Directory of Open Access Books: DOAB

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DOAB The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is a service of OAPEN Foundation and operates as a discovery service for open access books.

DOAB launched in 2015 and currently has 4035 Academic peer-reviewed books from 135 publishers.

In 2015, DOAB won the IFLA/Brill Open Access Award. This award was created in 2013 to recognise initiatives in open access monograph publishing and in 2015 DOAB was recognised as the most outstanding and game changing initiative in this field. Research has shown that OA books listed in DOAB receive almost twice as many downloads as unlisted books.

You can search and browse to discover content. You can browse by title, subject or publisher. You can search across a range of fields including: title, ISSN/ISBN, publisher, author, keywords and abstract. You can also limit your search by publication year.

Brief bibliographic information is provided plus links through to the open access books on publisher websites. Licence information is also clearly flagged for each item as in the example shown below.

Copyright for Researchers Guide

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A new online Copyright for Researchers Guide is now available. The guide is aimed at PGR students and addresses issues such as using third party materials responsibly during the compilation phase of the thesis process, as well as at submission time when the thesis is made available on an open access basis in ORE, the institutional repository.

If you are a PGR student grappling with copyright issues, login and work through the tutorial in order to build your knowledge and confidence in applying copyright law to issues that arise in the research process.

The guide is available online here. An online quiz is also available so you can test your understanding of the materials.

For those of you interested in wider IP issues, you can use the IPEquip materials that are flagged in the training guide to broaden your knowledge into these other areas of Intellectual Property, You can work through an online suite of training modules and assessments to gain CPD accreditation & IPO certificate on completion.

We hope this training guide will address the major copyright issues that arise for PGR students, but please get in touch with the if you need further guidance.

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers – improved interface

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The University has access to the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers database and it is accessible through the library catalogue and the electronic library. This is a great research resource and it is now migrating to a new platform in order to make searching much easier.

At the moment both the old service and the new service are running – so if you are an experienced user of the old system you have some crossover time in order to become familiar with the new search interface before the old familiar one is switched off. The old ‘legacy’ interface will continue until March 2016. Once the transition is complete, the service will be renamed as ProQuest U.K. Parliamentary Papers.

Login to the service from the library catalogue or the electronic library. and choose the Proquest Government Platform link at the top of the page to view the new interface.

Proquest Some of the improvements introduced under the new platform include:

Faster, more intuitive searching
Post-search faceting to get to relevant documents
Full-text PDFs (rather than individual page images)
Bookmarking of search forms
Dedicated Search by Number form including searches for bills, Command Papers, and Sessional Paper numbers
Dedicated Member search form including search by office, party affiliation, and nation (England, Wales, Scotland etc)

A LibGuide is available to help you make the most of the new interface. The search syntax section outlines all the search functions that you can use to frame a search tailored to your research need such as wildcards, phrase searching, and boolean and proximity operators.

If you need any further guidance just get in touch with your .

What’s included in the Maritime & Commercial package on i-law.com?

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See below for a reminder of all the resources available to you via i-law.com’s Maritime and Practice Area.

Subscription services include:

Lloyd’s Law Reports – Complete archive from 1919
Lloyd’s Law Reports Plus – The latest cases published online first
The Lloyd’s Law Reporter – Easy to read summaries of all the latest cases
Lloyd’s Maritime Law Newsletter
Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
Maritime Risk International
Shipping & Trade Law

Over 40 books including:

The i-law team are on hand to assist with any i-law.com queries you may have, and to provide any training or support you require.

Contact our Client Services Team via email: clientservices@i-law.com or call +44 (0) 207 017 7701.If you need help to make use of these resources you can contact the i-law.com team.

You can also book onto one of the regular training sessions using our online training calendar.We offer training videos that will take you through a variety of i-law.com functionality, and you can access the i-law.com user guide at any time.

And don’t forget we have access to the the Insurance and Reinsurance and Dispute Resolution Practice Areas too, providing access to a wide range of similar quality resources.

For access to i-law.com, use the library catalogue link or login via the electronic library. Guidance on logging on for the first time is available from the e-resources blog.

FT.com and Passport – find out more!

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Financial Times (FT.com)

If you want to see how to get the best out of FT.com, the online version of the Financial Times, two of the FT’s academic trainers are visiting Exeter on Wednesday December 9^th and will be giving a presentation in Forum Exploration Lab 1 from 12.30 – 1.30pm. There is no need to book – just turn up. Following this they will be available at a stand outside the Library until 3.00 pm to answer any of your queries and questions – drop by and say hello.

FT.com is available to all members of Exeter University via the Electronic Library – listed under resource type Newspapers as Financial Times (FT.com) or via the library catalogue. You don’t need a separate login – just sign in with your Exeter username and password and set up a free account using your Exeter email address and your own password. If you have problems getting into the online version use either of the links above to get back into contact. You can also read it on most mobile devices.

Passport

Trainers from Passport will be coming to Exeter on Tuesday December 8^th and will be giving a demonstration of the database in the Bateman Lecture Theatre in Building: One (Business School). Again, there is no need to book.

If you need market research information for your research, Passport from Euromonitor is an incredibly valuable resource. The database has global industry data, market research and country reports. It supports a wide range of courses, including international business and marketing, economics, social sciences, humanities, international relations, travel and tourism, hospitality management and food marketing. Over 205 countries are researched, both developed and emerging markets. It also has detailed profiles of the top international companies, compiled in a standardised format for cross analysis.

Westlaw Books: many more titles available

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As of 1st December 2015, the full text book and looseleaf collection available to you on Westlaw has been boosted. Over 200 titles are now available for browsing and searching.

For access, login to Westlaw UK via the Electronic Library, or through the catalogue link and click on Books.

You will see a long list of material available to you in full text. You can click on individual titles and browse or search for content.

Or select a Subject Area if you would like to search across a range of titles in a particular field such as Contract, Crime, Insurance etc.

Westlaw’s Book and Looseleaf brochure gives you an idea of subject coverage and title availability.

International Legal Materials on Westlaw

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Westlaw have introduced a new service for accessing international legal materials.

The new service is called WestlawNext and is intended as more user friendly platform to make your international research more efficient and effective.

Access the service via the Westlaw entry on the Library catalogue. You have both on campus and off campus options available to you for login.

If you experience any problems with off campus access, please use the VPN service which will enable you to connect to the University campus network from offsite. You can then use the on campus links for access as your VPN enabled computer will operate as if it is on the University IP network, Full instructions on accessing the University network from other locations with VPN are available.

The new service is available by selecting International Materials from the Services menu on the top menus bar of Westlaw UK.

You will be able to see two links under the services tab on Westlaw UK for Westlaw International and International Materials over the next few weeks, but from 18 December 2015 access to the current Westlaw International platform will no longer be available.

Training Resources

Getting Started with Thomson Reuters Westlaw (Westlaw Next) – Userguide

Getting Started with Thomson Reuters Westlaw (Westlaw Next) – Video

Improvements to Lexis®Library

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A number of changes are scheduled for Lexis®Library.

These changes take effect on Saturday 5th December 2015.*

The update will bring a number of cosmetic changes enabling easier searching and presenting results in a clearer format. There are also significant improvements to the search results and better integration between LexisLibrary and LexisPSL. Please see the attached document LexisLibrary – Academic User Guide for updated guidance.

Highlights:

A more intuitive search experience.
The Explore search box moves to the heart of the homepage and includes content filters.

A tidier, bigger, better display of results.
Single results list opens up the page, with filtering in one place and the option to deliver multiple documents.

The option to search across ALL subscribed UK legal content.
In one place for the first time, including both LexisLibrary and LexisPSL content included in the search results.

Glossary searches move to the home page
Get quick access to over 3,300 legal terms.

Cochrane Library: 7th November essential maintenance

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The Wiley Online Library will be unavailable for up to 6 hours on Saturday 7th November 2015 from 10:00-16:00 GMT / 05:00-11:00 EST / 18:00-00:00 SGT due to essential maintenance.

This will impact on the Cochrane Library as detailed below

1. Date and time activity to commence between

Saturday 7^th November 10:00 – 16:00(UK)

2. Duration of activity

6 hour

3. Reason for incident

This maintenance involves upgrades to critical infrastructure components as part of Wiley update and stabilization efforts.

4. Who/what the incident affected

The Cochrane Library users will experience intermittent website functionality, plus their returned search results may be delayed.

Error messages and apologies maybe returned during this time.

5. Impact on other systems.

Cochrane Library publishing system, will remain available, though delays to publishing may occur why systems are restarted. No content will be lost during this work.

Ebooks from Cambridge

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Access thousands of Cambridge ebooks through the Library

Your library currently has access to over 25,000 ebook titles from Cambridge University Press. Subject ranges from law, medicine, history, literature, politics, engineering and many more. We have books available for instant access across 57 subject areas.

Ebook access includes:

Over 1,500 titles in Law

Over 1,000 titles in Medicine

Over 1,300 titles in Literature

Over 2,700 titles in History

How to access

These titles can be accessed instantly via your library catalogue, and are available online now. You can browse by subject or search for a specific topic or title. Click here to access the full list of all Cambridge titles now. Unlimited access to these important titles is available until end of September 2016. Usage of these ebooks will inform the purchasing decision of your library for permanent use.

Please note that a small number of ‘premium textbooks’ are not available in full text. To exclude these items from your search and find only full text titles on Cambridge Books Online, restrict your search as shown below: