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Library Tip of the Week: A plugin that connects you to paywalled articles

It happens all the time: you're browsing around online, and you come across a scholarly journal article that’s locked behind a paywall. Sure, you can copy and paste the citation information into Library Search to see if you can get it through the Library. But there’s another way…LibKey Nomad!LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that uses an article's DOI to connect you to the SMC Library's journal subscriptions or open-access versions of the article. So the next time you're looking at a list of references on PubMed, Wikipedia, or a scholarly publisher's website, you'll see buttons that take you right to the full-text. It'll even warn you if an article you're about to look at has been retracted.Get LibKey Nomad ...

Library Tip of the Week: Fall in ♥️ with Zotero for saving and citing sources

Roses are red, violets are blue,Zotero saves sources just for you!This Valentine’s Day, let Zotero be your perfect research partner—always remembering where you left that article, organizing your citations with care, and never ghosting you when it’s time to generate a bibliography. Whether you're crafting a syllabus, writing a paper, or guiding students through research, Zotero's browser plugin and desktop app make it easy to pin, organize, annotate, and cite any source your heart desires.Swipe right on smarter citation management—download Zotero today! 💘📚Get Zotero Need help learning Zotero? Watch our 3-minute video or book an appointment with a librarian!Valentine's puns courtesy of ChatGPT....

Library Tip of the Week: New York Times now includes Games and the Athletic

Our digital subscriptions to the New York Times website and apps now include Games and The Athletic! Exercise your brain with the daily Crossword, Spelling Bee, Letter Boxed, Tiled, and endless archives of your favorite free games like Wordle. Plus, follow all your favorite sports teams with The Athletic and its subscriber-only newsletters.All current students, faculty, and staff can get an all-access pass to the New York Times courtesy of the Library.Get your New York Times subscriptionAlready have a New York Times digital subscription through the Library? Just go to nytimes.com or open the New York Times app, NYT Games app, or The Athletic app and log in as usual. You should now see premium content from The Athletic and Games. ...

Library Tip of the Week: Using ChatGPT to find research articles? Read this first.

Using ChatGPT to find research articles? Read this first. We librarians have noticed a trend lately: SMC researchers are coming to us with a citation and need help finding the full text. The citation has a plausible title, real authors, and a reputable journal. However, when we dig deeper, the article doesn’t exist as described. It turns out, in these cases, that the citation originated from ChatGPT. This makes sense, as ChatGPT has been trained to generate language, not look up citations. The latest model can search the web, but it isn’t a search engine. The picture above is an example we experienced of ChatGPT recommending a book, but then admitting the book doesn't actually exist (though the authors do!). However, there are apps that harness AI to help you find relevant publications and quickly get the key points so you can choose which ones to dig into further. Instead of ChatGPT, if you’re looking for research papers on a topic, try:ResearchRabbit: free; maps papers with related citationsSciSpace and Elicit: free for limited features; they translate natural language into search terms and then identify and summarizes relevant papers, and generate a mini literature reviewSee them in action (YouTube video) And we humans are here to help too! Need help finding the key research articles for your literature review or syllabus? Librarians can help you identify the strategies to find the best stuff and get to it—fast. ...

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