Librarian
Dartmouth Enhanced Access to Goggle Scholar
Did you know that you can connect Google Scholar to Dartmouth Library?
- Select the menu in the top left of the Google Scholar header (three horizontal lines)
- Navigate to "Settings"
- Select "Library links"
- Search "Dartmouth Library" in the search bar, select "Dartmouth Library" and ensure the box is checked.
- Save changes.
- Use Google Scholar as normal. You should now see "Get it @ Dartmouth" links to the right of Google Scholar results.
Logging in to Electronic Resources: Dartmouth College Users
Use Your NetID
Clicking most electronic resource links on our website or in the catalog while off-campus will take you to the Dartmouth College login page. If you have a NetID and password, enter it here and you'll be granted access. Not sure what your NetID is? Search the Dartmouth Name Directory to find out.
Downloading the VPN
Installing the GlobalProtect VPN on your computer will allow you to access electronic resources off campus without the need to log in.
Writing
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Advive from David KotzComprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and presenting research from one of Dartmouth's leading Computer Science professors.
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Dartmouth Zotero GuideThis guide aims to give you the basics to start using Zotero. Zotero is free, open source software owned by the Corporation for Digital Scholarship. There is a global community of users that create plugins and develop tutorials for its use. Zotero helps you collect, organize, and manage research sources and cite them in your writing.
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Language Support for International Graduate Students and PostdocsGraduate students and postdoctoral scholars have access to a wide array of services that support all stages of the academic writing and presentation process.
Publication Resources
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Directory of Open Access JournalsThis service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals organized by subject.
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SHERPA/RoMEO - Publisher copyright policies & self-archivingUse this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement.
LaTeX and BibTeX
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Dartmouth Library LaTeX and BibTeX PageResource created by Dartmouth Librarians that explains LaTeX and BibTeX and provides to links to Dartmouth resources as well as open sources.
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Dartmouth PhD thesis templateAuthored by Francois Dorais and edited by Geoff Goehle
Overleaf
The Dartmouth College Library and the Research Information, Technology and Consulting department are offering Overleaf Pro+ accounts free of charge to all students, faculty, and staff who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX/Rich Text editor for their projects.
Overleaf premium accounts provide:
- Online collaboration in LaTeX or Rich Text within one editing platform - easily switch between either mode.
- Real-time collaboration in your browser for sharing and editing projects with authorized users. You can remove collaborators at any time.
- Real-time preview of projects to view the PDF version of your document while editing and writing - type on the left and see your typeset document on the right.
- Full history view of your projects – see all changes made for the entire life of the project, with the ability to revert to any past change.
- Integrated, streamlined publishing - allows you to publish immediately and directly to the journal of your choice with an integrated submission system to dozens of publishing partners.
- Improved Teaching Tools available on Overleaf v2 - https://www.overleaf.com/help/348
- 20 GB of storage and 1,000 files per project with advanced access control for protected projects
- Dartmouth resource portal available - including Dartmouth templates, FAQs, and resource links.
To claim a free Overleaf Pro+ account:
- New users can go to https://www.overleaf.com/edu/dartmouth and use the “sign up” button to create an account with your Dartmouth-affiliated email address.
- Existing Overleaf users can go to https://www.overleaf.com/edu/dartmouth and use the “sign in” button
- Existing ShareLaTeX users can go to https://www.sharelatex.com/ and follow the link to “Login to Overleaf v2”. Then go to https://www.overleaf.com/edu/dartmouth and sign in using your (formerly ShareLaTeX, but now Overleaf) credentials. More information about moving your ShareLaTeX account to Overleaf can be found at https://www.overleaf.com/blog/654-overleaf-v2-launch-announcement.
Overleaf and LaTeX Tutorial
Part 1: The Basics
This part of the course will take you through the basics of how LaTeX works, explain how to get started, and go through lots of examples. Core LaTeX concepts, such as commands, environments, and packages, are introduced as they arise.
Part 2: Structured Documents & More
In this part you will learn how to include figures, tables and bibliographies in your documents. The slides include interactive exercises for you to complete on Overleaf, so you don't have to worry about installing LaTeX on your computer.
Part 3: Not Just Papers: Presentations & More
Covers more advanced LaTeX packages, such as
- LaTeX Presentations with Beamer
- Drawing in LaTeX with TikZ
- Tracked changes and comments with todonotes