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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. Elsevier offers overs 600 fully open access journals where researchers can publish or access peer-review articles.

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Will 'Publish or Perish' Become 'Clicks or Canned'? The Rise of Academic Social Networks

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Mendeley Created as a reference-management tool to help users organize their research, Mendeley also includes a number of social-networking features. Mendeley started as an open-access research network, and some researchers balked when publishing giant Elsevier purchased the site in 2013.

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How a Partnership Over Annotation Software Fits Into Bigger Changes in Research Workflow

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Elsevier, one of the world’s largest publishers of scientific journals, hasn’t been shy about shifting away from just publishing to offering a set of tools for scholars to use throughout the research process. Higher education leaders have been watching Elsevier’s overall strategy with caution—and some concern.

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7 Good Academic Search Engines for Science Teachers

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In addition, Science.gov now offers information from across the federal government on education and training opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields for undergraduate and graduate students." Scopus Scopus by Elsevier is a database of citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed literature.

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Best Websites to Help You Find Academic Books and Journal Articles

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One of my favourite things about Google Scholar is reference mining. ERIC provides all the data you need to build your reference list or formatted bibliography. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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7 Good Google Scholar Alternatives for Academics and Student Researchers

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ScienceDirect ScienceDirect is a platform by Elsevier that offers access to a huge collection of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters including open access materials. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

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As an educational researcher deeply interested in the intersection of technology and education, I have been keenly observing how emerging technologies have been reshaping the landscape of learning. These technologies, I believe, are creating new learning habits and spaces, transforming how education is delivered and consumed.

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