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New resource: Journal Citation Reports
Good news! The University now has a subscription to the sector’s leading tool for assessing the impact and prestige of scholarly journals: Journal Citation Reports (otherwise known as JCR).
Based on citation data from journals indexed by Thomson Reuters, JCR calculates and reports the impact factors that are boasted of and aspired to by publishers and editors of academic journals. For researchers, they can provide a rough and ready measure of journal quality and answer the oft-asked question of “where should I publish if I want my work to have the highest impact?”.
SpringerLink migration to new platform
SpringerLink have just announced that they will be moving to a new platform on November 16th. This should not affect access to content but if you have previously set up an individual account I am afraid that you will lose it.
If you currently have an individual account please carry on reading the following letter from Springer:
British Library open days for new research students
The British Library has just announced a new set of open days for new PhD students.
Aimed at students of English, Drama, Music, History, Social Sciences, Media, Cultural Studies, Journalism, Art and Design, each subject-specific open day will introduce the wide variety of resources in the British Library’s collections.
These free sessions do get booked up quickly so act now if you would like a place.
NELSON sets sail
FAQ: What is NELSON?
NELSON is the library’s new resource discovery tool, replacing Metalib as the primary portal for accessing electronic resources.
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