Personal librarian: Help with publishing projects
The library has a variety of resources if you’re planning on publishing . These resources will guide you in selecting where you should submit your writing . These include: journal ranking tools Ulrichsweb which lets you find publications by subject, type (scholarly journal, magazine, etc.), and whether they are peer-reviewed or otherwise refereed. Here’s a video I’ve made on using UlrichsWeb, especially for finding “hard-to-find” sources. Make sure you’re publishing in reputable journal: The How to assess a journal guide provides a list of criteria to consider with assessing an academic publication. Predatory publishers use aggressive and deceptive practices to convince researchers to publish in sub-standard journals that are not properly peer-reviewed or edited. Articles published in these journals are lost–they cannot be republished in another journal and will not be counted in the standard metrics used to measure the impact of your research. APCs (article processing charges) ar