Tools

TOOLS FOR PUBLISHING AND SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT
-for UB faculty, students and other community members to aid in preparing articles, books and other scholarly documents for publication.

Citation Guides and Bibliographic Tools

• Citing Sources from UB Libraries – A chart of examples from the most used citation style guides: MLA, APA, Chicago and CSE and several others. Check here first!
• APA Exposed - online APA tutorial developed by Harvard University
• EndNote – Organize your references with UB EndNote
• Word 2007 – Automatically generate a bibliography based on the source information in your document
• Zotero Firefox – Open source bibliographic database working as a Firefox extension

Writing Assistance

• Research Tips from UB Libraries - This guide will help you understand basic research skills including locating books and periodicals using the UB Libraries catalog; locating full-text articles; using the Web for research; citing books and articles.
• The Writing Place, 217 Baldy Hall, North Campus, (716) 645-2394.
• Purdue University's OWL (Online Writing Lab) - everything you need for writing a research paper in a variety of formats.
• Plagiarism from UC Davis - good examples for avoiding plagarism through correct paraphrasing and citing.
• Creative Commons- Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry.

Multimedia Production
Need to add images, video, audio or other format to your work? Visit these campus locations.

• Teaching and Learning Center - open to all UB instructors and researchers.
• Digital Media Resources Center Lab – open to faculty and students working on research and classroom projects. Located in the Health Sciences Library, South Campus.

Submitting Your Publication
Look for the submission policies for your publication of choice. All publications are different, with varying rules for submission. Consider open access or other alternative modes of publication. Many open access publications have the same rigorous peer review process as traditional scholarly publications without the increasing barriers to access.

• The Facts: Alternatives for Scholarly Publication – from the University of California, a good explanation of alternative publications for scholars.
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy – Overview and help for complying with the NIH policy.
• NIH Public Access Policy PowerPoint - Step-by-step instructions for submitting your work (in PowerPoint format).
• Open Access Overview – another good description from Cornell University.

Self Publication Products/Services

• Lulu.com – Web-based self publishing service.