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Discover Liunet – your online study compass

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Imagine a site where all important information that you need for your studies is collected, from access to timetables to tools to facilitate your learning. Actually, there is such a site – Liunet Student.

All that you need in one place

Liunet is the navigating aid you need during your time at LiU. Here you can access tools for finding your way around campus, booking a study room, and keeping track of your timetable. Via Liunet, you can also download software that are essential when studying, and find tips on how to make your learning more efficient and joyful.

The Library is there to help you when you need it

When studying at university it is sometimes easy to get stuck, especially when you need to find scholarly sources and to evaluate them ahead of using them in your paper or report. The University Library is here to help you and can offer you the tools you need to succeed.

At the Library’s pages on Liunet, there is information about how to access the books and articles that you need for your courses. Many of them are available online, and via the Library you can access our e-resources from home and around the clock.

But the Library offers more than publications. Via Liunet, you can find and register for workshops, lectures and webinars on topics such as Python programming, reference management software, Excel, and how to use and get access to equipment such as sewing machines, VR gear, and 3D printers. Regardless if you are a beginner or have previous experience with such equipment, there is always something for you.

Become your own expert

At Liunet, there are guides and resources that will help you enhance your study skills, such as abilities in information seeking, evaluating sources, academic writing and presentations. With such skills in your arsenal, you will be set to achieve your goals at LiU.

Welcome to Liunet!

Access to Liunet

As soon as you have received your LiU-ID you can access Liunet. There are many ways to get there, for example under “Internal” in the footer of every page on liu.se and via Lisam (use the LiU icon to reach the “Digital entrance” and click Liunet).

Log in to Liunet

By: Rebecka Öhrn, librarian, Valla Library

Translated by Peter Igelström

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The Library implements LiUdesk

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From Wednesday 12 June, the Library will be using the ticket management system LiUdesk, already in use by other services at Linköping University.

When you email us as a student or employee at LiU, you will receive our reply via LiUdesk. Via email, you will receive a link to your LiUdesk ticket, where you log in with your LiU-ID to see and reply to the message. Users outside of LiU will receive their reply directly via email.

The transition to LiUdesk will improve information security and the handling of tickets, and will harmonize library routines with those of other LiU services.

A new library chat is under procurement. The new online chat will be implemented after the summer break.

Contact the Library

biblioteket@liu.se

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What is open science?

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Open science is a buzzword – especially among policymakers. We read about it it in the two latest government bills on research, we read about it it in UNESCO’s declaration on open science. We also see open science in everyday life, but we usually don’t refer to it as “open science”: researchers publish articles and books open access and share research data for scrutiny and reuse. Already today, open science is (partly) something we do, not just talk about.

Open science is an umbrella term that often includes components such as open access, open data, open educational resources, and citizen science. Step by step, universities and other public authorities facilitate the opening of these components so that researchers can open up their research processes. But open science can also be seen as something larger, where the goal is a society characterized by open science. A society with open science could lead to benefits. Researchers could benefit from increased collaboration and more swiftly building upon each other’s work (as it becomes easier and more efficient to stand on the shoulders of giants).

However, even if it research is open, this does not entail that it is usable and possible to understand. Eliminiating paywalls is far from enough. Other conditions must be met for research to be actually reusable. The dream of open science is beautiful, but it also places demands on us—whether we are researchers or not. Open Access Week can be a way to go beyond the nice words in policy documents and everyday openness to reflect on what is needed for science to lead to real benefits outside academia.

Written by Johanna Nählinder, research support coordinator Linköping University Library

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Use ORCID and verify it in MinIT

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To disseminate research and make it accessible, identifiers such as doi-links for publications and ORCID for researchers are indispensable. By specifying doi-link and ORCID when you describe your research, it becomes easier to create a common thread that links different types of research results in your research process. You simply become clearer as a researcher. Today, more than 1,700 LiU researchers have an ORCID and more and more journals and research funding bodies use ORCID to identify you as a researcher.

Make sure to verify your ORCID so that you are more clearly linked to LiU! LiU now has better support to facilitate those who want to use ORCID. On the page My profile in the MinIT system you can verify your ORCID. If you do not already have an ORCID, you will have the opportunity to create one in the process. The university library will automatically be able to use your ORCID in DiVA so that you are more easily linked to your publications.

Go to MinIT to verify your ORCID – it only takes two minutes

My profile – MinIT (minit.liu.se)

More about open science

Open Access Week – programme, Linköping University Library 2023

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UniSearch interface upgrade

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The library search engine UniSearch has received a new interface. Filters have been moved to directly below the search box. To find out how you can access each item, click the “Access options” button.

The new interface is fully adapted to mobile phones and tablets. Another improvement is that URLs are no longer session-specific, making it possible to save and share a record by simply copying the URL.

In UniSearch, a Discovery system provided by EBSCO, you can search for all types of material, for example scholarly articles and books in the library collections (print and electronic). You can limit your search according to categories such as peer review material and full texts. The “Concept map” feature, found via the left-hand menu, allows you to explore specific research topics.

As a student or employee at LiU, sign in with your LiU-ID to access library e-books and e-journals via UniSearch.

In the left-hand menu, there are also links to My Loans, where you manage your loans and reservations, and “Publications”, the Library’s journal’s list where you can search for journals and e-books.

En sökruta med två träffresultat.

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Coinciding with the launch of the new interface, the search box at the library web has also been given a new design:

A search box with the text "Search articles, books and more".

Test the new interface

UniSearch