Biological Systems Engineering EBS200 Library Orientation 2020

by Leyla R Cabugos – October 7, 2020

Library Resources and Services During the Pandemic

https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/coronavirus/

Connect from off-campus using VPN Client (Pulse Secure)
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/service/connect-from-off-campus/

Consultation Services
Librarians can assist you with quick questions or preparing for longer research projects. Use librarian contact information on a relevant subject guide or send an email to researcherservices@ucdavis.edu.

Instructional Services
We offer classes, workshops, and seminars on library research. We also tailor library instruction for specific curricula, as well as for lab or research groups or journal clubs.

Literature Review

Subject Guides 

Start your research with collections of resources our librarians curate for specific disciplines.

Biological and Agricultural Engineering guide  https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/bae/

Tip: Your literature search is part of your research methodology.  Document it!

Example: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10104-8

Manage Citations

Software comparison and tutorials https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/citation-styles/#citation-managers-7

Research Proposals and Funding

Methods Pre-Registration
Improve the quality and transparency of your research by registering your plan before you implement it. Better yet, over 260 journals will peer review and provisionally accept your study before you begin data collection, so publication doesn’t hinge upon the results.

Pre-registration templates are also a useful process tool to help you document your research.
https://osf.io/zab38/wiki/home/

Contributor Roles Taxonomy
Framework for distributing credit for author contributions
https://casrai.org/credit/

Research Methods (Experimental/empirical and Modeling)

Search for methods or protocols under Database Search on the UC Davis Library website
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/?post_type=database&az=all&s=methods

Research data collection, analysis and presentation

Library Research Data Services
Find data repositories, GIS help, etc.
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/service/research-data-services/

Reporting and publishing research results

Open Access Publishing Resources (including funding) at UC Davis
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/service/open-access-publishing/

Author ID’s/Profiles and Altmetrics
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/bae/#author-id-profile-9

Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer

          Patents Subject Guide
https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/patents/