Research

The Library provides research services, support and training to University of Sydney HDR students and researchers

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Finding information and data

Systematic reviews

An overview of the systematic review process.

Finding datasets

Find datasets for your research.

Finding theses

Find University of Sydney and external theses

Requesting an item from another institution

Access a copy of an item outside the University's collections.


Managing information and data

Referencing

Citing sources in your work

Archiving digital content

Ensuring the ongoing preservation of your research data

Text and data mining

Analyse large scale datasets in your research


Publishing information and data

Publishing

All publishing support articles from the Library

Publishing research data

Increase the impact and reliability of your research by publishing your data.

Open access

Free and unrestricted access to research

Submit to the repository

Submit your research to the Sydney eScholarship repository

Copyright and your thesis

Guidance on thesis copyright ownership. using third-party copyright, publishing theses and making your thesis available in the repository (UniKey login required)

Lodging your thesis at the Library

Higher Degree by Research theses are lodged in the Sydney eScholarship repository.

DOIs and ISBNs

Get a persistent identifier for your research


Promoting and communicating

Making your research findable

Strategies to ensure your audience can find and use your research.

Researcher profiles

Enhance your visability to collaborators, funders and potential partners.

Using copyright materials

Factors for University staff and students to consider before using copyright material.


Measuring research impact

Citation metrics

Measure article and journal performance to evaluate your research output.

Impact beyond academia

Tools such as Altmetric can be used to gather mentions of your research in: public policy documents, mainstream media, patents, social media, blogs and Wikipedia.



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