Geneva Graduate Institute Library Blog
Resources and advice for students and researchers
As the owner of perhaps the most influential academic social media tool – yes, I am talking about that guy and Twitter/X – is finally scaring away academics and most sane people off his $44bn platform, many of them are wondering where to go from there. Don’t worry, we have you covered, with an obvious focus on today’s darling social media, BlueSky.
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Zotero 7 is here, bringing with it many improvements, but some Zotero users may feel a bit alienated, as the Zotfile and Zutilo plugins that have become an integral part of their workflows will likely never be compatible with this new version. A good opportunity to update this blog post and introduce new plugins that will easily fill the gap. So here are 10 new tips to help you become an advanced Zotero user.
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Are you a teacher or a teaching assistant? Are you wondering whether you can copy and share articles or PDFs with your students? Our legal librarian Céline Vilmen tells you everything you need to know before distributing or uploading documents to your Moodle platform.
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You probably all know what plagiarism is: using someone else’s work without giving them proper credit. It is a form of theft, a serious breach of academic ethics, and is heavily sanctioned, for students and for researchers alike. But what is the meaning the word “self-plagiarism”? You cannot steal from yourself! Our colleague Catherine Brendow explains.
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78% of the journal articles published by our researchers in 2023 were open-access, compared to 66% in 2022, 52% in 2021, and 35% in 2020. This progress is driven by our Read and Publish agreements with major publishers, the OA mandates of many funders, and the conviction of most researchers that open-access publishing is good for them. But is this “gold route” sustainable in the long term?
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