Digital Scholarship Services

We are available to questions on scholarly communication and publishing topics including digital preservation, copyright, author rights, research impact, open access, etc. Below are some helpful links to get you started.

Sherrod Library can help you with choosing the places to publish your research as well as avoiding predatory journals.

• Think. Check. Submit. provides information on how to identify legitimate journals so you can avoid predatory journals.

• Ulrichsweb is a library database that provides information on journals

• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Business is a library database that provides information on scholarly publications in business. 

Sherrod Library can help you navigate copyright as you publish. When you publish, you have to pay attention to copyright so you know what you can legally do with your work before, during, and after publication.

• SPARC Author Rights Guide and Author Addendum provides an overview of author rights as well as an appendum authors can use to protect their copyright through the publication process.
• SherpaRomeo is a database of journal copyright information, specifically what version of your manuscript you can share publically.

Sherrod Library can you help distribute and promote your research.

• SelectedWorks Faculty Profiles in Digital Commons@ETSU are a great tool to share your research online. You can request your profile to be part of the Research Mentor Gallery where students can find faculty interested in mentoring undergraduates in research. Request a profile by sending your CV to digilib@etsu.edu.

Sherrod Library can help you measure the impact of your research for reports such as tenure and promotion dossiers.

• Downloads and PlumX Metrics (usage, citations, social media) are available on the works featured in your SelectedWorks Faculty Profile.
• Citations on your journal articles and other publications can be located in Google Scholar and Web of Science.
• Journal-level impact metrics (e.g. h-5 index, impact factor) are available free through Google Scholar, Scimago, CiteScore, and Eigenfactor websites. Check out this guide on the distinctions between these websites. ETSU does not subscribe to Web of Science citations where you can find impact factors.