Tag: Texas State University Research

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Library instructional designer leading H5P technology users in the U.S. region

In the digital age, instructional design requires an understanding of technology and how it can be used to streamline and facilitate learning. Today’s students often prefer to engage with interactive online tools where they can learn at their own pace and according to their own schedules.  At Texas State University, library leaders realized that they …

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Peer Review Week September 25-29, 2023 Resources

Peer Review Resources

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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Issues and trends in peer review

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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Peer Review Issues: Predatory Journals and Ethics

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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Welcome to Peer Review Week 2023: What is Peer Review?

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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Data curation specialist helps researchers navigate the research data management maze

“I love numbers!” From the time she first discovered Research Data Management as a new and developing field, Xuan Zhou realized that this occupation was the right fit for her. Thus began the journey that led her to Texas State University as the first Research Data Curation Specialist for University Libraries (UL) where she provides …

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Library Online Resource Grants help Texas State scholars access important research materials

Texas State students and faculty across a variety of academic areas are benefitting from two key resources purchased in 2022 through University Libraries’ Online Resource Grant funding. Online Resource Grants support the purchase of one-time online resources such as primary source databases, journal backfile collections, e-book collections, and audio or streaming media collections. These resources …

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Library Wikidata project elevates visibility of Texas State research

Have you ever wondered why something you search for on the web appears as the first or second entry of your query? There are many contributing factors, but the formulation of structured linked data through Wikidata can play a key role in moving a name, place, resource, etc. to the top. With this goal in …

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Library makes Sage Research Methods tools available to Texas State community

Texas State’s University Libraries has acquired a package of research tools from Sage Research Methods (SRM) which provides access to a wealth of materials to help students and faculty learn various research methods. The tools include little green and blue books, a project planner, data sets, reference materials, tutorials, case study videos, expert interviews, and …

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Texas State University Dataverse provides avenue to store and share research data

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Researching human brain behavior is predictably complex and requires voluminous datasets for analysis. For Dr. Logan Trujillo, assistant professor of psychology, research for a summer 2017 article on the effects of electroencephalogram (EEG) reference choices required not only large datasets, but also a place to publish and share the data. “I study human perception and …

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