Joining the

ConversationYour Voice,

Their Voice

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You’ve just walked into

a fascinating, heated

discussion in your area of interest.

What

would

you d

o?

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“The ultimate goal of scholars is to share their research with other scholars by joining the academic conversation in their field of study and contributing their findings to the knowledge pool. “

Capella University http://www.capella.edu/writingcenter/academicPublishing.aspx

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to A

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Your

Voic

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“… before publishing anything, you will

need to consider how this publication

will position you for your future

aspirations and activities.”-- Richard Reis, Stanford

Consider collaborating with

professor or other graduate student

Why

publis

h o

r pre

sent?

“The reasons to publish are

obvious: to increase your academic

profile,to put your work before your

peers, to network with other scholars,

and most of all to make

yourself more competitive in

this dire academic job market.

Anything to set you apart from

the hundreds of other under-

employed scholars is critical.” Richard Reis, Stanford

Sem

inar

paper Frame research

question Conduct literature review Offer new data based

on field research

Confe

rence

paper

/ Po

ster

sess

ion

Present – see and be

seen! Get professional feedback Networking

Publis

hin

g a

n

Art

icle

Select journal Submit to one at a time May take 6-12 months

Expect to make revisions based on peer review

What

does

Copyr

ight

pro

tect

? © reproduceprepare derivative works distribute copies

performdisplay

Copyr

ight

…

Yours

!Many journals require

authors to sign away

their copyright, including

archiving rights.

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Example: “Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' .” Elsevier

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Open A

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Beall's List of Predatory, Ope

n-Access Publishers http://scholarlyoa.com

Init

ial c

all

for

papers

!!

SLMS encourages manuscripts from all

disciplines where student-initiated research is utilized as a

learning tool.

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Plagiarism:   Using

other people’s words

and ideas without clearly acknowledging

the source of the information

http://library.sjsu.edu/video/pl

agiarism-graduate-leve

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Cit

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ourc

es Post-

BaccalaureateProgram

APAChicago /Turabian Other

Biology X   CSE

Business X X Harvard

Chemistry     ACS

Computer Science

    IEEE

Education X    

 

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ryLibrarians available! Research assistance Citation help

Thank you!Margaret Driscoll, MLIS