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All Proquest products will be unavailable for 8 hours starting Saturday August 8 at 10:00pm

Aug 7, 2015
Posted By: Mita Williams
On Saturday, August 8, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability of your products. The window is scheduled to begin at 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time and will last for eight (8) hours.
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Trial: Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876

Jun 24, 2015
Posted By: Dave Johnston
30 day Trial: June 18 – July 17 Series 1 offers 340,000 issues from over 730 historical American titles. Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this online collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham’s “History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820” and other authoritative bibliographies.
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Access to RefWorks will end in August, 2015

Jun 16, 2015
Posted By: Mita Williams
The Leddy Library has provided access to the RefWorks citation management system through a consortial arrangement with the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). This contract will no longer be renewed by OCUL.

The Importance of Collecting Open Access Content at the Institutional Level

May 27, 2015
Posted By: Dave Johnston
The library has a long history of collecting research at the institutional level. We have a responsibility for the collection of our graduate theses and dissertations. We have also always collected faculty publications albeit through subscriptions. However the emergence of open access means that we have begun to collect faculty content in a way that we didn't have to previously.
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Publishers and Open Access Article Posting Policies

May 15, 2015
Posted By: Dave Johnston
When talking about open access and the new Tri-Council and Windsor policies with faculty (http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/university-windsor-senate-passes-open-access-policy) there are some common questions we encounter.
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Login to Scholarship at UWindsor with your UWIN ID

May 14, 2015
Posted By: Dave Johnston
New and existing users of our institutional repository from the University of Windsor can now login to Scholarship at UWindsor with their existing UWIN ID and password! This makes it easier for you to get started and to continue to add content to the repository. Existing accounts made with your UWIN ID will automatically be synced on first login. 
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University of Windsor Senate Passes Open Access Policy

May 11, 2015
Posted By: Dave Johnston
University of Windsor Senate Passes Open Access Policy 

Varieties of Open Access

Apr 23, 2015
Posted By: Dave Johnston
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Strategies for Sharing Your Research

Apr 14, 2015
Posted By: Dave Johnston
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