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Royalties Sampling Exercise

You  may have noticed yellow collection boxes appearing beside printer/copiers in schools and libraries this week. The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd (CLA) has chosen Queen’s for a royalties sampling exercise taking place during October and is asking anyone photocopying copyright … Continue reading

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Queen’s University Belfast Submits RCUK Open Access Compliance Report 2015/16

The Library’s Open Access Team has submitted, on behalf of the University, its open access compliance report for 2015/16 to the RCUK. Queen’s is one of 108 UK research organisations to receive an annual open access block grant from the RCUK. … Continue reading

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Is my Research Council covered by RCUK Funding for Open Access?

The Research Councils UK (RCUK) is a strategic partnership between the UKs seven Research Councils. Each year they invest around £3 billion in research across all academic disciplines. In their role of investing public money in research the RCUK is … Continue reading

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Student Satisfaction with Library Services

The Library seeks to make continuous improvements to our services and we welcome the  feedback we receive from students. There are several annual student surveys which assess student satisfaction with the Library and the 2015 and 2016 (where available) results are … Continue reading

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Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War – Trial Access Now Available

QUB staff and students now have trial access to Secret Files from World Wars to Cold Wars.  The trial ends 31st July 2016.  Access is available on-campus only from this link: http://www.secretintelligencefiles.com We would be interested in getting your comments … Continue reading

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Trial Access to Guardian/Observer and New York Times Archives

Queen’s staff and students have trial access to the following ProQuest Historical Newspaper databases: The Guardian and The Observer The New York Times with Index Access is available until 31 August 2016 (on-campus only) from this link. We welcome your … Continue reading

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Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences Literature Searches

If you are studying, or working within, medicine, dentistry or biomedical sciences at Queen’s, you can now request literature searches from your subject librarian, Richard Fallis. Ultimately, it is best if you carry out your own searches. But, if you … Continue reading

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Medical and Biomedical Libraries Summer Vacation Hours

Please see below for the summer opening hours for the Medical and HSC Library (RVH site) and the Biomedical Library (MBC site). Medical and HSC Library From 6th June 2016 – 30th July 2016 Monday – Friday    8.30am – 5.30pm … Continue reading

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Open Access: Green or Gold Route?

The new HEFCE policy is now in effect. Journal articles and conference papers (published in conference proceedings with an International Standard Serial Number) accepted for publication after 1st April 2016 must be made open access in order to be eligible … Continue reading

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Guidance on publication states for research presented at a conference

Pure offers the option to record the different stages of publication for research being presented at a conference. More than one date can be added and we encourage you to enter all the dates you have. The following are some … Continue reading

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