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, and ORCID.

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
• Paying for Open Access and Data Sharing
• 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
• Paying for Open Access and Data Sharing
• 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).

SciENcv

• Biosketches and CPOS in SciENcv