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How can MyNetResearch help me?
MyNetResearch is the world's leading online research community. As a member of MyNetResearch, you can create and manage a large number of global research collaborations. The website enables members to locate other researchers across the world fitting specified research interests, and to work with them on various projects. Projects may include research papers and reports, grant proposals, patents, and inventions. MyNetResearch also keeps you informed about the latest news and developments in their subjects and provides specialist tools to help you in your research. It enables members like you to:
- Expand beyond your circle of local research collaborators to include researchers from every country and continent;
- Grow your research productivity by increasing the number of collaborations you can manage concurrently;
- Keep up with the latest research news and findings in your specializations and in others; and
- Create and manage research projects online, increasing the speed and effectiveness of collaboration between members.
Whether you are a faculty member, a corporate researcher, PhD student, or individual inventor, MyNetResearch is an indispensable resource for creating and developing your research collaborations.
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I accidentally created two accounts. Can I merge them?
Unfortunately we are unable to merge accounts. We suggest that you transfer all your information (profile, connections etc) to one account and close the other. To close one of your accounts, login to that account and go to Contact Us, select the Delete Account subject line and send an empty message to the Administrator.
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How many projects can I create in a Regular Account?
You can have only one Project in a Regular Account. If you need to keep all your past projects or work on up to 50 projects concurrently, you will need to upgrade to a Premium or Institutional Account. To upgrade your account, click on UPGRADE MEMBERSHIP from among the left frame menu options.
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What is the difference between Premium and Institutional Accounts?
Whereas a Premium Account is purchased and managed by an individual member, an Institutional Account is purchased by an organization or institution for use by its members. However, both Premium and Institutional accounts allow members to work on up to 50 projects concurrently; save all such projects within a higher storage limit; save their searches; use a larger address book; work with more collaborators; and access the website Toolbox. The Toolbox contains the following:
- Literature Search and Citation Analyzer
- Online Survey Manager
- Journal Selection Guide
- Research Methods Adviser
- Conference Selection Guide
- Grants Program Locator
- Bibliography Creator
Members of an institution or organization may sign up as Institutional Members only after their institution has (i) signed an agreement with MyNetResearch, and (ii) been allocated a unique Institutional Code. They will enter this Code during registration. As long as their e-mail address is from that Institution's web domain, their accounts are assigned Institutional status with full capabilities.
Note that Premium account members begin as Regular Members (with a free Regular Account). They may then upgrade at any time by paying for a 3, 6, or 12 month membership by VISA, AMEX or MasterCard. Payments may also be made through PayPal, but these payments take 24 hours to go into effect.
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What if I want to cancel my subscription?
To cancel your subscription, go to Contact Us, select the Delete Account subject line and send an empty message to the Administrator. Your account will be deleted overnight. Deleted accounts cannot be restored.
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How can I invite another Member to work on my Project?
You can identify other researchers to work with on your Project by locating the member's profile using the Find Researcher function. Once you have located clicking on the Invite to Project button. However, the Project must already have been created before you can invite other researchers to your project team.
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Who Owns a Project?
The creator of the Project "owns" the Project. It means that only this member has the right to invite others to work on the Project. The Owner also has the right to un-invite any or all other members of the project prior to project completion. This right ceases after the project is completed.
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How do Check Out and Check In of public project files work?
Public project files are managed using version control. A project collaborator may download and check out a project document in order to work on it. The document will be shown as checked out to that user and the document version will advance by 1. Other collaborators must wait for the document to be checked in by the project member who checked it out. However, they may still download the document for study. However, the Project Owner may override the checkout and update the document. Once a document is checked in (uploaded) by the project collaborator who checked it out, others may check it out to work on it.
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Can I work on a Public File another project collaborator has checked out?
If another project collaborator user has checked out a public file, you may only download the file to read. Unless you are the Project Owner, who can override version control, you cannot upload a new file version until the file has been checked in.
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Can I edit an evaluation that I've submitted for another MyNetResearch user?
You cannot revise, replace, or withdraw the evaluations you enter for a research collaborator you have worked with. Once you have entered a score, it cannot be changed.
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Can I have a Private Chat with another Member?
Yes, you can have a private chat with another member who is logged in at the same time as you. The member must be a collaborator on your project, and you can both enter the project's chat room using the Chat tab. Only a project's members can enter the project's chat room. If the other member is not currently a collaborator, both of you may have a public chat through the Chat tab.
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Can I remove a member from my Address Book?
To remove one or more people from your list of connections, go to My Messages: Address Book, click "Delete Researcher", and follow the instructions provided.
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Can I block another member from contacting me?
If you receive an email from a user you have no desire to respond to or to hear from again, in the email, click on the Block button. You will no longer receive emails from this user.
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What is the Wiki and how can I contribute knowledge topics to it?
The MyNetResearch Wiki is a member-created and managed collection of terminology and definitions from all the subject areas represented in the system. Members contribute, correct and refine terms in the Wiki, which is a living repository. Unlike Wikipedia, which is best understood as a broad, but shallow Wiki, the MyNetResearch Wiki is envisaged as narrower, but much deeper than Wikipedia. Make your mark in our knowledge repository by contributing your specialist knowledge to the Wiki today.
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