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Digital Tools for Managing, Protecting & Sharing Research Data

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You are invited to a panel discussion featuring librarians, researchers and staff.

February 13, 2012

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Harry Crowe Room (109 Atkinson)


This event is part of a research support series:
Managing Research Data & Communicating Research Findings

Panelists include:

  • Andrea Kosavic, Digital Initiatives Librarian
  • William Denton, Web Librarian, Data repositories, e-sharing options, and academic search engine optimization
  • Omar Mohammed, Manager, Research Computing, Exploring the world of collaborative workspaces
  • Walter Giesbrecht, Data Librarian,Dataverse: a tool for managing, maintaining and sharing research data
  • Carolyn Heald, Director, Information and Privacy Office

Staying grounded:

  • Privacy and data security considerations for researchers using cloud tools

All are welcome to attend. RSVP is not required.

Research Support Series -Session2

For more information contact:
Breanne Whitwell, Research Officer, Faculty of Education
Tel: 416-736-2100 ext. 77363

http://edu.yorku.ca/research/index.html

Sponsored by:
The Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
York University Libraries

RefWorks 2.0 is coming August 29, 2011! See what’s new.

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As of August 29, 2011, RefWorks will have a new interface – RefWorks 2.0.  The new interface includes all the features from the current interface, but provides simplified functionality and improves the visibility of commonly used features.  If you haven’t had a chance to use the new interface, you can activate it on any RefWorks accounts you currently have by logging into your account and selecting the RefWorks 2.0 link on the top-right corner of the screen. You can switch back to the classic view by selecting the RefWorks Classic link.

The current interface will be retired at the end of 2011.  In preparation for this change, York University Libraries will be switching the default for all users to the new interface on August 29, 2011.  The old interface will remain available until December.  The change to the new interface will not affect any of your citation data.  All settings for shared folders will remain in place.

More information about the RefWorks 2.0 is available at http://www.refworks-cos.com/RefWorks2.0/.  If you have any questions about this change, please don’t hesitate to contact any York University Libraries reference desk (http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Home/ResearchAndInstruction/in-person-help) or e-mail refworks@yorku.ca.

Steacie Library has an iPad and you can borrow it!

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iPad

Steacie Library is now loaning out an iPad (click for Call number) along with the other unique materials they have available to borrow (including an iPod Touch, a Sony eReader, a Chess set and more). The iPad comes loaded with apps such The Elements, flashcard creators, Pages, anatomy study aids,  (click for a full list) but you can also feel free to add your own content. You will be able to check out the iPad for up to 3 days at a time. It can be picked up at the Steacie Library Circulation desk.

If you have any requests for applications or any questions please contact Steacie Library at steacref@yorku.ca.

Readability tool makes most web pages much easier to read

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Did you know about the Readability bookmarklet? If you’re looking at a blog post, newspaper article, magazine piece, or any similar kind of web page, you could press the button and it would make the page incredibly more readable. It cuts out all the stuff at the top, bottom, left, and right, and just leaves you with the real content.

I just found out there is also a Readability extension for Firefox. If you’re a Firefox user, I highly recommend it. When you’re looking at a blog post, article, or whatever, you can either click the little R button or press Ctrl-Alt-r and the web page will change into the no-ad no-cruft version and be instantly more readable.

For example, here’s a Lifehacker article, Keep Your Eyes on Their Feet to Cut Through Crowds Like Butter, before and after:

Before

Before

You can’t even see the text of the post, there’s so much stuff on the page! But watch what happens when you turn on Readability:

After

After

It’s a great little tool to cut out distractions when you need to focus!

RefWorks Survey: Enter to win an iPod Touch

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We are currently evaluating the features and ways that RefWorks is used. Please help by filling out a short survey.

Responses are anonymous and the survey takes about 15 minutes.

Go to the survey.

What is RefWorks?

RefWorks is citation management software available to you at your University. It can automatically generate bibliographies/reference lists in over 800 citation styles such as MLA, APA, and Turabian. Using RefWorks, you can create an online database of citations to books, articles, websites and more. We are currently evaluating the features and ways that RefWorks is used.

posted on behalf of Rob van der Bliek.