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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

"How do you make sense of the quality of resources and evaluate their authority and appropriateness for your research?" This library guide advocates careful evaluation of the suitability, authority, and other indicators of resource quality, and provides pointers to a number of reference works and related websites.

Includes a "Step by step guide to an effective search strategy"

This publicly accessible intranet library resource introduces Endnote, Reference Manager, RefWorks, and other software

"Every researcher now needs to know about open access and we're here to help you find out how" (deck, ¶1, 2015.06.16).

Tetzner suggested, "It is always best to choose a refereed or peer-reviewed journal because this means that the research articles published by that journal have been evaluated by scholars and researchers who specialise in the subject area" (¶2), and recommended, "Ulrich's Periodical Directory, online access to which can be gained through most university libraries, … to determine whether a journal is peer reviewed" (¶2).

"Mendeley searches document details - including the 'General notes' field - as well as within the body text of any PDF papers in your library" (Use search to retrieve references, ¶2< 2016.10.06).

In this post, Shirley Zhao points out a number of valuable resources for authors interested in publishing.