Open Access: Learn. Share. Grow - Presentations are available to view

Presentations of the Open Access week event that we held on Friday 28 October are now available to view.

Open Access (OA) is an important global trend where researchers choose to provide free online access to their publications. To celebrate Open Access Week all research-active staff and students are invited to presentations by academic colleagues Simon Chapman, Martijn de Sterke, Alex Holcombe, Matt Todd and Goetz Richter who are harnessing the power of OA to extend their research influence and grow their citation rates. Learn about the benefits of OA for scholarly collaboration; the open science movement; the important of OA for disciplines striving for recognition; and combining social media and OA to increase exposure.

New to Research

Take a look at this new titles we recieved for this month.

Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine : how to review and apply findings of healthcare research / Khalid S. Khan ... [et al.].

Designing and conducting research in health and human performance / Tracey D. Matthews, Kimberly T. Kostelis.

Quality measurement in early childhood settings / edited by Martha Zaslow ... [et al.].

Introduction to behavioral research methods / Mark R. Leary.

Qualitative and mixed methods in public health / Deborah K. Padgett.

Evaluating research articles from start to finish / Ellen R. Girden, Robert Kabacoff

For any enquiries please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

Learn About Open Access!

Open Access: Learn. Share. Grow.

Open Access (OA) is an important global trend where researchers choose to provide free online access to their publications. To celebrate Open Access Week all research-active staff and students are invited to presentations by academic colleagues Simon Chapman, Martijn de Sterke, Alex Holcombe, Matt Todd and Goetz Richter who are harnessing the power of OA to extend their research influence and grow their citation rates. Learn about the benefits of OA for scholarly collaboration; the open science movement; the important of OA for disciplines striving for recognition; and combining social media and OA to increase exposure.

• Date: Friday 28 October, 2011
• Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
• Venue: Victoria Park Room Level 5, Fisher Library

Places are limited and RSVP is essential. RSVP to library.rsvp@sydney.edu.au by 24 October

Sydney Research Online

The University Library and the Research Portfolio have collaborated to establish a new service for staff and students of the University of Sydney - Sydney Research Online.

Sydney Research Online provides a repository of research material (articles, book chapters and conference papers) by University of Sydney researchers that have been reported for HERDC and ERA purposes. It represents a large body of research output produced by the staff at University from 2002 to the present.

Access to Sydney Research Online is restricted to the University of Sydney domain and is for use by staff and students for research and teaching purposes only. Sydney Research Online was developed as a result of a VC work-slate project to enable internal access to University research activity.

The digital repository can be found here - you will need your UniKey to access the material.

As a result of the large amount of research material collected for the HERDC and the ERA exercise, Sydney Research Online will progressively be built up over time. Initially we have made available journal articles; book chapters and conference papers and other types of material will follow. The service will be updated monthly.

If you have any questions please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

Hot off the Press!

Take a look at these new titles recently acquired by the Health Sciences Library.

The first is the 2011 WHO/World Bank report on disability.

The report is also available online.

The second title available is a unique publication on Indigenous research.

For any enquiries please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

Journal Trial: 'Research Synthesis Methods'

The Library is trialling a new journal, Research Synthesis Methods, until the end of the year.

Aims & Scope

Research Synthesis Methods is a multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for designing, conducting, analysing, interpreting, reporting, and applying systematic research synthesis.

Papers may address:

- Statistical methods

- Empirical research and simulations

- Literature retrieval and information science

- Data extraction

- Software

- Graphics and reporting of synthesis results

- Issues of study quality

- Reporting or other systematic biases

- Narrative analysis and synthesis of qualitative data

- Synthesis of individual participant data

- Use of synthesis for developing practice guidelines

- Integration with cost effectiveness or decision analysis

- Comparison and integration of methods across different disciplines

- Techniques for application in different environments

- Applications that illustrate a novel methodology

You can access Research Synthesis Methods via the Trials page of the Library website.

Please let us know what you think of the journal by completing the online evaluation form or by emailing your Faculty Liaison Librarian -- your feedback will help us determine whether to purchase the product.

Thanks for your participation!