Library tips for new researchers in computer science
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The document outlines essential steps for conducting research, including finding relevant literature, publishing results, and building a professional reputation. It emphasizes the importance of creating online profiles, understanding journal impact factors, and using various databases and tools for literature search. It also provides tips for organizing research and managing bibliographic data.
Library tips for new researchers in computer science
- 1. ECS 293: Library research Phoebe Ayers psayers@ucdavis.edu UC Davis Libraries
- 2. Doing research: • • • • Find literature on your topic / background Do research Publish results Develop a reputation in the field Let’s start from the end…
- 3. Making your reputation: Identify yourself! • • • • • Make a Google scholar profile Make an ACM author-izer profile Get unique ids: ORCID / ResearcherID Know your h-Index Make sure your website and other online profiles are current
- 4. Reputation
- 9. ResearcherID: from Web of Science
- 10. Publishing • Journal reputation: Finding a journal: – ACM related conferences/journals – “impact factor” – from Journal Citation Reports – Is it a scam? Publishing: – What can you do with your own work? – OA or not? OA funds – Data publishing – often required!
- 12. JCR – Journal Citation Reports
- 17. Finding literature • Search a database: – Compendex, Web of Science, Citeseer, INSPEC – Finding authors & times cited in Web of Science – Review articles – Google tricks • Organize everything – Export to Endnote, etc – Export in BibTeX
- 23. Google tricks • http://scholar.google.com • Via the VPN • Change your settings: – Add in UC eLinks (search for university california davis) – Add BibTeX export option • Commands: AROUND(2), site=, etc.
- 25. guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/cs Phoebe Ayers Email me! psayers@ucdavis.edu