Research & Publishing Support

New: Open Access Initiatives at the UO, including funding support for UO authors publishing in Open Access journals

Get customized research assistance and many other services from your subject librarian
The subject librarian works with departmental faculty to understand and support the research and information needs of the academic unit, support instruction, and provide referrals to the Libraries' many services

Recommend additions to library collections
Are there some key resources we should acquire? Let us know when you are pursuing a new area of research or developing a new course.

Keep current with new publications
Get notified via email alerts when new journal articles and books are published in your areas of interest.

Keep the copyright for your publications
Don't sign away the copyright for your intellectual efforts. Find out how you can easily keep more control of your publications.

Find impact rankings for journals & authors
Impact factors and other alternative ranking tools can provide useful data on the journals you publish in.

Use citation management tools
Easily find the main citation styles and convert citations from one style to another.

Get special scanning services for research, presentations and publication.

Find digital publication & research tools
Locate and use a wide variety of academic publishing tools on the internet.

Investigate tools for managing research data
Libraries are increasingly getting involved in helping faculty manage research data. Some new tools on the internet may also be useful.

Identify other scholars' expertise
Find out who shares your research interests outside your discipline by using Community of Scholars (COS) Scholar Universe. Search other scholar's research by topic, institution, and region. COS contains scholars from all fields.

Locate research funding resources
Find easy access to many of the funding resources available.

Check your pre-publication manuscripts with antiplagiarism software
Journal publishers are increasingly adding the step of checking incoming manuscripts against their own antiplagiarism software. Blackboard's SafeAssign antiplagiarism software provides one tool to check your manuscript for accidental plagiarism.

Get funding for specialized library research materials
Consider applying for the Libraries' Greenfield Award for library research materials.

Maintained by: Barbara Jenkins Last Modified: 06/15/2009