Learn about open access from an article entitled Open Access: Promises and Challenges of Scholarship in the Digital Age
Adrian Ho, the Scholarly Communication Librarian, maintains a blog on News about Research and Scholarship in the Digital Age. To continue to read about issues around Open Access visit his blog.
As of the end of April Gender Studies Database will no longer be available from the NISC interface. It is now accessible via the EBSCO interface and going forward that will be the new interface for this database. Thank you to the King's Library for purchasing this database.
With this change comes a few advantages:
- the EBSCO interface is easy to navigate
- citations are easily exported to RefWorks, EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager
- a number of other databases are accessible under EBSCO and therefore combined database searching is possible. Some databases you might want to select to search with Gender Studies Database include:
LGBT Life with Full Text
SocINDEX,
Family & Society Studies Worldwide
To conduct a multi-database search, select an EBSCO database from the Database by Title list. For example SocINDEX could be selected. When it loads, click Choose Databases found at the top of the screen. The available databases will be listed and databases can be selected by clicking the box next to the database name.To get a description of a particular database point at the 
found to the right of the database name.
Brainify is an academic social bookmarking tool, providing networking for college and university students and faculty. Use this site to collect great sites on your particular research subject and share these sites with others. With a very easy registration, you can add sites and browse other sites by subject. The database currently is small but will grow as membership grows.
Researchers can apply for a Study Room in The D.B. Weldon Library. Visit our policy document to learn all the details and to access the application form.
Walter Zimmerman and Chrisy Sich, subject librarians at The D.B. Weldon Library, will be offering RefWork Sessions in the month of March. RefWorks is a wonderful tool to help you organize and access your research resources and generate bibliographies. Plan to attend one of these sessions!Let RefWorks be your lifesaver
International Journal of Multicultural Education, a peer-reviewed open-access online journal for scholars, practitioners, and students of multicultural education, has just published its new issue. The new issue (Vol. 10, No.2) contains theme articles focusing on indigenous education.Visit the web site to review articles and items of interest.
Join in march on Saturday, February 14th, 2009
