Faculty Research

Learn about tools to keep your research current.

Look for sources to fund your research.

An overview of considerations, resources and tools for working with data in your research projects.

Find out about copyright laws including exemptions that apply to the American University community.

A resource guide to scholarly communication.

This guide defines the concepts of scholarly communication and open access and describes the American University Digital Research Archive, an open access repository for AU faculty and student work.

Master tools to promote and gauge the impact of your research.

This guide is designed to introduce scholarly networks and social media channels, including Mendeley Web, Social Science Research Network, ResearchGate, and Academia.edu.

Your name alone is too ambiguous to globally, uniquely identify you (and your work) as a researcher. A solution: ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier.