Did you know that the librar has an area for postgraduate students to study in? It’s on level 7 and is open to all of you doing:
Masters by Coursework
Masters by Research
PhD
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Archive for the ‘researchers’ Category
24 Mar
FOR INFORMATION: RESEARCHERS CENTRE ACCESS
24 Mar
No Brief Candle: Reconceiving Research Libraries for the 21st Century
Something for the library students & those interested in libraries & research:
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub142/pub142.pdf
In the winter of 2008, the Council on Library and Information Services (CLIR) convened a group of 25 leading librarians, publishers, faculty members, and information technology specialists to look into the following question: “How should we be rethinking the research library in a swiftly [...]
24 Mar
British theses online (EThOS)
http://ethos.bl.uk
• Improving research theses access to those who need it
• Improving post graduate research knowledge transfer to students
• Creating a one stop electronic shop for all UK Theses
• Promoting UK Higher Education post graduate research to the world
• Contributing to the global knowledge pool
You will need to register first [...]
23 Mar
ScienceWatch.com : Annual ranking of the Top 20 countries according to research output and citation performance
In this seventh annual ranking from ScienceWatch.com, countries are ranked according to research output and citation performance using data from Essential Science Indicators.
(Remember QUT Library provides access to Essential Science Indicators via the QUT Library databases page.)
The analysis, reflecting all fields of science, is based on papers published and cited between January 1998 and August [...]
23 Mar
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on the Web : New Functionality Now Available
The new functionality, listed below, found in the latest release of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) on the Web attempts to solve the problem of inappropriate use of Impact Factor values.
Five-Year Impact Factor : Gives a broader range of citation activity for a more informative snapshot over time.
For journals in subjects where citation activity continues to [...]
23 Mar
Web of Science : Enhanced Searching Capabilities Now Available
In Web of Science one can now search by Funding Agency (e.g., NHMRC) or Grant Number. You will also see when you look at an individual record there is information about the Funding Agency and/or Grant Number if applicable.
If you do a search then you can refine results (column on left-hand side) and select Institutions. [...]
22 Dec
ticTOCs Journal of Tables of Contents Service
ticTOCs, available at http://www.tictocs.ac.uk, is a new scholarly journal tables of contents (TOCs) service. It’s free, it’s easy to use, and it provides access to the most recent tables of contents of over 11,000 scholarly journals from more than 420 publishers. It helps scholars, researchers, academics and anyone else keep up-to-date with what’s [...]
10 Dec
QUT ePrints : Citation rate boost
In early 2005 Professor Ray Frost began uploading postprint versions of his journal articles to QUT ePrints at http://eprints.qut.edu.au. When he saw how frequently they were being accessed, he uploaded some of his older publications (from 2000-2004) and now has over 350 of his publications in the repository. Professor Frost says he has found [...]
10 Dec
QUT ePrints : Updated Version
QUT ePrints has released an updated version of their website.
There are a number of benefits including:
the ability to import information via a DOI or EndNote record, which will save time
a cleaner user interface
saved searches: get updates on new additions based on your search terms
contextual help throughout the input forms
QUT Login integration.
For more information about this [...]
30 Oct
Citation Impact Center Blog
The Citation Impact Center Blog provides thought-provoking commentary and lively discussion about important topics in scholarly research evaluation. Registration will enable you to comment on the articles and to customize your preferences.
