Posts Tagged ‘Reference’
Commas, Hyphens, and Rules – Oh my!
Word nerds might unite or divide around this topic, but the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook is always good for a hearty conversation. The Baltimore Sun brought this topic to us in their article, “A challenge to the AP Stylebook editors.” Whether it is the serial comma issue or the apostrophe debate, writers and editors are…
Read MoreCall for Science Journals to be More Accessible
Scientific journal publishers have long defended their convictions that subscriptions are necessary to finance their operations. However, efforts to extend free access to scientific and academic research papers received a big boost recently. Science Business brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Moedas: journal papers based on EU-funded science should be free to…
Read MoreLibraries Under Attack
Scholarly publishing has been a narrative involving crisis, lack of funding, academic egos, and self-preservation. As part of that story, there are victims, villains, and heroes. The Scholarly Kitchen brought us this interesting news in their article, “Library Expenditures, Salaries Outstrip Inflation.” This doesn’t completely capture the complexity of the scholarly publishing market. Each year, libraries receive a smaller slice of their…
Read MoreNew Archive Addition Provides Diversity
Gale is a leading provider of library resources and part of Cengage Learning. Recently they released the first part of Archives of Human Sexuality and Identity, a milestone digital program that brings together the largest collection of primary source content on gender, sexuality and identity. PR Newswire brought this interesting news to us in their article,…
Read MoreWhat Time Is It?
This past weekend clocks moved forward one hour in the United States, with the exception of Hawaii and almost all of Arizona, and in most of Canada. The rest of the world changes at other intervals for varying reasons. This is called Daylight Saving Time (DST), which started in 1895 in Germany and Hungary. The practice…
Read MorePreserving the Native Tongue
Language is an art and many would say a dying art. Scientists estimate that at least 3,000 of the 6,900 languages currently spoken around the world will be lost by the end of this century. This interesting information came to us from Quartz in their article, “Anyone can contribute to this dictionary of the world’s dying languages.”…
Read MoreDid You Ask Permission?
What is piracy? Simply put, it is copyright infringement, infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative work. Besides being illegal, it is unnecessary. There are many legitimate and legal ways to obtain various versions of research…
Read MoreFighting for Copyrights
Earlier this week a multitude of authors, publishers, rights organizations, and copyright experts from around the world filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Authors Guild’s petition asking the Court to hear its case that Google must be held accountable for digitally copying millions of copyrighted books without permission or payment. This interesting news came…
Read MoreCopyright Educational Opportunity
Everyone needs a little help now and again. This time it comes from the Special Libraries Association (SLA) in the form of two webinars. These learning opportunities are designed to help you steer free of legal issues with copyright laws. SLA is offering the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of copyright topics. By participating…
Read MoreAttribution is Key
Giving credit where credit is due is always proper form in research papers. When there are multiple authors and/or contributors, it is customary to start listing alphabetically. In the cases where there are a large volume of names, they will use the first alphabetically appropriate researcher’s first initial and last name, with et al. to…
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