Research @ UTS:Library

Analysis, debate and news about academic journals and publishing from The Conversation.

A research tool for those interested in social media.

a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. Automatically generate bibliographies Collaborate easily with other researchers online Easily import papers from other research software Find relevant papers based on what you're reading Access your papers from anywhere online Read papers on the go, with our new iPhone app

Hi Sophie, I currently use Endnote but am thinking about switching to Mendeley. I've read that Mendeley doesn't interact as easily (i.e import references) with Library Online Catalogues /databases- have you tried it? Also, are there any copyright issues with Mendeley if I want to keep pdf's attached to all my references and share my library with users? Does it have the functionality to share just citations but not the fulltext pdf's?

Hi Sarina 1. I haven't seen any options to export references to mendeley in catalogues or databases. However they get around this by using a web bookmarking tool to bookmark and then import citation information from databases. I haven't tested this function so you may want to try it out with the databases you like to use before you give up Endnote. Here's the link to learn more: http://www.mendeley.com/import/ 2. This is a bit of a copyright minefield. You could only share someone else's copyrighted work if you have written permission from the author, or they use something like a creative commons license which allows sharing. Educational purposes only encompasses sharing a work to UTS students or staff and this sharing must occur through our DRR (http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/staff/learning-and-teaching/digital-resources-register). You can share your own materials as long as you still hold the copyright of your work and haven't signed it over to your publisher. *phew* This is why we love open access at UTS :D We have heaps of info about copyright here: http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/students/finding-information/copyright 3.You can add citations without adding a pdf. I hope that helps :D

UGS site to assist in developing researcher skills at UTS

Resources and services offered by the Library in support of researchers at UTS

This is a page of resources for researchers - like tools to save you time and make you famous!!!

Some possibly useful advice about technology trends for the next 10 years (from mid-2011).

OCLC report on supporting research at universities in the US - what researchers want and how libraries in particular might assist.

More tweeting advice

Some keen researchers could try this at UTS. We'd even be happy to help with a venue in the UTS Library.

Link to help page at Google Scholar about Citations and Setting up a Google Scholar profile.

I just saw this. Try Twendeley if you have a Twitter account and want to see it mashed with Mendeley academic data! Amazing!!!

Interesting short post from RWW about how changes to Twitter's terms of service will adversely impact on the ability of scholars to use it for their research.

A taxonomy for social network sites.

Mobile apps for use in higher education by academics and students

Open access to 690,569 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics.

Bed-time reading for those in need of ideas or stuck without direction?

Interesting blog post re the preservation of linked data: "Open data licenses do not merely permit and encourage re-use of data, they permit and encourage its preservation."

I liked this comment: "By recognizing that being expressive and engaging doesn't mean giving up clarity, we will have fulfilled the promise of visualization."