Friday, June 29, 2012

'Neglected' PhD students ignorant of latest research formats, study finds.

'Neglected' PhD students ignorant of latest research formats, study finds. Elizabeth Gibney reports

...despite being technologically savvy, Generation Y doctoral students know little about the range and authenticity of research information available in new formats such as online databases, e-journals and repositories, and few know how to access it.
They also have little understanding of open access and copyright. Many believe supervisors would not approve of citing open-access papers and only 26 per cent know that funders are beginning to expect open access to the research they support.....

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