Library Resources


Information on Publishing

Know why you should publish and how to avoid predatory journals

EBSCO Discovery Service

Access the Library's entire collection of electronic resources from one search point

Academic Integrity

Understand plagiarism, how to avoid it, and how to access the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool


Why Publish?

  1. It is a requirement by the Commission for University Education (CUE): CUE directive that each master students must publish at least one article in a refereed journal before they are allowed to graduate. PhD students are required to publish at least two articles before they are allowed to graduate.
  2. Credit: Publishing provides citable, peer-reviewed credit for created datasets.
  3. Discoverability: All papers published in peer reviewed journals are indexed in Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar, making them available and discoverable
  4. Awareness: Publishing will enable the paper/article to be more widely available to your peers and community, as well as easily understandable and reproducible.
  5. Accessibility: Papers and any associated data are published fully open access.
  6. Peer-review: Focused peer-review evaluates the quality and completeness of a paper against standards upheld by an Editorial Board of recognized experts from a broad range of fields.
Paragraph