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We will send you the latest notices issued by the UM Library, its developments, services, resources, workshops and more. . Send any comments and/or feedback to library@um.edu.mt.Library Instagram:
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Opening hours:
During this academic year, from 1 October to 15 June, the Main Library will open:
Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 20:00
Saturday from 09:00 to 12:15
Training Workshops
We organise training workshops on HyDi, RefWorks and OAR@UM throughout the academic year.
The schedule is available at www.um.edu.mt/library/workshops
InfoBits
Join us for one of these short talks about online tools and useful tips that can assist you with your assignments and dissertations.
The talks will focus on the following subjects:
- Digital Libraries
- Building Search Queries
- Alternatives to Google Scholar
- Evaluating your sources
- Tips on note-taking
- Library behind the scenes
The Health Sciences Library Tours
The Health Sciences Library, located at Mater Dei Hospital, is organising Library Orientation Tours which will be held until Monday, 14 October at 08:30 and at 14:00.
During the tour, you will learn about the Health Sciences Library resources, services and collections.
Duration of the tour is 15 minutes.
To book your place, please send an email to healthsciences.lib@um.edu.mt or call 2340 1867.
Database of the Month: ProQuest Historical Newspapers
With more than 45 historical titles and more than 35 million digitised pages, ProQuest Historical Newspapers is the definitive newspaper digital archive empowering researchers to digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to history.
From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, industrial developments, race relations, and World War I and II; to local and regional politics, society, arts, culture, business, and sports, ProQuest Historical Newspapers reveals the day-to-day news coverage, providing invaluable insights and information to users from a wide range of subjects.
What鈥檚 new in OAR@UM
New issues of the Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta and Xjenza Online
The Maltese journal collection in OAR@UM presents the newest issues of the Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, a peer-reviewed scientific journal with contents indexed in Biosis Previews, Biological Abstracts, Biosis Citation Index and Zoological Record, and Xjenza, a prestigious, peer-reviewed, Open Access international journal published by the Malta Chamber of Scientists.
BulESM, 2018, Volume 10 brings forth a total of 16 articles, the majority of which focus on the new records of diverse species of insects in the Maltese archipelago and Bulgaria.
Xjenza, Volume 7, Issue 1 features papers tackling a wide variety of issues across the scientific fields, including neural networks, Maltese tourism, land cover mapping and more.
Open Access fact of the month
Unlike Green Open Access which does not incur any additional costs for neither the author nor the venue (institutional or subject repository), Gold OA inadvertently requires the payment of a publication fee, also known as the article processing charge (APC). The fee is borne either by the authors themselves or alternatively by their affiliated institutions, and - depending on the journal - can be required at different stages of the submission process. There are several alternatives to this model, however: Platinum/Diamond OA journals that don鈥檛 charge the authors and instead cover the necessary costs from different revenue streams, such as advertising, crowdfunding or foundations; Hybrid OA journals that publish a mix of OA and non-OA articles, offering the OA option only to those who pay the APC; and Delayed OA journals that initially publish their content in restricted access, then release them into OA after a certain embargo period.
