Research, Scholarship & Assessment   

Google Scholar is great, but did you know that the library also has specialized research databases for your discipline?  In this session, we’ll explore subject-specific library resources and search strategies for using them.          

 

Researcher identity consists of many components, including name, institutional affiliations, publications, and citations. Once researchers establish this identity, they can more easily track metrics and alt metrics.

In this session, participants will:

• Evaluate researcher identification tools
• Create and manage researcher profiles
• Identify tools that measure impact factors

With the free software Zotero, you are able to save and organize any website, article, or book, and then auto-insert the correct citation into your Word document. This tool formats in-text and footnote citations; creates bibliographies; and more.

Choosing where to submit your journal can be a difficult process. Authors must consider many factors including journal aim and scope, audience reach, publication frequency, impact factor, indexing, and more. In addition, authors must understand their intellectual property rights and the IP policies of publishers.

In this session, participants will:

• Identify common characteristics of predatory journals
• Identify the pros and cons of publishing in open access journals
• Negotiate publisher contracts
• Identify rights and permissions of specific journals