A guide on how & why to cite sources including summarizing, paraphrasing, quoting, style guides, citation management tools, plagiarism, and responsible conduct of research (RCR)
The Purdue Online Writing Lab has developed an extensive number of resources discussing how to avoid plagiarism, how to correctly paraphrase and summarize, and how to properly cite sources for various disciplines.
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Library Services for Authors
Open Access Tools
Use these tools to identify high-quality open access journals or repositories.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) indexes and provides access to high-quality, peer-reviewed open access journals from around the world. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, students, and librarians, offering a curated list of journals across various disciplines that adhere to open access principles.
The Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) is a global directory of academic open access repositories, providing researchers with a listing of institutional and subject-based repositories that make their content freely available online.
This link opens the library's A-Z Database list with the OA filter pre-selected. Use the other filters, like "subject" or "type" to further narrow your search for relevant OA resources.