Research, Collections, and Scholarly Communication

The Unit for Research, Collections, and Scholarly Communication supports the research and teaching of the university community, facilitating scholarly communication, and preserving the scholarly record.

News & Updates from the RCSC Librarians

Upcoming changes to Wilson databases
By the end of December 2011, databases currently available through WilsonWeb will be migrated to a different vendor, EBSCO. The content should remain the same, but users will see a new and different interface. Items saved in a WilsonWeb folder or saved searches will need to be recreated in EBSCO....Read this article

New Resource: Oxford Bibliographies Online
The Library now subscribes to the following subject areas of Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) provided by Oxford University Press: Atlantic History Biblical Studies Buddhism Classics Communication Hinduism International Relations Islamic Studies Medieval Studies Music Philosophy Public Health Renaissance and Reformation Sociology Victorian Literature OBO is a library of discipline-based subject...Read this article

World News Connection database now available
Syracuse University Library now hosts a campus-wide subscription to the international news media monitoring database known as World News Connection (formerly known as FBIS). This news database can be accessed by S.U. affiliated students, faculty, staff by entering the title in the Databases search box on library.syr.edu. Alternatively, use this...Read this article

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By the Numbers

As of July 8, 2011, there are:

4,091 items available in SURFACE

6,718 OA journals indexed in DOAJ

1,990 repositories listed in OpenDOAR

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