Researcher Support

Researcher Support

Introduction

The content on this website provides you with information and resources across a variety of researcher support topics supported by the University of Melbourne Library.

How to use this website

This website is a repository to help you access important resources when you need them at different stages of your research. Use the sidebar to navigate to the topics you are interested in.

Under each topic you will find links to key resources supported by the University of Melbourne Library. Links to additional resources closely related to each topic are included under the heading Secondary Resources.

Researcher Support

Key Resources

Getting Started Videos

Getting Started with Advanced Library Research Videos: highlight the essential orientation material for graduate research students and academic staff who are new to the University of Melbourne. The series consists of eight short videos (2-6 minutes), view the Getting Started with Advanced Library Research Videos.

New Researchers' Guide

New Researchers' Library Guide: highlights Library resources and services for research staff and graduate research students who are new to the University of Melbourne. Access the New Researchers' Library Guide.

Library Guides for Researchers

You can search for a guide on a particular topic via the Library Guide homepage, or browse the guides by category:

Secondary Resources

Next step: Use the side menu to navigate through the researcher support topics.

Advanced Data Skills

Data skills are an important element of being a researcher. The University provides a network of research support staff, resources and services.

Key Resources
  • Digital Stewardship (Research) Team website: a comprehensive resource by the Digital Stewardship (Research) team at Melbourne. The team provides support, services, training, advice and examples of good practice in data stewardship, digital preservation and research data management.​
  • Research Data Management: services, support and advice including information on storage, ethics, and sensitive data handling (UoM login required).
  • Managing Data @Melbourne: online training on the basics of research data management.
  • Manage Sensitive Data: resources to help researchers ensure appropriate processes and controls are used during the collection, analysis and retention of sensitive data, including a Research Data Classification Tool(UoM login required).
Secondary Resources

Advanced Research Skills

The University of Melbourne Library offers a range of support regarding advanced database searching, literature reviews, and specialised search strategies.

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Secondary Resources

Bibliometrics

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Publishing and Profiles

The University of Melbourne Library offers a range of support to help you disseminate your research. This includes guidance on scholarly publishing, making your research openly available and improving research discoverability through researcher profiles.

Key Resources
  • Open Scholarship website: an information hub to support both staff and students in exploring the ways in which they can apply open practices to their research and teaching.
  • Open Research Guide: offers practical guidance on how to make your research open – from your study design to your final published research outputs.
  • Scholarly Publishing Guide: can help you find and evaluate appropriate publishing outlets for your research.
  • Researcher Profiles Guide: can help you to understand the different researcher profiles available and how they can assist in building your online presence and ensuring your research is discoverable.
  • Authorship: outlines the requirements for authorship at the University of Melbourne, with links to the Research Authorship Agreement template and frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Secondary Resources
  • Open Access Publishing: explores the pathways to publishing your research open access. The page includes details of the University’s open access publishing agreements, which can enable University of Melbourne corresponding authors to receive open access Article Processing Charge (APC) waivers in eligible journals.
  • Funder Open Access Policies: learn about the open access requirements of ARC and NHMRC grants and pathways to compliance.
  • Principles for Open Access to Research Outputs at Melbourne: outlines the University’s commitment to open access, and our researchers’ responsibilities for making their research open.
  • Open Scholarship videos: a series of short introductory videos covering different aspects of open scholarship, including preregistrations, preprints, and publisher and repository open access pathways.
  • Minerva Access is the University of Melbourne’s institutional repository. Learn how to deposit your research outputs.
  • Melbourne Figshare is the University’s repository for data, reports, creative work, and other digital assets.

Research Outputs

The Research Outputs team assists researchers in managing their research outputs for display on Find an Expert and Researcher Dashboard. They can also assist you in uploading your research to our institutional repository, Minerva Access.

Key Resources
    • Manage your research outputs: details the services offered by the Research Outputs team and provides links to the key ServiceNow request forms and your Faculty specific contact person. (UoM login required).
Secondary Resources

Copyright

There are many ways that copyright can affect your research. From using third-party copyright material in your thesis or dissertation to evaluating your author agreements with publishers, understanding how copyright plays a role is a valuable skill to have at different stages of your research.

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Reference Management

Re:cite provides a number of resources, tools, and webinars to keep you up to date with citation styles and reference management software.

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Secondary Resources
  • Re:cite guides and tutorials: includes comprehensive resources to assist you in choosing a citation style, incorporating sources into your writing, and referencing tools available to you.