Friday 26 March 2021

EndNoteX9 (Reference management & Citation Tool) is now available for all MU staff,students,academics and researchers to download from AppsAnywhere This is the desktop version of EndNote (you may be already familiar with its companion piece EndNote Online). When you download it, you'll also need the product code to complete the installation, which is in one of the two files that download onto your device. Key features of EndNote X9 are the ability to store unilimted PDF's on your device, annotation of PDF's, many additional referencing styles. EndNoteX9 and Endnote online can be synchronised so you need never be without your EndNote Library. For further details check out the guide https://nuim.libguides.com/referencing/tools.

Transformative Open Access Agreements

A number of open access agreements with publishers have been facilitated by IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) which typically allow corresponding authors from eligible institutions to publish their articles open access immediately on publication, without an article process charge (APC) being levied. Full details of the current agreements with publishers are available at https://irel.ie/open-access/

Research evaluation should be pragmatic, not a choice between peer review and metrics

Responding to the growing momentum of movements, such as DORA and CoARA, Giovanni Abramo argues for a more nuanced balance between the use o...