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Unpaywall – find free (and legal!) open access papers
Wouldn't it be handy if you could easily check to see if there was an open access version of a paper that wasn't available to you through the Library's subscriptions? Well, Unpaywall could be just ...
Four tips for consent forms
Having recently looked at data protection in research data management (RDM) generally, and anonymisation more specifically, now let's take a look at participant consent, as that's another common area for questions. Ethics support at Cranfield ...
Anonymising your research data
In our last RDM blog post we discussed data protection in general; now let's take a further look at anonymisation. The main message is to think about it early, planning well to ensure that data ...
Data protection in research data management
There was a young man we’ll name Paul, Who answered a short survey call. He provided his data And was shocked to see later, His age, faith, and health shared with all. This limerick is ...
Knovel – another great resource for engineers
This is the second in a series of posts highlighting specialist resources for engineers; the first post was all about ESDU. Like ESDU, Knovel is another one of my go-to resources as it contains information ...
Measuring the impact of your work
Many of you will have heard the term Altmetrics - but what exactly do they measure? Unlike traditional metrics (e.g. Incites - JCR) which count the number of citations a journal receives, Altmetrics measures attention ...