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The Library offers several services to help you publish and disseminate your research. We can help you publish reports, journals and conference proceedings. We also support the publishing of digital collections. Research publications  The Library can help you to publish one-off reports in an open access format. See this example  from the  SAPPHIRE Group in Health Sciences .  If you want to start a new open access journal or conference proceedings, we have our own version of Open Journal Systems (OJS). This is journal management and publishing platform for academic  publications. Articles published through this system are free to any reader, and no APCs are charged to authors.  Please contact Library Research Services for more information: librarians@le.ac.uk Digital collections  Some researchers will be collecting materials as part of a project, and may want to publish them online. The Lib...

Finding University of Leicester Theses Browse the theses in your Department If you want to look at previous theses within your Department or subject then choose the 'Research Archive' search on the library homepage and search on 'your department theses' e.g. This will open the Leicester Research Archive - scroll down and you will see the Theses Collection for the Department: You can then browse the theses: If you would like to read or download a particular thesis - click on the link and scroll down to the PDF option: You will then be able to read or download the thesis unless it has an embargo in place, in which case the record will state there is an embargo: Search by keyword or author Go to the Leicester Research Archive homepage:  https://lra.le.ac.uk/ Use the search box in the top right hand corner: Finding UK Theses Try searching: EThOS - Electronic Theses Online System  which is available via the Brit...

  We have a large book collection at Leicester -  print and electronic. But we don't have everything. If you need titles that we don't have, there are three ways to get hold of books: * Don't forget to check the  Library catalogue  first * 1.     More Books     More Books  is our scheme where you can request books for the Library to buy. This can be books we don't have,  or books you think we need to have more copies of. The service is for in-print titles that are relevant for your research.  Click on  the link , login with your IT username and password, and then fill in as much of the form as you can. It is free to place a request.  We aim to respond to you within 24 hours. We can't guarantee to buy everything; but we take all suggestions seriously and use them to help plan the collections.  2.     Document Supply Sometimes it may be better to plac...

You have a reference for a journal article - how do you check whether we have access to it? Check Library Search Search for the article title in the library search on the library homepage   If the library has access to the article it should be one of the first search results:    Click on View It   Click on the link next to "Full text available at:" - this will take you to the full text of the article to read or download. I can't find it via Library Search - what next?  Check Google Scholar for an open access version Search for the article on Google Scholar. If there is an open access version available then a link or PDF link will be provided:   Don't forget that you can also link Google Scholar to library resources . It's not available via the library or Google Scholar - what next? Place a document supply request PGR/PhD students and staff are allowed 25 free document supply requests per year. The library will ...

One of the best ways to find out about new research in your field is to attend a regular research seminar. Speakers present new work before it is published, and allow the audience to ask questions and discuss their findings. Seminars are also a great way to meet new people from inside and outside the university.  There are many regular seminars at Leicester that PhD students can attend. You may already know about the one run by your department, but it is worth having a look at others, especially given the strong push for interdisciplinary research. Venturing outside your usual field can stimulate new ideas for your own research project.  Below is a list of active seminars for 2016/17. If anyone would like to be included in this list, email me (wjbf1@le.ac.uk) and I will update.   Archaeology Full program Time: Wednesdays, meet in School Foyer at 16:30.  Cardiovascular Sciences ...

Not sure what reference management or bibliographic software is? Watch our short introduction: At the University of Leicester we provide access and support for two software packages: EndNote RefWorks Both packages allow you to collect and store references, have a Word toolbar to insert citations and bibliographies and to store and annotate PDFs. Why might you prefer EndNote? It is very popular in certain subjects and you might find that your colleagues/supervisors are using it. If you wish to use the Law referencing style OSCOLA then you will need to use EndNote. If you are using a footnote style that requires short titles - EndNote can be customised better for this than RefWorks, and has a wider range of reference types. Be aware - the University license only covers the use of the EndNote desktop software on university owned computers. You can sync your desktop version with an online account to use at home, but the online account has less features than the desktop...

I had some feedback last week that searching PROSE is not the easiest way to find out what library training is on offer. We sympathise with you! An alternative is to look at the list of training on our Researchers page .  Or you can look at brand new guide to the  Postgraduate Researcher Workshop Programme   If you have any questions about the training please email Selina or myself: librarians@le.ac.uk