UoS Library for Researchers

uoslibsure: New research in SURE 7th - 9th May 2013

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:49:18 +0100

uoslibsure: New research in SURE 7th - 9th May 2013:

Short week this week, but still plenty of new research:

Galani, Areti and Moschovi, Alexandra (2015) Other People’s (Hi)stories: Bringing Public-Generated Photography into the Contemporary Museum. In: PHOTOGRAPHY, HISTORY, DIFFERENCE. Interfaces series . Dartmouth College Press,…

uoslibsure: The latest additions to SURE (29th April - 3rd May 2013)

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:11:38 +0100

uoslibsure: The latest additions to SURE (29th April - 3rd May 2013):

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Here are the research outputs deposited in the repository this week:

Warrender, Robert, Tindle, John and Nelson, David (2013) Development of a Virtual Cluster. In: The 2013 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation, 1 - 5 Jul 2013, Helsinki, Finland. (In…

Research Professional

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:52:00 +0100

Research Professional keeps you up to date with research at the University of Sunderland and gives you access to:

-An intuitive interface to browse for research funding
- Shared resources, allowing you to benefit from saved searches and folders of bookmarked items created for you by your administrators.
- Powerful search tools to help you find exactly the funding opportunities and news articles that interest you.

You can also register to create a personal profile and join the University of Sunderland group on to receive news alerts, research publications and magazines from your institution.

uoslibsure: New additions to our repository this week (15 - 19 April 2013)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:08:57 +0100

uoslibsure: New additions to our repository this week (15 - 19 April 2013):

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Smith, Angela and Higgins, Michael (2013) “My husband, my hero”: selling the political spouses in the 2010 general election. Journal of Political Marketing, 12 (2-3). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1537-7857 print/ 1537-7865 online (In Press)

Javaheri, H, Elkordy, Amal and Carter, Paul (2013)

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:08:23 +0100

A guide to open educational resources : JISC

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:37:10 +0100

A guide to open educational resources : JISC :

uoslibraryeducation:

JISC releases basic guide for those wanting an introduction to what open educational resources are, how to find and reuse them. there is also a helpful timeline of the development of OER a directory of useful, links to definitions of OER websites and some great case studies of examples of the benefits of OER materials taken from UK HE very inspirational!

From www.jisc.ac.uk

A guide to open educational resources

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/programmerelated/2013/Openeducationalresources.aspx

Computing and Engineering Blog: ACM: Learning Center

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:36:23 +0100

Computing and Engineering Blog: ACM: Learning Center:

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The Association for Computing Machinery has excellent information resources and events for staff and students in the subject area of computing and engineering on their Learning Center webpage :

The latest Learning Webinar from the ACM Learning Center is on the subject of Engineering Software…

A masterclass from Emma Gillaspy at Vitae in using Social Media...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:34:00 +0100

A masterclass from Emma Gillaspy at Vitae in using Social Media to work collaboratively. Click on the picture to view Emma’s presentation.

Defeat self-sabotage of your research by following these...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:21:00 +0100

Defeat self-sabotage of your research by following these tips.

Click on the picture to read and avoid the pain!

Health Sciences & Well-being Research Beacon seminar

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:51:00 +0100

The next seminar of the Health Sciences and Well-being research beacon Spring series will take place on:

Friday 19 April 2013 at 12.30pm
Pasteur 022, Sciences Complex, City Campus

“The physiology of intermittent exercise with special reference to football”

Dr Paul Bradley, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Sunderland

MethodSpace - A place for researchers to make sense of methodology

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:47:00 +0000

An online space to discuss all things methodological.

Ask questions on the forums; Discuss your researchers with others in your field; Blog about your latest research methods activities.

Click on the picture to sign up and connect.

University of Sunderland Library Culture: Latest research news from the Department of Culture

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:17:24 +0000

University of Sunderland Library Culture: Latest research news from the Department of Culture:

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A great news round up of some exciting events to be held during March for Culture research is available now on their blog. Angela Smith and David Fallon, lecturers in English are delivering papers and talks at Newcastle University this month while PhD TESOL student Fathi Agill will be…

Department of Culture Research blog

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:10:58 +0000

Keep up to date with all the latest research from the Department of Culture

Want to access other University Libraries in the UK? Apply online to join the Sconul Access Scheme (it's free)

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:33:55 +0000

Want to access other University Libraries in the UK? Apply online to join the Sconul Access Scheme (it's free):

uoslibmedia:

Is there another University Library nearer to where you live than either of the University of Sunderland’s libraries? (whether Murray Library, St Peter’s Library or our London Campus Library). Perhaps you would like to access a library in the holidays if you travel home, visit…

Off Campus Library Services: PhD Theses now in SURE

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:03:42 +0000

Off Campus Library Services: PhD Theses now in SURE:

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It’s been a long time coming, but I’m happy to announce that SURE will now archive PhD theses completed at the University of Sunderland.

The first thesis to be added was Nicholas Cope’s Northern Industrial Scratch: The History and Contexts of a…

Open Grey enables access to 700000 bibliographical references of...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:24:09 +0000

Open Grey enables access to 700000 bibliographical references of grey literature. Produced in Europe and allowing you to export records and locate the documents, examples of grey literature include technical or research reports, doctoral dissertations, some conference papers, some official publications, and much more.

uoslibsure: After Finch: Gold v Green, and the OA Debate

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:28:55 +0000

uoslibsure: After Finch: Gold v Green, and the OA Debate:

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I was fortunate enough to go to the RLUK conference last week in Newcastle, and heard Dame Janet Finch give an overview of the report she led (Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications) and its recommendations. Popular response to the Finch…

uoslibsure: Open Access publishing……explained in...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:19:00 +0000

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Open Access publishing……explained in cartoon format.

Thanks to the SURE blog for the original post.

uoslibsure: Social Media Handbook for Researchers and Supervisors

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:00:46 +0000

uoslibsure: Social Media Handbook for Researchers and Supervisors :

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Just heard about this free eBook that will be of interest to anyone embarking upon postgraduate research (and their supervisors). I’m quoting here from the JISC Regional Support Centre:

‘Vitae Innovate has published a ‘Handbook of Social Media for Researchers and Supervisors’ which is a…

A makeover for SURE

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:13:37 +0100

uoslibsure:

Thanks to the good people at ITS and EPrints, SUnderland REpository is now a far more pleasant and informative place to visit.

Please have a look at SURE and let me know what you think. How could we make it even better? All comments more than welcome!

http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk