18 Ways We Can Help Advance Faculty Research
Posted June 17, 2024 in Educational Technology News, Featured News, General Collections News, JMU Libraries News, Open Education News, Special Collections News, The Makery News
JMU faculty, if you’re working on scholarship or research projects this summer, take a moment to explore the ways we can help propel your work forward!
- Scholarly communications, copyright, and publishing: We support scholarly communications across JMU, offering consultations on copyright, author rights, open publishing, journal selection, and more.
- Discipline-specific research: Your department’s liaison librarian is a subject expert who can help you (and your students) with discipline-specific research. Or check out our research guides, created by JMU’s librarians, to see our best resources in various disciplines.
- Data management: We offer consultations on data management, including creating a data management plan.
- Media production services: Get expert assistance with video, graphics, and other media production—including creating images, graphs, or other visual representations of data—for your scholarly publications.
- JMU Scholarly Commons: Share your work globally and increase its visibility by adding it to JMU’s open-access institutional repository. Check out our top 6 reasons to add your work to Scholarly Commons.
- Digital scholarship support: Our digital scholarship experts can consult with you about innovative methods to conduct and share your research online and help you experiment with technologies and platforms. Here are some example projects.
- Special Collections: Access rare and unique materials focusing on the history of JMU and the Shenandoah Valley by making an appointment or perusing our digital collections online.
- Academic software: We provide a variety of academic software to support your research and teaching, including SPSS and much more.
- Learn new research skills: Access free video courses on topics like qualitative methods or SPSS through our subscription to LinkedIn Learning.
- Multimedia equipment: Borrow equipment such as cameras, microphones, camcorders, and external hard drives at the Learning Innovations & Design Desk in Rose Library.
- The Makery: Use our 3D printers to make rapid prototypes in The Makery on the 1st floor of Rose Library.
- Library workspaces: Use our 24/7 space or various quiet spaces for focused work. Check out this short video overview of library locations for your use.
- Interlibrary loan: Request materials not in JMU’s collections, and our Interlibrary Loan team does our best to get it to you quickly and free of charge, via the global network of libraries.
- Delivery services: Get library books or materials delivered to your departmental mailbox or request books for pickup at any library location.
- Scanned articles and chapters: We email you scanned articles and book chapters, whether from our collections or other libraries.
- Online resources: Access databases, articles, streaming videos, and more online resources, available 24/7.
More Free Tools to Help with Your Research
- Google Scholar integration: Identify JMU as your institution in Google Scholar’s settings for easier access to the full text of articles available through JMU subscriptions.
- LibKey Nomad extension: Avoid paywalls with this web browser extension that provides handy links to scholarly articles available via JMU. Here is a short video about how it works.
- Zotero: Want to try a citation manager? Zotero is a free tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and collaborate on research. It connects easily with Microsoft Word and Google Docs, so you can insert citations directly in your text and automatically generate a reference list.
We Also Support Your Teaching!
If you’re preparing for courses this summer or fall, check our Educational Technology Services page or other resources that support your teaching.
Questions?
If you have questions about our research services, Ask the Library! We’re here to help.