Kristin Van Diest
Welcome New Bobcats!
Texas State University Libraries is here for you.
University Library Resources for New Faculty and New Graduate Students is intended to provide new Bobcats an introduction to the resources available to them at University Libraries here at Texas State!
Learning Objectives
- Understand the contents of this book
- Determine where you’d like to start
- Prepare to navigate through this book
You will find that this book is organized into three main sections: Research, Publish, and Teach. Following this will be a resources page and an index. You can move through the book in a linear fashion, or refer to the Glossary to navigate by subject matter or keyword.
Research
The Research section will cover many of the resources and support we can offer at each stage of your research process:
- Planning Your Research
- Managing Your Data
- Publishing Your Research
- Preserving and Sharing Your Research
- Resources for Presenting
- Discovery and Impact
Publish
The Publish section will cover some of the components of our robust publishing program, including the following topics:
- Copyright & Fair Use
- Open Licensing & Creative Commons Licenses for Publishing
- Giving Attribution and Applying Creative Commons Licenses to Your Own Work
- Open Access Publishing
- Publishing Platforms
- Persistent Identifiers
- Introduction to Open Educational Resource (OER) Publishing Tools & Platforms
Teach
The Teach section will provide you with ample resources to use in all of your teaching endeavors, including:
- Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Open Educational Resource (OER) Discovery
- Open Educational Resources (OER) & Student Success
- Introduction to Open Pedagogy
- Open Pedagogy: Making Assignments Meaningful
- Creative Commons Licenses for your Course Content
Clicking on each topic above will take you directly to that topic’s homepage. Alternatively, you can follow the book’s natural path and navigate through all of the resources. Remember: bookmark any pages that might be relevant to your work in the future!
If you have any follow-up questions, want to work on a project with us, or find that this book does not cover the topics you are interested in, please don’t hesitate to contact one of our Library Experts, found on the Contact Us! page at the end of the book.
