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Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Welcome to the Laurier Library<\/a>! This guide highlights some ways the Library supports faculty research. To navigate it, please use the tabs to the left.<\/p>\n\n
Overview<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Library resources & services<\/li>\n\t
Research impact<\/li>\n\t
Research data management<\/li>\n\t
Open access & publishing<\/li>\n\t
Citation management software<\/li>\n\t
Digital projects & curation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
Questions?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Please contact your subject librarian<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"3d58bb6b-086f-4f22-9c0c-49751926d985"},"useSeparator":"auto"}]},"library":"H5P.Column 1.17","subContentId":"6060f9ec-fcba-4d56-aa84-d5957bcca6c9","metadata":{"contentType":"Column","license":"U","title":"Introduction"}},{"params":{"content":[{"content":{"params":{"text":"
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Resources & Services<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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In addition to the research services outlined in each section of this guide, the following Laurier Library resources & services support faculty research & teaching.<\/p>\n\n
Key Resources<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Omni<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\tOmni<\/a> is a search tool to find digital and print resources from Laurier plus print resources from the other 13 Omni university libraries in Ontario. See details about using Omni.<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Subject Guides<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\tS<\/a>ubject guides<\/a> direct you to key resources in your discipline, such as databases, journals, books, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Laurier Archives<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\tThe Laurier Archives and Special Collections<\/a> is the library's research collection of archival papers, rare books, and historic university records, with emphases on the environmental conservation movement in Canada, the Lutheran Church in Canada, and Canadian music. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Key Services<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Interlibrary Loan<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\tInterlibrary loan<\/a> allows you to request resources from other libraries.<\/li>\n\t
Interlibrary loan borrowing: using RACER<\/a> (video: 2:26)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Course Reserves & Copyright<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\tHow to put course materials on reserve<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t
All copying of works must be done within the limits prescribed by the Canadian Copyright Act<\/a>, Access Copyright Agreement<\/a>, and other applicable licenses, such as the database licenses. Find out more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Library Instruction<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\tLibrarians can help your students learn a variety of research skills. Library instruction services<\/a> include:\n\n\t
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In-class workshops delivered on-campus or online.<\/li>\n\t\t
Customized online course guides<\/a> and video tutorials<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t
Online MyLearningSpace content that you can use in your course, including our Understanding Plagiarism module<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t
Personalized support from within your MyLearningSpace course. For how to add a librarian, see Add a librarian to your MyLearningSpace course<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Accessbility Services<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
\n\tLibrary Accessible Services<\/a><\/li>\n\t
Accessible Content E-repository<\/a>\u202f<\/li>\n\t
Omni Accessibility Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"a7f9d934-c168-42af-853d-b6427b560d91"},"useSeparator":"auto"}]},"library":"H5P.Column 1.17","subContentId":"dc57bf44-eb46-4566-8215-06319b0abf6d","metadata":{"contentType":"Column","license":"U","title":"1. Resources & Services"}},{"params":{"content":[{"useSeparator":"auto","content":{"params":{"text":"
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Research Impact<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Research impact refers to the effect research has within and beyond academia.<\/p>\n\n
Laurier Library Online Tutorials<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
You might be interested in the following online tutorials related to research impact:<\/p>\n\n
\n\tShow your research impact with a Google Scholar profile<\/a> (video: 2:24)<\/li>\n\t
ORCID iDs<\/a> (video: 2:54)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Research Impact Tools<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
You can also check out the following list of tools for assessing research impact:<\/p>\n\n
\n\tDeclaration on Research Assessment (DORA) - recognized the need to improve the mechanisms for which research outputs are evaluated - https:\/\/sfdora.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t
The Metrics Toolkit \u2013 general guidance on the many ways to measure research - https:\/\/www.metrics-toolkit.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t
Citation Based Metrics or Bibliometrics\n\t
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Google Scholar Citations - produces an H-index and other measures but is often unreliable due to conflagrating many different authors outputs together - https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
H-index - arbitrary quantification of research outputs graphed against the citation count as a proposed measure of quantity of papers and quality proxied through citation counts<\/li>\n\t\t
Impact Factor (IF) - calculated over a 2-year window looking at number of papers published in a journal divided by the number of citations<\/li>\n\t\t
SCIMago Journal Rank (SJR) - the weighted average citation count over a 3-year period divided by the journal articles published in a year - https:\/\/www.scimagojr.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
Source-Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) - number of citations in a year to the number of publications from the past 3-years which is normalized to correct for differences in scientific fields - https:\/\/www.journalindicators.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
CiteScore - from Elsevier through SCOPUS, a free journal metric based on citations and publications which can be inputted into the algorithm - https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/sources<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t
Broad Based Metrics (sometimes considered alternative metrics or alt-metrics)\n\t
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Altmetrics - tracks mentions through social media mentions producing a wheel of colours associated with each type of media, YouTube, Twitter, Mendeley, etc. - https:\/\/www.altmetric.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
PlumX - captures metrics for types of scholarship and calculates usage or mentions - https:\/\/plumanalytics.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
Impact Story - tracks and ranks social media outputs, free for Twitter users and uses ORCID - https:\/\/profiles.impactstory.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Questions?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Please contact your subject librarian<\/a>. <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"0e62cb85-8f2a-40ee-bab1-3552c351635f"}}]},"library":"H5P.Column 1.17","subContentId":"54dbfd82-76de-4572-a753-cd0f8b929d2a","metadata":{"contentType":"Column","license":"U","title":"2. Research Impact"}},{"params":{"content":[{"useSeparator":"auto","content":{"params":{"text":"
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Research Data Management<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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The Laurier Library provides a variety of research data management (RDM) services<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n\n
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One-on-one training and consultation services for writing data management plans with DMP Assistant<\/a>. These services help satisfy DMP-related requirements from Tri-Agency and many other grant bodies. <\/li>\n\t
Data deposit and data curation services with its Dataverse<\/a> repository that will provide a home for your data findings and meet your Tri-Agency data deposit requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Questions?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
For more information, contact researchdata@wlu.ca<\/a> or Michael Steeleworthy (Coordinator, Research Data Services and Data Librarian): msteeleworthy@wlu.ca<\/a><\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"66f2779f-b323-4c38-8244-6ec45f1cfed0"}}]},"library":"H5P.Column 1.17","subContentId":"02ff2afb-0df3-4b42-8316-d3f94183f4be","metadata":{"contentType":"Column","license":"U","title":"3. Research Data Management"}},{"params":{"content":[{"useSeparator":"auto","content":{"params":{"text":"
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Open Access & Publishing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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The Laurier Library offers outreach and consultation about Open Access publishing, including how to meet TriCouncil requirements and how to navigate Author Agreements.<\/p>\n\n
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Find out more about Open Access<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t
Learn about support the Library provides through its relationships with publishers<\/a>, including Article Processing Charge discounts and other initiatives.<\/li>\n\t
Learn about Author Agreements<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t
Consider submitting your scholarly publications to the Library's institutional repository, Scholars Commons<\/a> and learn more<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Questions?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Please contact Charlotte Innerd (Head, Collections and Acquisitions): cinnerd@wlu.ca<\/a>, or your subject librarian<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"3414f7ac-8a4a-4391-83a4-95eb3687d10a"}}]},"library":"H5P.Column 1.17","subContentId":"ffee6cd8-23e8-426a-aeff-4220949fcddb","metadata":{"contentType":"Column","license":"U","title":"4. Open Access & Publishing"}},{"params":{"content":[{"useSeparator":"auto","content":{"params":{"text":"
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Citation Management<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Citation management software helps you organize, manage, and cite your sources efficiently.<\/p>\n\n
The Laurier Library offers training and assistance with two free citation management tools, Zotero<\/a> and Mendeley<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
Some short tutorials are available to help you get started:<\/p>\n\n
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Getting started with Zotero<\/a><\/li>\n\t
Getting started with Mendeley<\/a><\/li>\n\t
Using Zotero's plugin for Word<\/a><\/li>\n\t
Using Mendeley's plugin for Wor<\/a>d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Wondering which tool is right for you? There are pros and cons to both Zotero and Mendeley, and it's useful to consult with your subject librarian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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Zotero or Mendeley: which one is best?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Questions?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Please ask your subject librarian.<\/a> <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"dfa88682-3065-4244-bbf4-35f00c1882d3"}}]},"library":"H5P.Column 1.17","subContentId":"8592f6ca-f96f-4beb-8057-32c642dc2469","metadata":{"contentType":"Column","license":"U","title":"5. Citation Management"}},{"params":{"content":[{"content":{"params":{"text":"
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Digital Projects & Curation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n
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Laurier Library is building capacity to support Digital Humanities and Digital Pedagogy to enhance the research and learning experience of faculty and students.<\/p>\n\n
For more information, visit Digital Projects and Curation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
Questions?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n
Direct any questions regarding these services to Mona Elayyan (Digital Projects and Curation Librarian): melayyan@wlu.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"},"subContentId":"f1e4b9ae-3c58-4f1f-a57a-83767c033e2b"},"useSeparator":"auto"}]},"library":"H5P.Column 1.17","subContentId":"999d04c7-5f0f-4b8a-832a-9e4fcc31f387","metadata":{"contentType":"Column","license":"U","title":"6. Digital Projects & Curation"}}],"behaviour":{"defaultTableOfContents":true,"progressIndicators":true,"progressAuto":true,"displaySummary":true},"read":"Read","displayTOC":"Display 'Table of contents'","hideTOC":"Hide 'Table of contents'","nextPage":"Next page","previousPage":"Previous page","chapterCompleted":"Page completed!","partCompleted":"@pages of @total completed","incompleteChapter":"Incomplete page","navigateToTop":"Navigate to the top","markAsFinished":"I have finished this page","fullscreen":"Fullscreen","exitFullscreen":"Exit fullscreen","bookProgressSubtext":"@count of @total pages","interactionsProgressSubtext":"@count of @total interactions","submitReport":"Submit Report","restartLabel":"Restart","summaryHeader":"Summary","allInteractions":"All interactions","unansweredInteractions":"Unanswered interactions","scoreText":"@score \/ @maxscore","leftOutOfTotalCompleted":"@left of @max interactions completed","noInteractions":"No interactions","score":"Score","summaryAndSubmit":"Summary & submit","noChapterInteractionBoldText":"You have not interacted with any pages.","noChapterInteractionText":"You have to interact with at least one page before you can see the summary.","yourAnswersAreSubmittedForReview":"Your answers are submitted for review!","bookProgress":"Book progress","interactionsProgress":"Interactions progress","totalScoreLabel":"Total score","a11y":{"progress":"Page @page of @total.","menu":"Toggle navigation menu"}}