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Our fourth Elevenses session focused on managing your researcher identities from citation services such as Scopus, Web of Science and ORCID. You can watch the 30 minute webinar (including questions) here:   Don't lose credit for your research! Our final session is in the David Wilson Library seminar room (with a cuppa and homemade cakes) or online at 11am (GMT) on: 31st July    Demonstrating your impact with the h-index Finding your h-index and understanding what it means Watch the recording   Hope to see some of you there

Our third Elevenses session introduced the principles of research data management and focused on managing and securing your valuable data. If you struggle to remember where you stored your files or end up with multiple versions of documents, then this might be the session for you! You can watch the 30 minute webinar (including questions) here:   Don't lose your research data! Our next session is in the David Wilson Library seminar room (with a cuppa and homemade cakes) or online at 11am (GMT) on: 24th July    Don't lose credit for your research! How to actively manage your researcher identities from the major citation services Watch the recording   Hope to see some of you there.

Our second Elevenses session focused on managing your research output and making your publications available through the Leicester Research Archive/LRA. If you weren't able to attend you can watch the 30 minute webinar (including questions): Managing your research output Our next session is in the David Wilson Library seminar room (with a cuppa and homemade cakes) or online at 11am on: 17th July    Don't lose your research data! Thinking about managing and securing your valuable research Watch the recording Hope to see some of you there .

We ran our first Elevenses in the Library session last Wednesday on 'Publishing the RCUK way - applying to the open access fund and other options'. If you weren't able to attend you can watch the 30 minute webinar (including questions): Publishing the RCUK way webinar   Our next session is in the David Wilson Library seminar room (with a cuppa and homemade cakes) or online at 11am on: 10th July    Managing your research output Making your publications available through the Leicester Research Archive Watch the recording Hope to see some of you there.

There has recently been an increase in research students falling prey to dodgy open access journals and being asked to pay large sums of money. Such journals can be very predatory and many are simply money-making scams. An American librarian has compiled a list of  questionable open access journals which are best avoided. Open access journals can be a great place for research students to publish but you must be sure that the publication is above board. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)  maintains a current list of open access journals, but inclusion doesn't guarantee that the journal is genuine. To be extra safe, only publish with a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association . If you need further advice please look at our information pages or contact us *See also this excellent article by Professor Pat Thomson  on establishing the provenance of journals: http://patthomson.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/dealing-with...

In 'Making information come to you (RSS)' training sessions in the last few years, one of the options we have suggested people use was Google Reader. Unfortunately Google Reader will be closed down on 1st July 2013, so we thought we would remind you of some of the alternatives: Use your University Staff Outlook email account There is automatically a RSS folder in the desktop version of Outlook. Right click on the RSS folder to Add a New Feed. You can then look at the feeds as you would an email. You can add, delete and view feeds in the desktop version of Outlook but you can only view them when using the Webmail version. Add RSS Feeds to RefWorks - see our previous post for instructions on RefWorks & RSS Want something that looks and works like Google Reader? Try The Old Reader This allows you to transfer your Google Reader feeds straight in as long as you do it by the end of June. Prefer a more visual reader? Then try Netvibes ...

On Tuesday 18th June we'll be welcoming Professor Pat Thomson (University of Nottingham) to the thesis forum. Pat will present her research on doctoral writing and look at strategies that doctoral researchers can use to help with common writing issues. These range from ways of thinking about the writing to be done, to setting up routines, to understanding the actual purposes and structures of academic writing. Come along to hear advice on ways to improve your writing. Pat will use doctoral researchers’ texts to show some common problems and suggest more authoritative alternatives. Join us on campus in the Library Seminar Room (3pm-5pm) or online via  https://connect.le.ac.uk/thesisforum18-6 Pat writes a very useful blog called 'patter' http://patthomson.wordpress.com   and has covered subjects such as publishing, research methods, planning your time, and dealing with the literature review. She also tweets as @ThomsonPat. Hope to see you next Tuesday! ...