library App 6. Your online reading/resource list (for taught modules) 7. Referencing 8. Linkedinlearning