New RefWorks features just released!

RefWorks has just released three new features:

1. Write-N-Cite III for Windows with Offline Capabilities
This means that you can not use W-N-C without being connected to the internet. Simply download your RefWorks database from within Write-N-Cite while online, then feel free to disconnect from the Internet.

Full Write-N-Cite functionality is available – inserting temporary citation placeholders, viewing reference information, using the citation editor – even formatting your paper in the output style you choose.

Download the new Write-N-Cite III for Windows from within your RefWorks account by selecting Tools, Write-N-Cite.

2. Write-N-Cite v2.5 for Mac
This Write-N-Cite for Mac version 2.5 works with Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac and the Leopard operating system and has the same features as the current Write-N-Cite for Mac (citation editing, two document format, etc.).

Download the new version from within your RefWorks account by selecting Tools, Write-N-Cite.

3. Attachment Feature
Now it’s even easier to store your research documents along with your references! RefWorks has made it’s attachment feature available to all users at UJ and each user receive 100 MB of default storage space each.
You can attach any type of file – the only requirement is that you have the software necessary to view the attachment.

For information on how to attach files to references, see the online help section Adding References Manually or review the RefWorks Basics tutorial section Entering References Manually.

New Books!

I've emailed you all the list of the newest books I've received for each department.

Due the large amount of new books I have received in the last few weeks, I will keep them at my desk only until Friday 9 May, where after they will be shelved.

If you would like to have a look at some of the books, please let me know and I will keep them for you at my desk.

Springer - New Books

New Print Book Releases Business / Management Science (general)

Information, Organization and Management Picot, Arnold; Reichwald, Ralf; Wigand, Rolf T.978-3-540-71394-4

Managing Global Innovation Boutellier, Roman; Gassmann, Oliver; Zedtwitz, Maximilian von978-3-540-25441-6
Lean Brain Management Dueck, Gunter978-3-540-71837-6

Higher Education News

Highlights of The Chronicle include:

Research & Books

PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR PEER REVIEW
The National Institutes of Health considers changing its policies to entice more senior scholars to evaluate grant applications.
TALES OF WESTERN ADVENTURE
The rigid standards of hiring and tenure are all that stand in the way of humanities professors as thriving public scholars.
PEER REVIEW: The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study gets a permanent leader ... The University of California at Irvine's engineering school hires a climate expert as its new dean ... Bruce Shepard is the new president of Western Washington University ... A new chancellor steps in at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

HACKING BACK
College students learn real-life lessons in Internet security when they go up against hackers in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.

GOLD MINES OF INFORMATION
Vast education databases maintained by states can yield invaluable data, say education researchers, but concerns about privacy limit their development and use.
LINKED IN WITH: Kelly Sutton, a founder of a student-run blog about improving lives through technology.

WHERE THE MONEY GOES: Students are paying a growing share of higher-education costs, but institutions are spending less money on them in the classroom, a report says.
MOUNTAINS OF BLAME: Two administrators from West Virginia University have stepped down in the wake of a transcript scandal, but the president's job seems secure.
WHAT THEY THINK: Most college financial officers expect tuition increases to continue outpacing inflation.

Times Higher Education

Clocking on
Fee-paying students want more teaching contact hours for their money. But do the bald figures on how often they see their tutor tell the whole story?

Journals test software to catch cheats
Academic articles will, like student essays, be checked for plagiarism. Universities across the UK monitor students' work using Turnitin, a program that assesses the originality of assignments.
Now a new program based on the same technology is being developed to apply similar high-tech scrutiny to research papers.

Engaging with students’ spirituality
Students’ religious convictions need not hinder the learning environment; treated respectfully and inclusively, their presence may enhance the experience for all