V.O.L. Journals Guide

Quick Links

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UT Resources

• V.O.L. Journals Home - the home page for V.O.L. Journals in TRACE
• V.O.L. Journals / TRACE My Account - create an account or log in to the repository
• TRACE User Support - a library page with technical support for every type of TRACE user
• Data Services - a library page with technical support for researchers submitting data to TRACE 

External Resources

• Creative Commons - learn about the license types, history, and reasons to use Creative Commons (CC) copyright licenses
• COPE website - guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics to help journal editors maintain a reputable publication 
• DOAJ website - the Directory of Open Access Journals indexes exclusively open access journals (including a few V.O.L. journals) and can be used to look up quality, established OA publications.
• DOI Reference Linking Guide - how to include CrossRef DOIs for all citations in a References or Works Cited list
• ISSN website - new serial publications must register their publication here and receive an ISSN
• SherpaRoMEO - provides a digestible summary of the copyright and open access policies of any scholarly journal