After my recent posting on Open Access journals I had a closer look at Jeffrey Beall’s list of predatory publishers and in particular at the list of suspect journal titles. I had become aware some time ago that at least one very questionable journal was being indexed by the Scopus database so I cross-checked the 123 titles on the list to see whether any of them had made it to Scopus. The answer was that 11 of them had! I then checked the (Elsevier) Sciverse website to see what their criteria and standards were for inclusion of journals in Scopus – you can read them here – where the following are listed as minimum criteria – The title should have peer-reviewed content The title should be published on a...Read more
Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: Waitangi (Why-tongue-ee) “Don’t forget Wednesday 6th February 2013 marks Waitangi Day and all Massey University libraries...Read more
All Massey Libraries will be closed on Waitangi Day, Wednesday 6 February...Read more
Westlaw NZ is the replacement suite of databases for Brookers NZ Legal Databases. Both are available to access at present but that is about to change. From Thursday 7th February 2013, Brookers NZ Legal Databases will no longer be available to use...Read more
A key decision for any academic is where to submit articles for publication. Which journals publish in my area? Are they well respected? Are they on a list of predatory publishers? There are various ways of finding likely journals, and finding...Read more
Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: Makimaki (Ma-key ma-key) or Monkey “I went to the zoo and saw a big Makimaki in the trees” ...Read more
The new-look Library Catalogue is here. The previous Classic and Encore versions are now integrated into one catalogue, which is clearer and easier to use. The change is in response to very clear feedback from staff and students in the Library...Read more
Jeffrey Beall is a librarian at University of Colorado and seems to be one of the Good Guys. Open Access publishing is very much a Good Thing but like a lot of open stuff it has been discovered by the Bad Guys and many OA journals are starting to...Read more
Kupu o te Wiki, or Word of the Week, is brought to you by the Library’s Māori Staff. The word this week is: Kiri Pani (Key-ree Pah-knee) or Sunscreen “Don’t forget Kiri pani if you are headed to the beach this summer”...Read more
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