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New
faculty often spend valuable time in their early months and
years trying to discover what resources exist to support their
research and writing. Here, we provide a sampling of programs
and services that will help you get a “jump start” on your
research career. Please be sure to visit the websites of the
following offices for complete listings and descriptions of the
resources they offer.
The Offices of the Vice Provost for
Research
The Offices of the Vice Provost for
Research provide a wealth of information
for new faculty, especially those of you who are engaging in
scientific and social scientific research. The Offices have
resources to help you:
Learn about the UMass Amherst, federal,
and state policies governing sponsored research.
The UMass Amherst
Libraries
The UMass Amherst Libraries are comprised of
two libraries dedicated to two separate major subject areas. The
W.E.B. Du Bois Library serves the Humanities and Social Sciences
divisions, whereas the Integrated Science and Engineering
Library serves the Integrated Sciences and Engineering
divisions.
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The W.E.B. Du Bois Library
is the main library on campus that serves faculty with
interests in the social sciences and humanities. It also is
the secondary holding place for materials of interest to
faculty engaging in scholarship in the natural and physical
sciences (including medical and health-related fields),
geology and geography, and engineering.
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The Integrated Science and Engineering
Library houses the majority of the
materials for faculty doing work in the agricultural sciences,
astronomy, biochemistry, biology (except medicine and health),
chemistry, computer science, all fields of engineering, food
science, geosciences, mathematics and statistics, physics,
polymer science, and wood technology.
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Visit the library relevant to your field
in person and online to learn about library resources relevant
to your area of study. Of particular interest will be the
Academic Liaison Program,
which allows you to contact a specific librarian who is
familiar with materials in your area of study.
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The UMass Amherst Libraries are also home
to a variety of
special collections,
a list of which is available online.
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You may wish to allow a student, such as a
T.A., to check out materials on your own library account. To
do this, you will need to apply for the
“proxy” library card.
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As a UMass Amherst faculty member, you are
allowed to borrow material from any of the five colleges in
the area (Amherst, Hampshire, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, and UMass
Amherst). See the Five Colleges web site for information on
direct borrowing and interlibrary loan.
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We encourage you to go to the
central web page of the UMass Amherst
library system for information on all of
the services the system has to support your research and
scholarship.
The Office of
Faculty Development
The
Office of Faculty Development
(“OFD”) supports the research activities of faculty through
Mutual Mentoring-driven programs and services that encourage
productivity in scholarly writing and time management. In
2006-07, the OFD sponsored two pilot programs for early career
faculty – one for editing scholarly writing (i.e., working with
an editing coach to turn a dissertation into a book or series of
articles), and another for effectively handling and organizing
one’s workload (i.e., dealing with email, paper mail, files,
etc. and sharing these best practices with other faculty). Both
of these pilots will be expanded this year. In addition,
in 2007, the OFD and the UMass Amherst Libraries created the Faculty
Writing Place in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library –
a comfortable, private, and fully wired space far from the
office and home where faculty can concentrate on their scholarly
writing or work in small groups with other faculty on shared
writing projects.
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