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Academic research is at a crossroads because scholars are pursuing an international reputation earlier in their careers. Early career researchers often experience norms and expectations they may be unfamiliar with, specifically open access publishing, research data sharing mandates and establishing their scholarly identity via professional social media. They must learn to navigate the research lifecycle from topic selection to data collection and ultimately dissemination of their work. To address the needs of early career researchers and the educators who work with them, we created Navigating the Research Lifecycle for the Modern Researcher.

This open text (licensed CC BY NC) will help graduate students and new faculty in STEM and the social sciences navigate the complexities of academic research in the international research community. Some researchers have extensive access to support and tools along the lifecycle including sophisticated research data management and visualization tools or hands-on mentoring. However, many early career researchers are expected to navigate the lifecycle on their own, learning through their successes and struggles. This text will be a valuable resource for scholars of both types, as well as educators and mentors working with them.

This 2nd edition is the active edition that will be maintained. The first edition can be found at: https://pressbooks.pub/researchlifecycle/.

This text is provided to you as an Open Educational Resource (OER) which you access online. It is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to public relations planning at no or very nominal cost. The text is an adaptation of Information Strategies for Communicators by Kathleen A. Hansen and Nora Paul, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, and The Evolving World of Public Relations by NSCC and Rosemary Martinelli is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This work, “The Origins of European Civilization”, is a derivative of “Western Civilization: A Concise History Volume 1” by Christopher Brooks, used under CC BY-NC-SA. A full description of the changes to the original is available in the acknowledgments section. View the original Western Civilization: A Concise History by Christopher Brooks.

The creation of this work “The Origins of European Civilization” was supported by Open CU Boulder 2020-2021, a grant funded by the Colorado Department of Higher Education with additional support from the CU Office of the President, CU Office of Academic Affairs, CU Boulder Office of the Provost, and CU Boulder University Libraries.

Western Civilization: A Concise History – Revised is an adaptation of Western Civilization: A Concise History by Christopher Brooks.  This book is an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook published under a CC BY-NC-SA Licence. Published in 2019, with updates in 2020.

The book covers the history of Western Civilization from from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through approximately 1600. Topics include Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, the European Middle Ages, the Renaissance, European conquest of the Americas, and the Reformation and resulting religious wars.

Edits include the addition of chapter heading numbers, glossary terms, and other textbox materials. This text includes Ch. 1-3 from Vol 1 and 1-7 from Vol. 2 of Christopher Brooks’ original volume.

Cover Art created by Nicole V. Jobin using a cropped image from Atlas Cosmographicae by Gerardus Mercator (1595) – Wikimedia Commons.