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Scholarly Impact Department
Located on the fourth floor of Main Library, the Scholarly Impact department provides workshops, consultations, and resources related to "increasing public access to information." This includes information on copyright, open access, the publication process, metrics, and more.
Contact the Scholarly Impact department at:
Further Reading
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Open Book by James Wiser (Editor); Rolf Janke (General Editor)
ISBN: 9780997175714Publication Date: 2016-12-01Open Book, in an authoritative and conversational way, introduces and defines many of the key services and products of academic publishers such as journals, reference, editorial, sales and marketing, licensing and copyright, and market research.
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Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks, Second Edition by Wendy Laura Belcher
ISBN: 9780226499918Publication Date: 2019-06-07At the end of twelve weeks, graduate students, recent PhDs, postdoctoral fellows, adjunct instructors, junior faculty, and international faculty will feel confident they know that the rules of academic publishing and have the tools they need to succeed.
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How to Write a Lot by Paul J. Silvia
ISBN: 9781433829734Publication Date: 2018-09-01Paul Silvia offers fresh advice to help you overcome barriers to writing and use your time more productively. After addressing some common excuses and bad habits, he provides practical strategies to motivate students, professors, researchers, and other academics to become better and more prolific writers. Silvia draws from his own experience in psychology to explain how to write, submit, and revise academic work, from journal articles to books, all without sacrificing evenings, weekends, and vacations. The tips and strategies in this second edition have been updated to apply to academic writing in most disciplines. Also new to this edition is a chapter on writing grant and fellowship proposals.
Available in print and as EBook in InfoHawk+
Questions about copyright or author rights?
Contact Mahyra Burnett, the Scholarly Communications librarian, and check out the Copyright guide.
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