PA 8106: Research Seminar in Management, Leadership and Governance

This guide offers a survey of resources and tools available through the University of Minnesota Libraries in support of your research development.

Gaining Insight: Exploring Disciplinary Research

Search the literature to learn about theories, frameworks, and evolution of thought within the discipline.

 

Handbooks 

Library Catalogs - search authors, books, and subjects

Journal Literature 

 

Search Major Indexes:

Search Disciplinary Databases related to Management, Leadership & Governance

Grey Literature - related scholarly materials

Conference Proceedings & Working Papers - search the databases above, the website of the conference organization or disciplinary repositories to locate abstract and full text access to conference papers.  

Online Scholarly Repositories - online sites managed by either acadeimc organizations or scholarly organizations that collect scholarly works (or versions of works) and share as open access.  Examples include:

Dissertations

Professional Contacts - use the following sources to find professional/academic associations and experts in the field of inquiry.

Current Awareness Tools 

Learn more about setting up topic alerts to journals and databases.  Doing so can be a real time saver.

Researcher Productivity Tools

These are resources to help you, the researcher, build your professional identity and practice.  

 

Included in this section are examples of researcher identity management, literature review decision frameworks and writing support.

Research Development Tools

These are examples of available tools to assist you at various stages of the research development and planning.

Grant Funding

Journal Quality and Impact Metrics

Be sure to familiarize yourself with predatory publishers.  The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has developed a useful discussion document on Predatory Publishing.

Managing Research Information:  Citation Tools & Data Management

Be sure you are familiar with the various citation guides and style manuals and know the style requirements of your discipline and/or journal you are submitting to.

Also be sure to review the many research data management services available through the Libraries.

Getting Published

Research Support Services : Browse all offerings

Be sure to browse the Libraries site on Transforming Scholarly Communication to learn more about the many processes by which academics, scholars, and researchers create, share, and publish their research, making it available to the wider academic community and beyond.

Last Updated: Dec 20, 2023 9:21 AM