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MRO gets a makeover!

June 26, 2014

This week the Library and ITS upgraded the institutional repository, Massey Research Online (MRO) to the latest version of software that runs it, DSpace. Massey Research Online is the institutional repository offering free, full text access to high quality Massey University research outputs of staff and postgraduate students. While many of the improvements to MRO are ‘under the hood’, the latest version has several new features including Faceted indexing and searching, called Discovery. This feature allows you to filter by a specific facet value with one click to find the content you need. Better discoverability of the content via the search engine Google Scholar means your research is found more often by other...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki 23/06/14

June 23, 2014

The word this week is: Haere mai (high-rair-my) or Welcome. Haere mai to the Distance students joining us on Campus this week! Kupu o te Wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff...Read more

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Open Access Journal Articles – How Much Access Do Internet Users Actually Get?

June 20, 2014

Since widespread Internet access became available about twenty years ago, researchers have seen it as a simple and fast means of disseminating their work within their own communities, and beyond that to other research communities and to the public...Read more

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EndNote Web unavailable 22 June 1pm-4am

June 20, 2014

EndNote Web will be unavailable due to maintenance from this Sunday 22 June 1 pm through to Monday 23 June 4 am. The desktop version of EndNote will still work, except for the syncing feature. This EndNote Twitter account will provide updates...Read more

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Manawatū Library cafe hours over the break

June 19, 2014

Manawatū Library cafe will close at noon on Friday 20 June. During 23 June – 11 July it will be open 8.30am – 1.30pm, week days only. Usual semester hours will resume on 14 July...Read more

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Social media focus for latest theses in Massey Research Online

June 17, 2014

Two of the new theses added to Massey Research Online (MRO) this week look at social media: ‘A prank between mates’: social media responses to sexual assaults against men, by Megan Easterbrook-Smith. E-whanaungatanga: the role of...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki 16/06/14

June 16, 2014

The word this week is: Kia tūpato (key-ah Too-par-tore) or  Be careful. Kia tūpato and stay safe during the semester break. Kupu o te Wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff...Read more

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Early Massey vet research now available online

June 12, 2014

We’ve recently added Masters vet theses from the 1930s-50s to Massey Research Online (MRO), as part of our ongoing digitisation project. Some of the gems include: Selection in dairy cattle in New Zealand 1939 The effect of sex upon growth in...Read more

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Smarter research and publishing strategies – bookings still open

June 9, 2014

If you’re an academic staff member or a postgraduate research student looking for smarter research and publishing strategies, bookings are still open for the Knowledge Management in Research (KMIR) series. Albany and Wellington have seats left for...Read more

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Kupu o te wiki 09/06/14

June 9, 2014

The word this week is: Whakamātautau (Far-car-maah-tow-tow) or Exam. Good luck to everyone sitting a whakamātautau this week! Kupu o te Wiki brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff...Read more

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