News from The University Library
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Special opening hours for summer 2025
There are limited opening hours at the libraries during the summer. Read more about the applicable times.
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Doctoral course Publishing Strategies and Research Visibility
The PhD course Publishing strategies and research visibility is primarily aimed at doctoral students and junior researchers at Örebro University.
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Extended loan period for books during the summer
During the summer, we have extended loan periods for the books you borrow from the university library. Please check the applicable dates.
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ORU2025 is approaching – get support from the University Library to update your researcher profiles in Web of Science and Scopus
Ahead of the upcoming research evaluation ORU2025, it is important that you, as a researcher, update your profiles in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, as well as create or update your ORCID.
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Register for the Information Retrieval doctoral course
Information Retrieval is primarily aimed at doctoral students at Örebro University. During the course you learn how to search comprehensively for research relevant to your area.
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Changes in the Library's e-resource offerings
The agreements for Criminal Justice Abstracts and Pressreader have been terminated due to cost increases of other agreements.
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Apply for the Academic Writing doctoral course
Academic Writing is a course regularly offered to doctoral students at Örebro University who want to improve their English writing skills. Three credits are awarded for participation in five online sessions together with work done between meetings.
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Cochrane Interactive Learning - for those conducting a systematic review
Cochrane Interactive Learning is a learning resource on conducting systematic literature reviews, which takes you step by step through the work process and what to consider.
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Cabell's Predatory Reports is a valuable resource that helps you avoid predatory journals when publishing
Predatory journals are disreputable publications that prioritise profit over scientific integrity and do not meet all the standards expected of scholarly journals. Being published in a predatory journal can diminish the credibility of your research.
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Find unintentional plagiarism using iThenticate
iThenticate is a text screening tool that researchers can use to check for similarities and unintentional plagiarism. The results provide information about the degree of similarity between your work and previously published material.
