A presentation for ECS 293 at UC Davis; tips for using the library and managing your publication reputation as a new researcher or graduate student in computer science.

1. ECS 293: Library research
Phoebe Ayers
psayers@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Libraries

2. Doing research:
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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!
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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

14. ACM Publishing Policy

15. guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/openaccess

16. guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/data

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

18. guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/cs

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.

24. Harvest.lib.ucdavis.edu
for books

25. guides.lib.ucdavis.edu/cs
Phoebe Ayers
Email me! psayers@ucdavis.edu