PhD students and researchers: quick guide. Academic year 2019-20
Author: CRAI Unitat de Serveis a Usuaris
Keywords: support researchers, identifiers, PhD students, researchers, CRAI, Universitat de Barcelona, user training

► Support for researchers. In this web you can find information on management and publication of scientific journals, researcher identifiers and support and assessment on research data management.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/support-researchers
► Intellectual property: advice on intellectual property in the field of research.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/intellectual-property
► Open Access: information about open access, especially on grants for publishing in open access.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/open-access-ub/funding
► Publication in UB repositories: you can publish and disseminate your scientific production in the UB’s institutional repositories: research in the UB Digital Repository and doctoral theses in TDX.
https://crai.ub.edu/es/que-ofrece-el-crai/publicar-repositorios-ub/instrucciones
► Evaluation of publications and research activity: advice on indexes and how to evaluate the publications and impact indicators of individual researchers.
https://crai.ub.edu/ca/que-ofereix-el-crai/suport-investigador/avaluacio-produccio
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/support-researchers/citation-finder

Advice and support

Access all the resources on paper and electronic support via the Cercabib
cercabib.ub.edu

To find out more, try S@U, Servicio de Atención a los Usuarios, a personalized service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
crai.ub.edu/sau

On the CRAI Web you will find information on future courses held at your library
crai.ub.edu/formacio

© CRAI, academic year 2019-20

PhD students and researchers

Quick Guide

INTRODUCTION

The Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI) offers PhD students and researchers in the UB community a comprehensive range of resources and services.
► CRAI UB Cercabib: new search engine. From "My Account", you can view and renew your loans, reserve documents, consult your reading history and save search profiles.
http://cercabib.ub.edu/iii/encore/?lang=eng
Electronic and paper resources searcher providing a single point of access to various resources such as books, databases, portals, catalogues, journals and portal listings. Allows you to search information through a single interface.
Access the electronic information resources subscribed to by the Library through a proxy server from any computer.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/resources-online/proxy
► Mendeley: manage your references and extract bibliography lists in different citation styles.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/citations-reference/mendeley
► TOC from Dialnet: subscribe to notifications and alerts and access other more advanced options offered by the Dialnet portal. To register at http://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/alta, enter your institutional mail and select the UB.
http://dialnet.unirioja.es/
► Scientific production: e-Dipòsits UB. Search the UB Digital Repository and other institutional repositories to which the UB contributes, coordinated by CESCA and CSUC.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/information-resources/online-repositories

RESOURCES

SERVICES

Lending

► Lending: depending on the type of user and item, the loan period and conditions vary:
― Normal loan: 60 days (UB researcher and visiting researchers), 30 days (PhD students, university master's students and UB-specific master's students).
― Recommended reading: 10 days.
― Weekend loan of recommended reading items: 3 days.
― Audiovisual loan: 7 days.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/loans/loansUB
► Loan of equipment and facilities:
― Laptops
― Work spaces
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/loans/ub-equipment
► PUC loans: request and borrow materials from other libraries belonging to the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC). You may borrow up to 8 documents for 20 days.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/loans/loans-puc
► Interlibrary loan: a paid service that helps you locate and obtain the original or copy of any item that is not in the UB catalogue.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/loans/inter-library-loans

► Digital copies service: allows you to obtain free electronic articles copies from journals subscribed to by the UB but not available in your faculty library and not available in electronic format.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/copying-printing/copies-photocopies
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User training

► User training:
― Face-to-face training: User Training’s web page offers a range of training sessions on the services and information resources provided by the CRAI.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/user-training
― Self-access training: consult the range of self-access training materials devised by CRAI staff on the User Training’s web page. Learning support materials (videos, tutorials and quick usage guides) are located in the UB Digital Repository in the collection Aprenentatge en l'ús de serveis i recursos d'informació: tutorials i guies (CRAI-UB).
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/user-training
http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/handle/2445/12702

Access to resources online

► Wi-Fi and Eduroam:
― Wi-Fi area: as members of the UB community you’ll have access to the Internet via the WifiUB wireless network, which enables you to connect to the information resources of the CRAI from your laptop or mobile device.
― Eduroam network: a unique connectivity initiative between an international group of higher education organizations (among them the UB) which allows users to access a secure wireless network when visiting another institution, using the same credentials as required at their home institutions.
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/resources-online/wifi-eduroam
► Authentication to online services:
https://crai.ub.edu/en/crai-services/resources-online/authentication