Stuff you should know about the library Josh Bishoff Carolyn Bishoff September 1, 2015 Obama at OccidentalObama at Occidental, New Yorker 2012.

Stuff you should know about the

library

Josh BishoffCarolyn BishoffSeptember 1, 2015 Obama at Occidental, New Yorker 2012

lib.umn.edu

Find your department librarian and talk to

themz.umn.edu/librarians

Access library information and

resourcesProxy bookmarkletz.umn.edu/proxy

VPNz.umn.edu/vpn

Configure Google Scholar with library links

Do not pay for articles yourself

Interlibrary Loanz.umn.edu/ill

Keep up with your field

Journal/magazine TOC alertsDatabase alerts

RSS readers for blogs (Feedly, Newsblur)

Browzine (for iOS and Android)

Tools to make work suck less and save loads of

timeCitation managers

Literally anything besides a list of readings in Word

Notetaking software

Because your brain ain’t got the time

Find highly-cited research in your

disciplineGoogle Scholar

“Cited by ###”

Scopus & Web of Science

Specialized tools have shortcuts to figuring out important publications to

read

Plan to organize and protect your thesis

projectWrite up a data management plan

z.umn.edu/dmp

Your librarian can give an outside perspective and feedback

Publications: management & access

What• UDC• provides long-

term, public access to your publications/posters

Why• sharing research is

good• long-term storage &

preservation of your works

https://conservancy.umn.edu/

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