Using Google Wisely
Google can be a great place to start your search for free information. Google Scholar helps you find scholarly information that may or may not be free. WSU Libraries pays for you to have access to many of the fee-based articles that you find in Google Scholar.
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How-To VideosLearn how to navigate and use library resources, including searching, citing, saving, and requesting materials.
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Research ToolkitResearch Toolkit workshops are designed to address the most common challenges students face in doing college-level research, including navigating databases, locating relevant sources, and making sense of information once it is found.
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Subject LibrariansLearn which librarian specializes in your area of research.
Avoiding Predatory Journals
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Cabells Scholarly AnalyticsBesides providing publishing opportunities in many academic disciplines, Cabell's provides a predatory journal report.
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PubMedPubMed provides free access to the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) premier database – MEDLINE. Content is citations and abstracts from national and international journals covering all aspects of biomedicine including allied health and other fields as they relate to medicine or healthcare.
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)The DOAJ is a database “that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.” This directory has very strict criteria for indexing, making it an excellent source.
Evaluating Journals and Authors
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Science Citation Index ExpandedUse this to identify a researcher's subject areas, institutions, and affiliations and to gauge the influence of a researcher's work.
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Journal Citation ReportsRates journals within disciplines by the ratio of their citations to their article count.
What is CORE Scholar?
CORE Scholar is an institutional repository sponsored by the Wright State University Libraries and managed by the Digital Initiatives and Repository Services Department. The institutional repository collects and makes available the scholarly output of WSU faculty, staff, and students as well as local, regional, and WSU heritage material. The goal of CORE Scholar is to provide open access and worldwide exposure to Wright State's unique research and collections.
CORE Scholar is built on the bepress Digital Commons platform which offers a wide array of tools to showcase the academic successes of Wright State including:
- Departmental Pages that provide access to articles/research authored by members of WSU departments
- Journals that are edited by faculty of WSU
- Proceedings of conferences/events taking place at WSU
- SelectedWorks pages that are researcher profile pages available to all faculty & staff of WSU
