Amazing fact: your JHU libraries have about 1 million e-books. They’re easy to find, because they’re all in the library catalog just like everything else we have. You do your […]
FindIt and Articles Demystified
I’m betting you’ve used FindIt before. FindIt is a great tool that lets you move from a description of an article, book chapter, or book, to the online version of […]
Journal Article Impact III: Altmetrics
Now you know how to figure out how often your journal article has been cited. Other nagging questions include: How many people read the article but didn’t cite it? And […]
Web of Science Has Changed
One tool that will tell you how many times an article has been cited, or who cited a particular article, is Web of Science. It has a new platform, so […]
ArcGIS Workshops Resume!
The Sheridan Libraries GIS and Data Services Department is resuming its popular series of workshops, “Getting Acquainted With ArcGIS.” We welcome all to attend: the curious, the besieged, the beset, frequent […]
Journal Article Impact II: How Many Citations?
Time to answer that question – how do you determine the number of times an article has been cited? Don’t forget our rules of thumb from the previous post. Also, […]
Journal Article Impact I: Rules of Thumb
Whether you’ve published 1 or 101 journal articles, you must be curious about how frequently those articles are read, shared, and cited. Later posts in this series will examine the […]
The Author’s Guild vs. Google
Last month, Google won its latest legal battle in its now eight-year-long argument with authors about scanning books, Authors Guild Inc et al v. Google Inc. The judge decided that […]
Bibliography: it’s not for the faint of heart. Part One
When you hear the word “bibliography,” what comes to mind? A dreaded assignment in an English class? The very last, incredibly annoying and frustrating thing you have to do before […]
Electronic Reserves Down Part of Friday Nov. 15
Our Electronic Reserves system is undergoing maintenance tomorrow, Friday Nov. 15th. The system is scheduled to be offline from 10am to 1pm. For more information during the outage, please contact […]