The Faculty Research and Creative Activity Series collects the research output of Governors State University faculty. We welcome submissions of preprints (working papers), postprints (final accepted manuscripts), conference presentations, and other digitized work. OPUS also showcases multimedia presentations such as artwork (paintings, photography, sculpture, etc.) and multimedia presentations such as documentary film and audio.
The goal of OPUS is to provide open access to scholarly work and to document and preserve the scholarly legacy of Governors State University its faculty.
Submissions from 2018
Cabells Scholarly Analytics: A Go-To Source on Journal Quality (Review), Paul Blobaum
Submissions from 2017
Start Here, Go Far: Disseminating GSU Research through GSU’s Open Portal to University Scholarship (OPUS), Paul Blobaum
Physiological responses of Scaevola aemula seedlings under high temperature stress, B He, T Guo, H Huang, W Xi, and Xiaoyong CHEN
Submissions from 2016
Leveraging OPUS to Increase Impact of Faculty and Student Research, Paul Blobaum
Impacts of Plant Community Changes on Soil Carbon Contents in Northeastern Illinois, Xiaoyong CHEN and Karen D'Arcy
Submissions from 2015
OPUS – Open Portal to University Scholarship: Overview of Theses and Capstone Series, Paul M. Blobaum
Creating, Posting, and Using Open Scholarship: Open Textbooks, Journals, and Scholarly Works in Teaching and Research, Paul M. Blobaum and Sarah Wegley
Setup for Auto Generation of File URLS Using Google Drive for Batch Load to Digital Commons, Marsha Miles and Paul M. Blobaum
Submissions from 2014
Brown-Syed, Christopher. “Parents of Invention: The Development of Library Automation Systems in the Late 20th Century”. (Book Review), Paul M. Blobaum
Not So Fast: Perspectives on the Role of Hospital Librarians in Writing Peer Reviewed Publications and Supporting Scholarly Communications, Paul M. Blobaum
The Development of Hospital Library Consortia and the Legacy of the Chicago and South Consortium, Paul M. Blobaum
Evidence Based Interventions for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: A Systematic Review, Nancy J. MacMullen, Laura A. Dulski, and Paul M. Blobaum
Vignette: Writing in Transit, Bradley Smith
Submissions from 2013
Bailey, Charles W., Jr.. “Digital Curation Bibliography: Preservation and Stewardship of Scholarly Works” (Book Review), Paul M. Blobaum
Blobaum’s Checklist for Review of Journal Quality for Submission of Scholarly Manuscripts, Paul M. Blobaum
Mapping the Literature of Addictions Treatment, Paul M. Blobaum
Morgenstern, Bruce Z., (Ed.), “Guidebook for Clerkshop Directors”, 4th Edition. (Book Review), Paul M. Blobaum
Tricked Into Submission: Health Science Librarian's Role in Fighting Predatory Publishing and Spamferences, Paul M. Blobaum
A Study of the Journey Metaphor’s Entailments for Framing Learning, Bradley Smith
Submissions from 2012
Bailey, Charles W., Jr.. “Transforming Scholarly Publishing Through Open Access: A Bibliography” (Book Review), Paul M. Blobaum
Koltay, Tibor. “Abstracts and Abstracting: A Genre and Set of Skills for the Twenty-first Century” (Book Review), Paul M. Blobaum
Submissions from 2011
Sanctioned Social Workers: Report from Three Studies (Executive Summary), Kim Boland-Prom
Submissions from 2010
Update: Resources for Supporting the APA Publication Style, Paul M. Blobaum
Submissions from 2009
Resources for Supporting the APA Publication Style, Paul M. Blobaum
The Health Sciences Librarian in Medical Education: A Vital Pathways Task Force, Paul M. Blobaum
Submissions from 2008
Prototypical Thinking of Teachers Regarding Students Labeled With a Disability, Philip Boudreau
Submissions from 2007
Standard Precautions (Electronic Resource Review), Paul M. Blobaum
The Hospital Grantsmanship Center: A New Role for Hospital Librarians, Paul M. Blobaum
Using Digitized Primary Sources from the Library of Congress's American Memory Collection to Enliven Nursing Issues and History Curriculum (multimedia presentation), Catherine Tymkow, Shirley Comer, and Paul M. Blobaum
Submissions from 2006
Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) (Electronic Resource Review), Paul M. Blobaum
Submissions from 2005
ACUPA: Exploring the Campus Policy Process (Working Paper), Paul M. Blobaum, T. Michael Ford, Tom Hipchen, and Rodney Petersen
Submissions from 2002
An Additional Source of Data on Northeastern Illinois Woodlands around the Time of Settlement, Jon Mendelson
Submissions from 1998
Restoration From the Perspective of Recent Forest History, Jon Mendelson
Submissions from 1994
Age Structure of Trees in Thorn Creek Woods, Jon Mendelson
Submissions from 1992
Carving Up the Woods: Savanna Restoration in Northeastern Illinois, Jon Mendelson, Stephen P. Aultz, and Judith Dolan Mendelson
Submissions from 1975
Feeding Relationships Among Species of Notropis (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in a Wisconsin Stream, Jon Mendelson