Scholarly Communication

System through which research and other scholarly writings are created, evaluated for quality, disseminated to the scholarly community, and preserved for future use. It includes both formal means of communication, such as publication in peer-reviewed journals, and informal channels, such as electronic listservs. (from Association of College and Research Libraries, “Principles and Strategies for the Reform of Scholarly Communication 1,” 2003)

Year introduced: 2018

Databases

Insights

Automatically update your Pivot profile via ORCID

Automate updates to your Pivot profile by linking it to your ORCID account. Linking these two accounts will improve relevancy of suggested grants and help you to attract more potential collaborators.

Knowledge Base Articles

How do I organize my references?

Organizing references using citation management software makes the entire process of managing and using citations much more efficient.

Programs

The Index Flex

In this workshop, you will learn strategies to build and/or optimize your online presence, increase the visibility of your expertise and work, and familiarize yourself with a variety of impact metrics, such as the H-index.

Tools

Journal /Author Name Estimator (JANE)

Jane first searches for the 50 articles that are most similar to your input. For each of these articles, a similarity score between that article and your input is calculated.

LitCovid

LitCovid is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 418,410 (and growing ) relevant articles in PubMed.

Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that serves as an information system to support research.

Sage Policy Profiles

Sage Policy Profiles is a free tool designed to track, visualize, and share a researcher's policy impact.

Think. Check. Submit.

Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research.

Tutorials

Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style

APA Style was developed by social and behavioral scientists to help writers achieve clear, precise, and inclusive writing. By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to understand and implement the basic elements of APA Style.

How to Write a Scientific Paper

This video provides insights into what to include in each section of a scientific paper and talks you through some of the best practices for writing.

Using Zotero: Importing your EndNote library

Moving an EndNote library to Zotero can be done in a few steps that this video tutorial go explains in detail, including exporting a library from EndNote, importing that library into Zotero, and cleaning up the files.