Graduate Research at FIMS, Law and Music
Research Information for Western Graduate Students in FIMS, Law & Music
Western researchers now have full text access to the BCC Research database for market research reports via Western Libraries. The BCC subscription is a pilot project at this stage, so please make as much use of the resource as you can to ensure funding will be continued.
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“Predatory publishers present themselves as legitimate journals, claiming to provide peer review and editorial services. In truth, they will publish nearly anything that is sent to them (and paid for) with little to no quality control, as evidenced by the numerous examples of deliberately false papers submitted—and successfully published—by journalists and academics hoping to prove a point.” Read this blog post by Erin Zimmerman at Canadian Science Publishing for more information on identifying fake journals.
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“Open Media Scholarship [OMS] is a nonprofit website … dedicated to promoting open access (OA) in media, communication, and film scholarship and teaching. The site features OA journals, books, and resources, along with searches for OA articles and datasets. The rationale for Open Media Scholarship is that media scholars … should be at the forefront of the OA movement …. All OMS data is free to download and reuse, under a CC by-nc 4.0 open access license. Download (as csv files) the most up-to-date journal, book, publisher, and resource data.” (source)
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See http://guides.lib.uwo.ca/dataandstatistics/software for information on how and where to access several different types of research software across campus. Included are links to a variety of tutorials and guides for each product.
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Did you know that Western Libraries has many online guides and other resources to assist you with your research program such as Evaluating Open Access Journals and Research Data Management?
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Do you need Canadian statistics for your research?
Western Data Day
Social Science Centre, Room 4161
March 24, 2017
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
The goal of the event is to introduce the Western research community to new datasets at Statistics Canada.
Please RSVP to Leslie Kostal (leslie.kostal@uwo.ca) by March 15, 2017 if you would like to attend.
More information about the event, including an itinerary, can be found at: http://economics.uwo.ca/dataday_2017/index.html.
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NCCHPP has created an online training course, “A Framework for Analyzing Public Policies“. This online training offers a structured approach to analyzing public policies. The approach is based on an analytical framework that reflects a public health perspective, while at the same time integrating other concerns of policy makers. The course will enable participants to make use of a framework for analyzing public policies in order to inform policy makers in the context of healthy public policy development.
Upon registration, you will have 24/7 access to the course. It is made of four self-paced modules presented on a user-friendly platform, allowing you to progress at your own pace. It takes from 6 to 8 hours to complete the course. Once you will have completed the course, you will be eligible for a certificate of completion.
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For FIMS Graduate Students who are looking for space to conduct interviews for research:
Several rooms have been identified in the new FIMS & Nursing Building (FNB) for this purpose. Available rooms include:
