Library Skills for All Students

Publishing Help & Resources

The publication process can be an interesting journey, but the library has people and resources in place to help with these endeavors. Use the menu links to the left for more information on Copyright and Citation Management, as well as the links below to find more information and assistance in navigating the road to publishing your works.

The content in this section will show you how to:

Evaluate the impact of various library sources (mostly academic journals)
Identify predatory publishers and titles
Define types of Open Access (OA) publications
Obtain help with publishing and the Scholarly Communication Lifecycle

Impact: Library Tools for Promotion and Tenure
USF Libraries guide for graduate students and faculty interested in tracking cited references to their work and determining journal quality and rankings.

Identifying Predatory Publishers
For more information about how to identify predatory publishers, click here.
Open Access Publishing
The open access (OA) movement gives both publishers and readers the power to freely promote worldwide access to information, creating a true global reach for research. DSS is proud to support the USF Library’s OA publishing program.
Scholarly Communication Lifecycle
The Scholarly Communication Research Lifecycle captures the steps involved in the research process and links resources to assist at each stage.