Thank you so much for following along with our Peer Review Week journey! As the peer review process grows and changes, it is important for everyone involved to stay up to date on information and training. Here at the library, we’ve created a special guide to help you start your research, which can be found …
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Peer review as a practice has been around for hundreds of years. It is no wonder that significant problems in the peer review process have been discovered. To gain a better understanding of trends in peer review, we must also understand issues. Enlisting expert peer reviewers helps to ensure that each publication goes through …
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Save yourself and your peers from becoming prey The reality of life in academia is that to obtain and maintain a faculty position, or even to become a competitive candidate for admission into a top graduate school, you must publish original research. In this world, it is the sad truth that your worth as …
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Yes, Finding Quality Research is Possible! An Overview of Peer Review If you are a student, researcher, or instructor, chances are you have heard of peer review. It is not just a vague phrase floating in the ether, instead it is an analytical process that has a considerable influence in shaping scholarly communities. More specifically, …
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Did you know that having students conduct formal peer reviews of each other’s work is actually a form of Open Pedagogy? Open Pedagogy is: Active learning in which students demonstrate understanding through the act of creation. Technologies that are leveraged to fashion creative work for an external audience. The production of new informational or educational …
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Have you ever been given a research assignment and had no clue where to begin? Enter the Texas State University Libraries of 2023. We have created a powerful resource that walks you through the research process as if you were working alongside a reference librarian. While our librarians are still here to help you via …
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It wasn’t long ago that beginning a literature review required a physical visit to the library and flipping through the pages of The Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. The most efficient search engine of the day was present in human form—reference librarians who staffed busy service desks and led bibliographic instruction sessions for visiting classes. …
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