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Manchester UP: trial on now; feedback welcome!

August 7, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghornetrials

Hi all, CSU is running an ebook trial for Manchester University Press, now through August 31. This publisher has strengths in areas such as film studies, religious studies, political science, and history (including history of medicine). Please take a look at the content and platform (known as “Manchesterhive”) and let […]

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Elsevier cuts off the University of California

July 26, 2019February 24, 2020 Sarah Polkinghorneuncategorized

Everyone, an update on the Elsevier/University of California situation. If you’ve been following this story, you’ll recall that in February, UC announced that it would not renew its Elsevier subscriptions. In brief, in their negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to recognise (and then compensate for) the nearly one million dollars paid […]

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Very Short Introductions: trial on now; please take a look!

July 26, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghornetrials

Oxford University Press’s Very Short Introductions (VSIs) are pocket-sized introductions written at an approachable, but scholarly, level, by recognised experts. We have some, but not all, VSIs in print in our collection, so you can check out titles such as Drugs: A Very Short Introduction,Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction, or, hey, why not,Teeth: A […]

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Pearson announces it’s phasing out print US textbooks

July 25, 2019February 24, 2020 Sarah Polkinghorneuncategorized

As you know, in CSU, we do buy some print textbooks from Pearson, both as part of the textbook lending program, and as regular additions to the collection. Pearson has just announced that it will phase out print textbook publishing. Details are scant at this point, but it appears that […]

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2019 edition of Journal Citation Reports now available

June 27, 2019February 12, 2020 Sarah Polkinghornewebinars

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a core tool for evaluating citation trends around individual journals, and for seeing how journals can be compared and ranked within subject areas, based on different bibliometric measures. JCR’s 2019 update has just been announced. Features of JCR 2019 include: 11,877 journals are included, from over […]

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