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Zotero is a great tool. You probably know it is useful when writing your essays and thesis, but have you tried its collaborative features yet? Let our resident specialist Catherine Brendow tell you how to improve group work and reference management.
Beyond the impact factor, new metrics called “altmetrics” were introduced to survey whether works are talked about in the media and online. Our colleague Linda Leger tells you what you should know about them in the following article.
Continue reading “Measuring research impact: beyond the ivory tower”
How many times have you bumped into a paywall and cursed? There are some indications that paywalls could soon belong to the past, but what will replace them? Learn more from Catherine Brendow in the following article.
Continue reading “The end of the paywall?”
Researchers in the humanities often take a large number of pictures during their work: places, people, but also archival documents as a quick scanning replacement. This leads to very large picture collections that can be slightly overwhelming. Here are some tips from Guillaume Pasquier to help you sort through all these files using the embedded file metadata.
Continue reading “Using metadata (and Adobe Bridge) to manage a photograph collection”
Legal citation is very specific, and citation managers have not been built to deal with lawyers’ needs. So why bother using a citation manager at all? Wouldn’t lawyers be better off referencing manually?
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