LibGuides: Faculty & Graduate Students: Research Support

Research Support

Contact a Subject Specialist
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Librarians have created subject guides for nearly every departmental discipline.
Schedule a Research Consultation
Contact your librarian directly, or use this form to request a consultation.
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ORCID
ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized. It takes 2 minutes to go to: ORCiD and register your name, ODU email, and password. If you already have an ORCiD, please enter it on the ODU Website.
Google Profile
Set up a Google Scholar profile to keep track of citations to your articles. You can check who is citing your publications, graph citations over time, and compute several citation metrics. You can also make your profile public, so that it may appear in Google Scholar results when people search for your name.
Research Impact & Metrics
Learn how you can make a bigger impact with your research and what metrics are available.
Cited Reference Searching
Find out who's citing you, or track cited references on your topic. Should help with promotion and tenure.
Where to Publish Your Work
Find out where to publish your work, including where NOT to publish.
Create a Data Management Plan
Get information about managing your data, especially if your grant requires a formal plan.
Use EndNote
EndNote is a powerful tool for organizing and managing your references.

The Libraries will assist you with identifying and using research resources for your thesis or dissertation. For specific policies and procedures, contact the Graduate School -- graduateschool@odu.edu

Note: The University has instituted an Electronic Thesis and Dissertation program which is mandatory as of Fall 2016. Refer to the Graduate School page or the Registrar's Office.

See: Old Dominion University Guide for Preparation of Theses and Dissertations (rev. 2018)
The primary purpose of this manual is to provide uniform standards regarding style and format while allowing enough flexibility to satisfy the acceptable practices of each academic discipline.

How to Find Dissertations & Theses
Use this ODU Library how-to guide for more information about finding dissertations and theses.

Borrowing, renewing, recalls and holds
Our catalog offers many online features.
Interlibrary Loan
Use ILL to borrow books and retrieve articles that ODU does not subscribe to! If you are a distance student, have books mailed directly to you!
Faculty/Grad Student Research Carrels
Spend a lot of time in the library? Request a carrel for your research needs. Research carrels are assigned to ODU faculty members and graduate students with demonstrated need to use library resources for a given research or writing project, on-campus sabbatical project, doctoral dissertation, or master's thesis. See Procedures

PRINTING

Use the photocopier in the Learning Commons near the public stations: $.10/page

[Students only] Use any of the Learning Commons computers. You may need to add money to your account. Ask at the Help Desk.

SCANNING

Let us scan it. Use the library's Document Delivery Service (Interlibrary Loan).

For articles or book chapters available at ODU Libraries (or elsewhere), faculty and graduate students can request the item through their ILLIAD account and receive it via PDF, usually within 2-3 work days. Contact ILL (757-683-4170) for more information.

Or... you can scan it.

Use one of two flatbed scanners available in the Learning Commons, 1st floor. Note: no OCR option.

Funding Sources

The following are some grant funding sources to consult. It's always best to contact the ODU Office of Research for grant information and assistance.

GrantForward (ODU Office of Research)
ODU subscribes to the GrantForward funding database, which provides faculty, students and staff at Old Dominion University access to funding opportunties daily.
Grants.gov
Grants.gov has information about all federally supported funding opportunities and general information about the federal grant process. Use "Search Grants."
GrantWatch
Use "Search for a Grant."
Grantli: State Grants Research Tool
List of private foundations and charities by state.
Sherpa Juliet
Sherpa Juliet enables researchers and librarians to see funders' conditions for open access publication.