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Open access and the humanities : contexts, controversies and the future
If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalyptic new era of 'pay-to-say' publishing. In this book, Martin Paul Eve sets out the histories, contexts and controversie…
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- 9781107484016
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- xv, 209p. : ill.
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- 001.30285 EVE o
Open access and the library
Libraries are places of learning and knowledge creation. Over the last two decades, digital technology—and the changes that came with it—have accelerated this transformation to a point where evolution starts to become a revolution.The wider Open Science movement, and Open Access in particular, is one of these changes and is already having a profound impact. Under the subscription model, the…
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- 9783038977407
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- vii, 131p. : ill.
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- 026.3 OPE o
The deliverance of open access books : examining usage and dissemination
In many scholarly disciplines, books - not articles - are the norm. As print runs become smaller, the question arises whether publishing monographs in open access helps to make their contents globally accessible. To answer this question, the results of multiple studies on the usage of open access books are presented. The research focuses on three areas: economic viability; optimization of open …
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- 9789085551201
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- 234p. : ill.
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- 002.09 SNI d
Interpretive social research : an introduction
This volume is a clear introduction to methods of data collection and analysis in the social sciences, with a special focus on interpretive methods based on a logic of discovering hypotheses and grounded theories. The chief methods presented are participant observation, open interviews and biographical case reconstruction. The special advantages of interpretive methods, as against other qualita…
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- 9783863953744
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- 246p. : ill.
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- 301 ROS i
Research integration using dialogue methods
Research on real-world problems—like restoration of wetlands, the needs of the elderly, effective disaster response and the future of the airline industry—requires expert knowledge from a range of disciplines, as well as from stakeholders affected by the problem and those in a position to do something about it. This book charts new territory in taking a systematic approach to research integ…
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- 9781921536755
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- ix, 165p. : ill.
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- 001.4 MCD r
Humanities Research Centre : a history of the first 30 years of the HRC at th…
Humanities; Research; History
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- 9789751229830
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- xiii, 400p. : ill.
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- 001.307119471 BAR h
Equitable research partnerships : a global code of conduct to counter ethics …
This open access book offers insights into the development of the ground-breaking Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings (GCC) and the San Code of Research Ethics. Using a new, intuitive moral framework predicated on fairness, respect, care and honesty, both codes target ethics dumping – the export of unethical research practices from a high-income setting to a lower- o…
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- 9783030157456
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- xix, 122p : ill,
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- 174.9 SCH e
Research methods pedagogy : engaging psychology students in research methods …
Research methods and statistics are central to the development of professional competence and evidence based psychological practice. Furthermore, the ability to interpret and apply research findings contributes to the development of psychological literacy, the primary outcome of an undergraduate education in psychology. Despite this, many psychology students express little interest in, and in s…
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- 9782889450107
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- 102p. : ill.
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- 150.72 RES r
Chapter 4 preschool education
"The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Education will present the state of the art of the place and role of translation in educational contexts worldwide. It lays a sound foundation for the future interdisciplinary cooperation between Translation Studies and Educational Linguistics. By adopting a transdisciplinary perspective, the handbook will bring together the various fields of schol…
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- 9780367854850
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- 64-80p.: ill.
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- 418.02 COR c
Public-private dynamics in higher education: expectation, developments and ou…
Worldwide, scholarship and policy-making develop new ideas and models for the role of higher education and research in society and economy. This development points to changing relationships and boundaries between the public and private spheres in higher education including their public and private steering and funding, public-private partnerships between universities and firms, the rise of priv…
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- 9783899427523
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- 525p.: ill.
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- 378.04 END p
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