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  • Ball State Researchers Can Now Access ORCID for Publishing Benefits
    September 30, 2025 by

    Ball State University Libraries, in collaboration with the Sponsored Projects Administration, has recently become an ORCID member! ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor iD) is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting scholarly research and researchers. ORCID provides a unique identifier that, when linked to your publications, elevates and tracks the visibility of your scholarship throughout your […]

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  • Range Finder in OneSearch will Lead You to Your Book
    September 16, 2025 by

    Recently, University Libraries introduced a feature in OneSearch to assist with locating a book or other physical item in the University Libraries collections.   Library material is cataloged by location, collection and call number. A call number can be confusing to interpret if you haven’t used a library very much. Range Finder assists your discovery of […]

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  • Open Journal Systems Picture

    Open Journal Systems Publishing for Faculty
    April 21, 2020 by

    In spring 2018, the University Libraries began offering Open Journal Systems (OJS) as a journal management and publishing solution for Ball State faculty. OJS enables faculty to create a wide range of scholarly communications, and present them in a professional manner online. An open-source software developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), OJS was designed […]

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