Effective Use of the Library Information Services Aoife

Effective Use of the Library & Information Services Aoife Geraghty Postgraduate Research Orientation 2019

Research Impact Collaborative Research Integrity Data Visualisation and Analysis Research Resources Library Research Data Management Bibliometrics Open Science/Open Access/Open Data Unique Distinct Collections Publication Strategies

The Library Building Term-time Opening Hours Desk Mon – Fri 09. 00 -21. 00 07. 00 -24. 00 Sat 10. 00 -15. 00 10. 00 -20. 00 Sun • - 11. 00 -18. 00 Graduate commons o • Building Wireless & wired internet Study Rooms

Floorplan – Graduate Commons, 2 nd floor

www. ul. ie/library

The Library Holdings • Books (print & electronic) • Journals (print & electronic) • Maps • Musical Scores • Multimedia • Newspapers & Magazines • Reference material (print & electronic) • Special Collections • Theses (print & electronic)…

Library Catalogue & Search All Resources Borrowing rights: 10 items for 28 days “My Account” Check, reserve, renew

Lib. Guides http: //libguides. ul. ie/

Databases

Accessing an E-Journal

Accessing E-Resources From Home or on the Wireless Network

Logging on when on the Wireless Network or while Off-Campus

If you are using Google Scholar …

Access to Other Libraries • Inter Library Loans (https: //www. ul. ie/library/uselibrary/visiting-other-libraries/borrowing-other-libraries) • : a co-operative scheme for researchers to visit and borrow materials from more than 160 libraries in Ireland the UK • ALCID: a co-operative scheme for researchers to visit academic libraries in Ireland • Letter of Introduction (Faculty Librarian)

Training & Support • Databases (access, RSS feeds, search alerts, TOC alerts, search strings. . . ) • Referencing (Cite It Right) • Reference management (End. Note) • Finding high impact journals • Researcher profiles & promoting your research • Recorded lectures & tutorials • One-to-one support • See http: //libguides. ul. ie/research/training

Research Services Lib. Guide http: //libguides. ul. ie/research

Research Skills Workshops http: //libguides. ul. ie/research/training Finding Research Information & Keeping Up-To-Date • Make effective use of multidisciplinary databases including Scopus & Web of Science • Make effective use of subject databases with controlled vocabularies/ subject headings • Create database profiles, TOC and search alerts, RSS feeds End. Note Desktop • Manage your research using an End. Note library • Choose and edit different bibliographic styles Getting Published & Maximising Research Impact • Five methods to increase the impact of your research • Identify suitable journals for publication including open access publishing options • Understand journal impact factors, citation counts, h-index & altmetrics • Understand what altmetrics are & how they can be useful

UL Institutional Repository (ULIR) http: //ulir. ul. ie/

The Open Access Citation Advantage Total number of studies until 2015 70 Studies that found a citation advantage 46 (66%) Studies that found no citation advantage 17 Studies that were inconclusive, found nonsignificant data or measured other things than citation advantage for articles Source: http: //sparceurope. org/oaca/ 7

Faculty Librarians Liz Dore Faculty of Education & Health Sciences Pattie Punch Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science Mícheál Ó h. Aodha Faculty of Science & Engineering Peter Reilly Kemmy Business School • Classes • Appointments • Subject Guides (Lib. Guides)

Any Questions? Use Ask Us / Tell Us https: //www. ul. ie/library/use-library/ask-us-tell-us or contact Aoife Geraghty Head of Research Services, Glucksman Library Ext: 2164 / Email: Aoife. Geraghty@ul. ie