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Exploring altmetrics

by crauter | Mar 17, 2016 | Events and training, Library Resources for Research, Research Impact

We are taking part in two sessions this week on the topic of altmetrics, “the creation and study of new metrics based on the Social Web for analyzing, and informing scholarship”. See the altmetrics manifesto for the original explanation and justification;...

EndNote for reference management

by crauter | Mar 9, 2016 | Events and training, Library Resources for Research

There are several good reference management tools on the market: Swansea University’s supported solution is Thomson Reuters’ product EndNote. This comes in an online version, the full desktop software, plus free iPad app. As well as storing all your...

Early European Books Online and Historical Texts

by crauter | Nov 22, 2014 | Library Resources for Research, Research News

Collections 1 – 4 of Early European Books Online, to which we recently gained access at http://eeb.chadwyck.co.uk, are a superb resource for many researchers.    They contain scanned images of over 20,000 books printed before 1700 from several major European...

Digital Public Library of America and Europeana

by crauter | Nov 7, 2014 | Library Resources for Research

Oranguatans sipping tea (an image in Europeana)    CC BY from the Wellcome Library The online Digital Public Library of America, set up last year, can be of value in many fields of research. It enables us to search and view millions of items within America’s research...

IEEE Xplore: What’s new, tips and tricks

by crauter | Nov 6, 2014 | Events and training, Library Resources for Research

The IEEE will be running an IEEE Xplore session at Swansea University on Tuesday 18th November 2014. The session will provide an overview of the IEEE Xplore platform, including search tips and tricks, what’s new, personalisation options and much more about:...

Changes to the Research Professional login

by crauter | Oct 29, 2014 | Library Resources for Research, Research Funding

You can now login to Research Professional using your normal Swansea University username & password. To login to Research Professional using your university account:  Open researchprofessional.com  Click login at the top right hand side of the screen  On the next...
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