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Resources and advice for students and researchers
Sometimes the articles you find through your online searches are locked behind paywalls. In this case, it might be useful to know whether open access versions of these papers exist and how to find them.
Continue reading “Unpaywall & co.”
If only researchers and their work could be traced with a unique identifier… You could make sure you’re not confusing them, find all their publications, and the lives of publishers and readers would be much easier. Well, it turns out there is such a thing, and our colleague Isabelle Vuillemin-Raval tells you how and why you should adopt it!
Continue reading “ORCID: Your Researcher ID”
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.
Continue reading “On X alternatives for academics”
Google Scholar is the go-to search engine for anyone looking for scholarly content. It offers the same convenient and familiar interface as Google, as well as options that can be useful to researchers. Here is how to use it properly.
Continue reading “Google Scholar: Let’s be scholarly”
Twitter is an important social networking tool for academics. As its future is unclear, some may want to migrate to a different social network offering familiar features and populated with other academics. Mastodon is an open-source alternative currently growing at a rapid pace that you may want to explore.
Continue reading “How to migrate from Twitter to Mastodon”
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