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“The ultimate goal of scholars is to share their research with other scholars by joining the academic conversation in their field of study and contributing their findings to the knowledge pool. “ Capella University

Start Here to Add Your Voice “… before publishing anything, you will need to consider how this publication will position you for your future aspirations and activities.” -- Richard Reis, Stanford Consider collaborating with professor or other graduate student

Why publish or present? “The reasons to publish are obvious:  to increase your academic profile,  to put your work before your peers,  to network with other scholars,  and most of all to make yourself more competitive in this dire academic job market. Anything to set you apart from the hundreds of other under-employed scholars is critical.” Richard Reis, Stanford

Seminar paper  Frame research question  Conduct literature review  Offer new data based on field research

Conference paper / Poster session  Present – see and be seen!  Get professional feedback  Networking

Publishing an Article  Select journal  Submit to one at a time  May take 6-12 months  Expect to make revisions based on peer review

What does Copyright protect? ©  reproduce  prepare derivative works  distribute copies  perform  display

Copyright … Yours! Many journals require authors to sign away their copyright, including archiving rights. Image from Association of Research Libraries Example: “Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement'.” Elsevier

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Open Access  Beall's List of Predatory, Open- Access Publishers Beall's List of Predatory, Open- Access Publishers Beall's List of Predatory, Open- Access Publishers

Initial call for papers !!  SLMS encourages manuscripts from all disciplines where student-initiated research is utilized as a learning tool.

Graduate Level  Plagiarism: Using other people’s words and ideas without clearly acknowledging the source of the information  deo/plagiarism- graduate-level deo/plagiarism- graduate-level deo/plagiarism- graduate-level

Citing Sources Post- Baccalaureate ProgramAPA Chicago /TurabianOther BiologyX CSE BusinessXXHarvard Chemistry ACS Computer Science IEEE EducationX

John Spoor Broome Library  Librarians available!  Research assistance  Citation help Thank you! Margaret Driscoll, MLIS