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20, 840 total papers; 112,842 total downloads; 99,662 downloads in the past year

UND Scholarly Commons: 2 Years of Keeping It 💯

Categories: Resources, Updates and Changes

20, 840 total papers; 112,842 total downloads; 99,662 downloads in the past year

Thanks to Zeineb Yousif, Digital Initiatives Librarian, for this guest post about our two-year-old institutional repository! At the end of September 2019, UND’s institutional repository, the UND Scholarly Commons, surpassed 100,000 downloads. We founded the repository in September 2017, and over the course of the past two years, use of the Commons has exceeded all expectations. Stephanie […]

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Best Practices for Communicating Your Research

Categories: Resources, Tips and Tricks

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Today’s guest post was written by Sara Kuhn, former Scholarly Communication & Social Sciences Librarian and current Clinical Psychology Doctoral student at UND. Many thanks to Sara for her hard work on creating this guide for graduate students and early-career researchers! Do you need help defining your research and determining what to write to communicate […]

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Special Collections Renovation Update

Categories: In and Around CFL, Renovation Updates, Updates and Changes

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Updated 6 September 2019: The renovation date has been moved back by two weeks and will now begin on October 7. Due to ongoing renovations, the Department of Special Collections will be inaccessible to the public starting Monday, 7 October 2019, and continuing for approximately 8 weeks. Access to Special Collections materials will be very […]

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Managing your Research Citations

Categories: Library Events, Resources, Tips and Tricks, Updates and Changes

Organization kit with pens, highlighters, papers, and other office materials

Today’s guest post was written by Heather Rogers, Education Reference, Instruction, & Collections Librarian. Many thanks to Heather for this helpful information about managing citations! Thinking about using a citation manager for your research but not sure where to start? Already using one but need help? We have got you covered! Starting September 20, we […]

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New Databases and Journals

Categories: Notes from the Dean, Resources, Updates and Changes

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In response to user demand, we have purchased many new databases and journals, listed below: Web of Science (WoS) – Online scientific citation indexing service. WoS was #1 on our wish list for 12+ years but was too pricey. Now, the current package costs less than Scopus, and we used one-time funds to buy complete […]