Research - write - publish: tips and tools to get you through

Research  Write  Publish Tips & tools to get you through Sally Taylor, Woodward Library University of British Columbia

Research: Google Scholar

Easy

Ranking

Full text searching

Grey literature (e.g. reports)

Cited reference searching

http:// scholar.google.com

Research: the other databases % in G.S. are complete records only. % in parentheses also include [citation] records. Other reasons? field searching, syntax, results e.g. fisheries ctr SAME univ british columbia % in G.S. # results fisheries and poaching 5340 Google Scholar 92% (96%) 25 Web of Science 36% (57%) 28 BIOSIS 43% (58%) 111 ASFA

Research: email alerts or RSS TOC alert Saved search alert Citation alert Workshop at Woodward! December 4 th 9:30-11:00am

Research: locating documents

UBC eLink (tip: Scholar Preferences)

Journals database

Library Catalogue

UBC Document Delivery

CISTI/ILL

DFO Virtual Library

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/libraries-bibliotheques/home-accueil_e.htm

Write: citation management

Download, manage, format & share

RefWorks (tip: Scholar Preferences)

EndNote Web

RefWorks workshop next week! November 21st 9:30-11:30am Koerner Library, rm. 217

Publish: things to consider

Subject area

Research community

Journal impact

Access to your publication

Publish: measuring impact http://eigenfactor.org Fishery Bulletin ICES J Mar Sci Dis Aquat Organ Aquaculture Res J Fish Biol Rev Fish Biol Fisher Mar Freshwater Res T Am Fish Soc Aquaculture Nutr T Am Fish Soc Fish Shellfish Immun J Fish Dis Fish Res Fishery Bulletin Fish Oceanogr Dis Aquat Organ Fisheries Can J Fish Aquat Sci ICES J Mar Sci Rev Fish Biol Fisher Fisheries J Fish Biol Rev Fish Sci Aquaculture Can J Fish Aquat Sci Fish Oceanogr Fish Shellfish Immun Aquaculture Can J Fish Aquat Sci Fish Fish Eigenfactor (EF) Article influence (AI) JCR impact factor

Publish: access to your article

Digital format

On the web

Unrestricted/freely available

Increase your readership!

Publish: Open Access (OA)

“ Open access is the condition where access to the fishery is unrestricted”

– OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms

“ Open Access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.”

– Peter Suber

Two roads to achieve Open Access…

Publish: OA publications

OA publications, e.g. FCRR

OA journals, e.g. Fishery Bulletin

Hybrid journals, e.g. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Directory of Open Access Journals

http://www.doaj.org [click “For authors”]

Publish: self archiving

Depositing a copy of your article on the web that is freely available to others

Copyright Transfer Agreements

SPARC Canadian Author Addendum

http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/author/author-e.html

Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine

http:// scholars.sciencecommons.org /

Publish: publisher policies

SHERPA/RoMEO

http:// www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php

green: pre & post-print

yellow: pre-print only

blue: post-print only

pre-print: before peer review

post-print: after peer review with corrections made (usually final draft)

The fine print:

CONDITIONS APPLY

* from Web of Science Fisheries Centre Top 10* Mar Mammal Sci Bull Mar Sci Mar Policy Mar Ecol – Prog Ser J Fish Biol ICES J Mar Sci Ecol Model Rev Fish Biol Fisher Fish Res Can J Fish Aquat Sci

Publish: digital repositories