Preparing for your Research Project

• Get answers and advice: Subject Specialists, Reference Help, and "Ask Us" via phone, email, in-person and 24-hour chat.

• Brush up on research skills: library tutorials on databases and resources.

• Track scholarly articles, books and other sources: Feeds and Alerts.

• Organize PDFs, create in-text citations and bibliographies: Citation & Information Management tools (including Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote).

• Find funding opportunities: Grant Funding Workshops.

• Find collaborators:  Experts@Minnesota.

• Fulfill federal requirements from NSF, NIH and beyond: Data Management Plan (DMP) assistance.

• Prevent data disasters: Develop a file naming plan and strategies for archiving and backing up data.

• Learn about digital data tools and methods:  Digital Arts, Sciences, and Humanities.

• Get tools for managing the flow of information: Personal Information Management resources.

Finding, Creating, and Using Data

• Scan objects for digital analysis: Digital Library Services.

• Create and edit video and images: Media Production Services.

• Use GIS data:  Borchert Map Library.

• Find existing data: Data Services.

• Continue data management best practices:  Data Management During Your Research Process.

• Manage data more effectively: Productivity tools.

Publishing and Sharing Research

• Learn about copyright in publishing, teaching and research: Copyright Services.

• Share and save your work in the University's open access institutional repository: University Digital Conservancy.

• Save and share research data : Data Repository for U of M (DRUM).

• Learn how to share your research openly: Open Access at the U of M.

• Consult about publishing options and access to publishing platforms to start a new publication with the University Libraries to support University affiliates’ creation of scholarly publications: Publishing Services.

• Archive and store video: UMedia.

Measuring your Impact

• Tie research together: ORCiD.

• Track research impact: Impact measures.

• Explore emerging research measures, including social media activity and media coverage: Altmetrics

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