News from The University Library
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Changes in the Library's e-resource offerings
The agreements for Criminal Justice Abstracts and Pressreader have been terminated due to cost increases of other agreements.
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Registration is now open for the new doctoral course: Publishing Strategies and Research Visibility
The PhD course Publishing strategies and research visibility is primarily aimed at doctoral students and junior researchers at Örebro University.
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Academic Writing doctoral course
Academic Writing is a course regularly offered to doctoral students at Örebro University who want to improve their English writing skills. Three credits are awarded for participation in five online sessions together with work done between meetings.
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Cochrane Interactive Learning - for those conducting a systematic review
Cochrane Interactive Learning is a learning resource on conducting systematic literature reviews, which takes you step by step through the work process and what to consider.
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Cabell's Predatory Reports is a valuable resource that helps you avoid predatory journals when publishing
Predatory journals are disreputable publications that prioritise profit over scientific integrity and do not meet all the standards expected of scholarly journals. Being published in a predatory journal can diminish the credibility of your research.
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Find unintentional plagiarism using iThenticate
iThenticate is a text screening tool that researchers can use to check for similarities and unintentional plagiarism. The results provide information about the degree of similarity between your work and previously published material.
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New Publishing Agreements with JMIR, eLife, and Copernicus
During April and May, Örebro University has entered into additional publishing agreements.
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Reserving borrowed books
If the book you are looking for is on loan, you can queue for it. When the loan period is over and the book is returned, you will by notified by e-mail that the book can be picked up from the reservation shelf.
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Your loans can be automatically renewed
For most books at the University Library, automatic renewals apply. If there are no reservations on the books you've borrowed, the loan is automatically renewed for a new period as soon as the loan period expires.
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Borrow your course literature at the University Library
The required reading for your courses can be found at the University Library.
