How can open access help PhD students?

This month, Library Research Services are running a series of talks on open access for PhD Students. We will look at how open access policy and practice can help you share and promote your research. There are three informal talks, one for each College. All PhD students are welcome to attend. For further details, and to sign up, please visit PROSE.

What does open access look like in Humanities and Social Sciences?

15 May, 10:00 - 11:00
Room 001, Attenborough Building

What can open access do for you? In this session we will look at the current state of open access in Humanities and Social Sciences. There will be a particular focus on tools and services that can increase the visibility and reach of your research.

What does open access look like in Science and Engineering?

24 May, 10:00 - 11:00
Room 001, Attenborough Building

The open science movement encourages scientists to make their publications, data and other research outputs openly and freely available. This supports the idea that science research should be transparent and reproducible. In this session we will look at when, how and why you might choose to make your research openly accessible to everyone. For those funded by Research Councils UK (RCUK), e.g. EPSRC, NERC or STFC, and some other funders there is a requirement for you to make your publications open access.

What does open access look like in Life Sciences?

31 May, 10:00 - 11:00
Quorn Room, 4th Floor, Charles Wilson Building

The open science movement encourages scientists to make their publications, data and other research outputs openly and freely available. This supports the idea that science and medicine research should be transparent and reproducible. In this session we will look at when, how and why you might choose to make your research openly accessible to everyone. For those funded by Research Councils UK (RCUK), e.g. MRC or BBSRC, or by COAF e.g. British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and Wellcome there is a requirement for you to make your publications open access.

How to use SNL for financial research

Following the successful demonstration of Mergent Online , we have another database for you this week: SNL . SNL is a global financial database providing news, macroeconomic data and financials and analytics of banks and insurance companies. It replaces Bankscope, the database we previously used for this area. The data in SNL would be of interest for anyone researching finance, banking or insurance. There will be two demonstrations of the new database SNL on Wednesday 22 nd February Session 1: 12.00 – 1.00 University Library IT Room 1 Session 2: 1.30 - 2.30.University Library IT Room 1 There is an opportunity to do some hands-on practice in these sessions as well receiving tailored support. If you would like to attend please contact Andrew Dunn with your details and any training requests. For more information on how to use and register for SNL follow this link: http://www2.le.ac.uk/library/fi...

You can now export multiple citations from Google Scholar

You can now export multiple citations from Google Scholar if you have a Google Account. Go to Google Scholar and sign into your Google Account. Conduct your search. Click on the Star icon (Save) under each reference you want to export. Then click on My Library in the top, right of the screen. Select all the references and click on the Export option: Click the Star/Save Icon Choose Export Option To Export into EndNote Choose the EndNote option. Open the EndNote file that is created. The references should automatically import into EndNote. To Export into RefWorks Choose the RefMan option. Save the RIS file that is created. Login to your RefWorks account. Click on the plus (+) button. Choose Import References. Add the RIS file you just saved. Set the file import option to RIS - Reference Manager. Click import and your references will be imported. --- Good Practice Tip: Always check that all the reference information you need has been...

Search Tips: Phrase Searching and Proximity Searching

Phrase searching Normally when you put two words into a database search it will find those two words anywhere in the title/abstract/keywords: It will do an AND search = diabetes AND mellitus If you want to force the database to do a phrase search then enclose it in “speech marks” “diabetes mellitus” = those words next to each other, in that order Most of the main literature databases we subscribe to at the University of Leicester support phrase searching using speech marks, as do the search engines Google and Google Scholar. However, Scopus treats phrases in "speech marks" as loose phrases, so to do an exact phrase search in Scopus use {curly brackets} around the phrase instead. Extra Tip: Make sure when typing in speech marks that you use the double speech mark symbol " rather than typing in two apostrophes. Proximity (Adjacency) Searching Finds one keyword within a specified number of words of the other, in any order: Diabetes ADJ4 “Type 2” = will find Diabetes withi...

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