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Assist researchers comply with Open Access mandates with submission of research outputs to Research Bank.
Get one-on-one assistance with data management, research impact, scholarly publishing and open access questions.
Data visualisation is the broad term for the practice of representing data in a visual interpretation.
Data visualisation library guide
Ask us to help you establish alerts and saved searches within databases.
Create Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for datasets and grey literature lodged within Research Bank to enable better discoverability of ACU research output.
Create Digital Object Identifiers for ACU Research - published by ACU and lodged within Research Bank - to enable discoverability and citeability of ACU Research output.
Access to EndNote through the website and across student PCs in the university. We also provide training and support using these tools.
We can help you locate items or articles.
Provide impact assistance to support a grant application and advise on aspects of the grant submission (such as Data Management plans).
Impact reports are provided on request to support grant applications, citation analysis or for custom reports.
Help you provide evidence to support statements of research quality using tools such as InCites and Scopus and esteem measures appropriate for your discipline. Librarians can advise on how to maximise your impact through researcher profiles and social media.
Maximise your research's impact
You may request items for loan from other institutions at no cost.
Request ISBN allocation for books that have been published by ACU researchers and the University.
Support to researchers and students in developing and refining search strategies to undertake a literature review.
Access to Mendeley’s institutional account features allows ACU staff and students to access greater storage capacity and additional features.
Staff can download and install NVivo through Software Centre.
Students can download NVivo to their own device. ACU-managed computers should have NVivo installed already.
NVivo for students (AskACU article)
Contact eresearch@acu.edu.au for more information.
Provide advice with supporting Open Access publishing through your journal choice and submitting your accepted manuscripts to Research Bank. We will ingest Open Access publications into Research Bank.
Understand Open Access publishing
Help with choosing preferred journals for publication.
Library staff can direct you to access and support points within IT and the Research Office.
Support to publish open access in selected journals under Transformative Agreements.
View included publisher titles
Support for REDCap is provided by eResearch. Email eresearch@acu.edu.au to request access.
You may request items to be purchased for the Library collection (at our cost).
Assist you with data management plans, file management, describing your datasets, publishing and preserving your data through Research Bank.
This guide outlines our services and resources for higher degree students and early career researchers.
Research essentials library guide
Help you calculate impact using tools such as InCites and Scopus, and other various impact measures within your discipline. Librarians can advise how to maximize your impact through social media and your researcher profiles.
Calculate your research impact
Use tools to provide evidence of research performance for reviews, promotion and grant applications.
Provide evidence of research quality
Help you create and populate Researcher Profiles with your research outputs. Librarians can assist with ORCID iDs, ScopusIDs, ResearcherIDs and Google Scholar Profiles.
The framework details the core services and resources available from ACU Library in support of Higher Degree by Research students, Researchers, schools and institutes.
Help with choosing preferred journals for publication.
Benefit from the specialist skills of our librarians at ACU Library. Choose from 3 levels of service available: Standard, Mediated and Premium service.
Ask us to help you set up alerts and saved searches within databases.
Request off-site access to SPSS by contacting Res.Development@acu.edu.au.
Support with development and refinement of search strategies to undertake a systematic review.
Data mining is the process of using computational methods to retrieve and analyse large sets of data for the purposes of identifying patterns, trends and relationships.
Text and data mining library guide
Find theses from ACU Higher Degree by Research students or upload your thesis in the Research Bank Theses collection.
Check the Library training and events calendar for Research Essentials training about research data management, scholarly publishing, research profiles and EndNote.
Register for training sessions
Zotero is an easy-to-use free reference management tool and comes with 300 MB of free storage.