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01/08/2012 - 16:40
Open Research Online (ORO) will be undergoing some essential maintenance from 7.30am until 8.30am on Thursday 2 August 2012. During this time the service will be unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause you.
ORO is an open...
27/07/2012 - 09:51
Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff from 30 July - 05 August:
20/07/2012 - 09:13
Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff from 23 - 29 July:
- Right cites: avoiding plagiarism and citing correctly
- This session will provide a basic introduction to what...
13/07/2012 - 09:20
Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff from 16 - 22 July:
- How to use Refworks
- Refworks is free bibliographic software that enables you to store and manage your references...
11/07/2012 - 13:12
Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor of The Open University, trended on Twitter last week after his keynote address to The Higher Education Academy annual conference. The conference theme ‘Great expectations – are you ready’ was explored by the Vice-Chancellor in his speech entitled,...
10/07/2012 - 09:46
Refworks recently released a new version of Write-N-Cite for Windows computers called 'Write-N-Cite 4' (WnC4). Library Services has encountered problems with WnC4 and strongly recommends that you do not download the product. (If you are using an earlier version of...
09/07/2012 - 09:05
Library Services will be running the following online training sessions for registered OU students and staff from 9 - 15 July:
- Finding information for your assignment
- This session will introduce the main principles of searching and look in...
06/07/2012 - 08:20
As a result of a review of IT security and control, the way staff and research students on campus access the Library’s eresources has changed. These changes may mean that your bookmarks may no longer work and you will no longer be able to use direct links from search engine results.
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04/07/2012 - 10:29
MyReferences, a personal referencing tool, is being launched to all OU students today (Wednesday 4 July). MyReferences is powered by RefWorks an online bibliography management tool that enables you to store and manage your references digitally and automatically generate bibliographies in a...
03/07/2012 - 09:21
The Voyager library catalogue will be undergoing some essential maintenance today (3 July) between 7pm and 11pm and during this time there may be some disruption to service.
We do apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
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