Doing research:
• Find literature on your topic / background• Do research• Publish results• Develop a reputation in the field
Finding literature
• Search a database: – Web of Science, INSPEC– Finding authors & times cited in Web of Science– Review articles– Google tricks
• Organize everything– Export to Endnote, etc– Export in BibTeX
Google tricks
• http://scholar.google.com • Via the VPN• Change your settings: – Add in UC eLinks (search for university california
davis)– Add BibTeX export option
• Commands: AROUND(2), site=, etc.
Making your reputation: Identify yourself!
• Make a Google scholar profile• Get unique ids: ORCID / ResearcherID• Know your h-Index• Make sure your website and other online
profiles are current
Publishing
• Journal reputation:Finding a journal:– “impact factor” – from Journal Citation Reports– Is it a scam? Publishing:– What can you do with your own work?– OA or not? OA funds– Data publishing – often required!
guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/openaccess
guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/data
JCR – Journal Citation Reports
guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/physicsPhoebe AyersEmail me! [email protected]
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