Digital Scholarship Services (DSS)

This unit manages ScholarWorks@UMBC and UMBC's Electronic Thesis and Dissertations. It provides support for open access and research data. It also provides information on copyright, predatory publishing, ORCID, the UMBC Faculty Expert Search tool.

Questions? Contact us at: 410-455-3544 or flinchba@umbc.edu

ScholarWorks@UMBC

• Search or browse Scholarworks@UMBC: http://hdl.handle.net/11603/14
• Submit works by emailing them to flinchba@umbc.edu (library staff load them)
• Questions? scholarworks-group@umbc.edu

Theses and Dissertations

• All UMBC theses and dissertations from approximately 2007- (note that many are only available on campus): http://hdl.handle.net/11603/63
• Information on preparing your thesis and dissertation and submitting it to Proquest: The Graduate School Thesis and Dissertations webpage
• Make your Thesis or Dissertation freely available worldwide: Theses and Dissertation Publication Form.
• Questions? 410-455-3544 or email Digital Scholarship Services (flinchba@umbc.edu).

Scholarly Publishing, Copyright, and Open Access

• Copyright Guide
• Open Access Guide
• UMBC's Open Access Agreements with Publishers
• UMBC's Open Access Policy
• Legitimate open access publications with article processing charges verses the predatory
• Questions? 410-455-3544 or email Digital Scholarship Services (flinchba@umbc.edu).

Research Data

• Find Research Data
• Cite Research data
• Find a Repository to Share your Data
• Lab Archives.(Lab Notebook that UMBC’s subscribes to—use your UMBC email to create your account)
• Research Data Questions? Need help? 410-455-3544 or email Digital Scholarship Services (flinchba@umbc.edu).
• Python Research Data Programming help: 410-455-2332 or email :arushia1@umbc.edu

ORCID

• Access: ORCID
• ORCID Guide
• Questions? 410-455-3544 or email Digital Scholarship Services (flinchba@umbc.edu).

UMBC Faculty Expert Search Tool

• Search: UMBC Faculty Expert Search Tool
• Make Your Information Visible in the Tool: Visit umbc.edu/go/directory-info and under Profile Format select Digital Measures. Then in Digital Measures, select which information you want to show in your profile by going to “show in profile” and selecting your preferences.
• Full instructions are available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Eta4ftwKz-3GY80j7SkpBxvpDZk8gfjgDAYOGX6qA2w/edit#M.