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Free Trial Access to Rhodes Users from 02 March to 31^st March 2015

RefWorks Workshops in the 4th Term

RefWorks workshops are offered in the Library Xstrata Training Room (Level 2) from 11 September to 30 October, see the remaining dates & times below. The workshops are open to all registered staff and students, but limited to 26 participants per session. 
Reserve your place online by selecting the relevant date on the online calendar.
RefWorks is a web-based research management service, similar in function to products such as EndNote, Reference Manager and ProCite.
With RefWorks, you can:
•    Access research information online, from any browser
•    Organize your information in one convenient place
•    Generate correctly formatted bibliographies in virtually any style, in seconds
•    Import references from diverse information sources
•    Manage all types of source content—not just bibliographic data

Wed 9 Oct, 13h00 – 14h00
Wed 23 Oct, 13h00 – 14h00
Wed 30 Oct, 13h00 – 14h00

South Africa & African research at your fingertips!

Need to find African research and information?
Sabinet’s SAePublications database and African Journal Archive provides access to the full-text of several hundred publications.

RefWorks Workshops 2014

RefWorks workshops will be offered in the Library Xstrata Training Room (Level 2) once a month from 28 May to 15 October, see dates & times below. The workshops are open to all registered staff and students, but limited to 26 participants per session.

Reserve your place online by selecting the relevant date on the online calendar.

RefWorks is a web-based research management service, similar in function to products such as EndNote, Reference Manager and ProCite.
With RefWorks, you can:
•    Access research information online, from any browser
•    Organize your information in one convenient place
•    Generate correctly formatted bibliographies in virtually any style, in seconds
•    Import references from diverse information sources
•    Manage all types of source content—not just bibliographic data.

Ask Us!

If you have questions, we've got answers!

 

Ask Us, available via the Library Webpage or Education/Higher Education LibGuide, allows you to search for answers to previous questions, or ask a new question! There are also options to view featured answers, most popular answers and most recent answers.

LibAnswers combines real-time chat service with email reference, and an ever-growing knowledge base to ensure patrons get answers they need - wherever, whenever! Questions and answers include general information about the library, technical questions and research type questions.

Take a look at the suggestions as you type in the Ask Us box to see if there is a match to your question or browse by popular topics. We will respond to your question within 1 working day (Monday - Friday).

Please note that your questions and our answers may be made public to assist other users of the Library's services.  All personal information will be removed from questions to retain privacy.

Open Access week, 21-27 October 2013

Rhodes University Open Access event: 24 October 2013 (see invitation below)

What is Open Access?         
Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.
OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and all the major OA initiatives for scientific and scholarly literature insist on its importance. Just as authors of journal articles donate their labor, so do most journal editors and referees participating in peer review.
OA literature is not free to produce, even if it is less expensive to produce than conventionally published literature. The question is not whether scholarly literature can be made costless, but whether there are better ways to pay the bills than by charging readers and creating access barriers.
There are two primary vehicles for delivering OA to research articles: OA journals and OA archives or repositories.

Facilities for postgraduate students at Rhodes Library

Postgraduate Commons - Library level  

The Postgraduate Commons is designed to be a scholarly workplace for Honours, Masters and PhD students at Rhodes University. This library facility accommodates 80 students at high-end computer workstations, in worktables, study booths and group study rooms on comfortable seating. The facility caters for all postgraduate students in a colourful and spacious environment.

Research Commons - Library level 2

The Research Commons has been designed as a scholarly common room for senior postgraduate students and academics. It is located on level 2 of the Rhodes University Library, beyond the Science and Pharmacy Faculty hub, and is open, via access control, to academic and research staff, postdocs and postgraduate students at masters and doctoral level. Experienced library staff members assist users’ information needs and arrange consultations with subject specialists if needed. The facility overseen by a post-graduate student assistants after office hours.