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Research Strategies

The purpose of this guide is to help you with crafting a literature review which is an important part of your research paper. A literature review summarizes the scholarly work that contributes to your paper.

The purpose of this guide is to help you through the basic steps for a major research project. 

The purpose of this guide is to help you with citing your sources. There are so many citation styles and this guide has it all in one place. Citing your sources is important when writing a research paper. It is giving credit where credit is due. 

The purpose of this guide is to help with installing the citation manager, Zotero. Zotero is a citation manager that can keep all of your citations in one place. 

Open Research and Contributor ID(ORCID) is free and is an easy way to keep all of your scholarship in one location. ORCID’s mission is to enable transparent and trustworthy connections between researchers, their contributions, and their affiliations by providing a unique, persistent identifier for individuals to use as they engage in research, scholarship, and innovation activities.

No matter if you change your name, change schools, change jobs or life just happens you will have an ORCID that will remain the same throughout your life. Signing up is easy! 

1. REGISTER

Get your unique ORCID identifier. It’s free and only takes a minute, so register now!

2. USE YOUR ORCID ID

Use your iD, when prompted, in systems and platforms from grant application to manuscript submission and beyond, to ensure you get credit for your contributions.

3. SHARE YOUR ORCID iD

The more information connected to your ORCID record, the more you’ll benefit from sharing your iD - so give the organizations you trust permission to update your record as well as adding your affiliations, emails, other names you’re known by, and more.

Last Updated: Aug 13, 2024 2:04 PM
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