Recording online training Embase
Since November we have access to the medical database Embase. The publisher has provided us with a training session to properly use this resource.
When? Tuesday December 17 from 10am till 12am.
How? Via this link. There is no need to register.
The session is in English and the recording can be found on Mediasite.
Webinar "How to publish with The Royal Society"
At Wednesday the 4th of December at 2-3pm, The Royal Society will host a webinar on how to publish in their journals, and how to make use of the newly acquired discount for APC’s. The Royal Society is a publisher of eleven journals, with a high focus on exact sciences.
Registration is not necessary; you can follow the webinar via this link.
Online training session “How to Publish with Oxford Journals”
On Wednesday May 22nd Oxford University Press organizes an online training session on the basics of getting published. The topics covered will be:
- Differences between a thesis and an article
- How to write a manuscript
- Types of journal manuscripts
- How to select which journal you want to write for
- How do you upload a manuscript on the OUP platform – Article submission process
- The journal publishing cycle
- What is Open Access – Kinds of Open Access
- Understanding Read & Publish
Learning Outcome: This session will help you determine whether you are ready to publish your work, discuss the manuscript forms available, and highlight points to consider when choosing the right journal for your research. At the end of the session the learner will be able to walk away with an understanding of the publishing process and the steps you should follow when preparing to publish for the first time.
This two-hour session in English starts at 10:30 and is free to attend for all. Below you can find the link to register.
New ebooks from Bloomsbury
Since the beginning of this year we have access to two new ebook packages at Bloomsbury: Cultural History and Open Collections.
The Cultural History package includes 317 ebooks about global cultural history, ranging from antiquity to the present. This package was purchased by the history department. You can specifically search the collection at https://www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com/home.
The Open Collections package is a Subscribe to Open package. This means that, with the support of the Institute of Development Policy, Bloomsbury will make 20 ebooks available in Open Access in 2024. We also have access to 194 additional titles within African Studies and Development.
Books from both packages are included in our catalog (https://anet.uantwerpen.be/desktop/uantwerpen/opacuantwerpen)
Workshop Open Data and Research Assessment - 21st of February 2024 09:00-13:00 - S.C.002 (CST)
The requirement of FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data is an important aspect of current project proposals. But what does opening up your data yield for the individual researcher? And how can we better value researchers for making their data open (where allowed)?
In this workshop organized by the Open Science Committee of our university, researchers from various disciplines provide insights into how they strive to make their data open and the advantages and disadvantages they experience. RIVA provides an overview of the policy of the University of Antwerp, and Nick Schryvers explains the conclusions on open data from the Open Science Research Assessment (OSRA) project group of the Federal Open Science Board (FOSB).
The following speakers have already confirmed (this list may be expanded):
- Jonas Lefevere (Dept. Political Science)
- Johan Verbeeck (Dept. Physics)
- Winnok Devos (Dept. Biomedical Science)
- Tine van Daal (Dept. OOW)
- Kris Laukens (Dept. Computer Science)
- Pieter Spooren (RIVA)
- Nick Schryvers (Dept. Physics, chair project group OSRA FOSB)
Subscribe to this event via https://forms.office.com/e/Pbz4CwAVvg
LexNow replaces Jurisquare
Until September 30 you could find the journals and books of Intersentia, Die Keure and Anthemis on the Jurisquare platform. Jurisquare is being discontinued however and therefor the faculty of Law has taken on a new subscription to LexNow. To keep track of all the changes, you can find an quick overview of the Belgian law databases below:
LexNow
- Platform for the content of Die Keure and Anthemis, in addition to some other smaller publishers.
- We have access to the full texts of all journals and books on the platform.
- Off campus access is allowed.
- At the moment we lack the option to print and download texts both on and off campus. In the course of 2024 printing and downloading should become possible on campus. Off campus these facilities will remain unavailable.
Stradalex
- Platform for the content of Larcier, Bruylant and Intersentia.
- For these publishers we have access to the full texts of all journals and books on Stradalex. This is not the case for the other publishers on the platform.
- Off campus access is now available for everyone all year round. There are is no option to print and download texts off campus though. Also some (course) books are excluded from off campus access by the authors.
- Books that are less than 3 years old also do not have any print or download options on campus.
Jura
- Platform for the content of Kluwer.
- Off campus access is allowed.
- At the moment we only have access to the Dutch content of journals and books. We are negociating with the publisher to possibly also include the French content.
We will try to update the links of the books and journals in the catalogue to the right platform as soon as possble. If you have any questions or issues, you can always contact us at helpdesk@library.uantwerpen.be.
Web of Science online training
On Tuesday October 24 from 10:00 till 11:00 Clarivate provided an online training session for us on Web of Science and related products. This session was in English and focussed on the latest developments, with the following agenda:
- Web of Science architecture: one platform, many citation indexes for various purposes
- What’s new in Web of Science
- Answers to your scientific queries and get insightful data
- Find and analyze potential partnerships
- Manage your visibility on the most trusted citation index globally
The recording of this training session can be found on Mediasite.
Additionally, Clarivate organizes an online training session on InCites ("a citation-based evaluation tool to analyze institutional productivity and benchmark research output") for RIVA. This (English) session will take place on November 30 at 10:00 and is open to everyone. You can participate via this link.
Oxford English Dictionary moved to a new platform
On 18 July, Oxford English Dictionary moved to a new platform and was simultaneously provided with a new interface. The new platform provides a clearer form of navigation and the new tabular layout, in line with current accessibility standards (WCAG), makes information easier to digest and understand. The new interface has the familiar look of the Oxford Academic Platform, giving users a better experience when switching between websites.
Content, searches and display preferences that were stored in personal profiles on the old platform are no longer available. If you created a personal profile on the old website, you now need to create a new account on the new website. However, the various functionalities will remain available.
You can still view OED's new interface and functionalities via the same familiar URL: https://www.oed.com/
Access monKEY via SSO
After switching to a new platform the fiscal database monKEY is now accessed via Single Sign On (SSO). To gain access, click on "Studenten & Academisch personeel via Belnet", choose the right institution and enter your UAntwerp login.
The SSO access has the advantage of providing you with a personalised interface that you can adjust to your liking. To learn all about the new interface you can use the support page.
Free Open Access publishing at John Benjamins
Thanks to an agreement with John Benjamins, researchers from the University of Antwerp will not have to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs) when publishing Open Access in John Benjamins journals. Specifically, this entails research articles submitted in 2023.
More information can be found on the page Open Access deals with publishers.
Tutorials on Mediasite
Need help with the online resources available via the library? Take a look at the Mediasite-page of the library. The short tutorials and recordings of webinars might be a big help!
In the category Learning Line Information Literacy you can find recordings of the open course sessions that we regularly organize on general topics such as locating documents, advanced searching, bibliographical software...
The other categories contain shorter tutorials per target audience / course.
Publish Open Access with Cambridge University Press without cost
Thanks to our 3-year, transformative agreement with Cambridge University Press researchers from the University of Antwerp no longer have to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) when publishing Open Access in the journals of this publisher.
More information can be found on the page Open Access deals with publishers.
Free access to online resources by KBR (18/02/2021)
The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) offers remote access to its digital collections. The available resources represent a potentially relevant extension of the UAntwerp library resources, especially for students in the Humanities and Social Sciences. KBR purchases the electronic resources and makes them freely available to registered users through the MyKBR account. Each registered user thus has access to more than 100 databases, 5,000 e-journals and 62,000 e-books, with a focus on humanities and social sciences. Some sources are accessible only in KBR itself for legal reasons; this is indicated in the overview on their website.
Method:
(1) Register once for a MyKBR account: https://opac.kbr.be/register.aspx.
(2) Browse through the overview of available e-resources: https://www.kbr.be/nl/collecties/elektronische-bronnen/
When you click on a source, a login is requested. This is where you then log in with your KBR account.
(3) Or, you can search through the KBR's catalog: https://opac.kbr.be - in that case, don't forget to log in with your KBR account at the top right.
Extra:
An overview page of all digital sources (with links to both digitized sources and purchased online databases): https://www.kbr.be/nl/collecties/digitale-collecties-in-kbr/