Researcher Support

Subject librarians provide services and consultation to help you stay current and increase your productivity, manage your intellectual property, and expand the reach and impact of your research. Examples include:

Copyright and Fair Use

• Find tools and information to answer Copyright and Fair Use questions.
• Consult with the Copyright Program Librarian.
• Learn about your rights as an author.

Data and Information Management

• Learn what options are available to manage, preserve, store, and share your digital data on our Managing Your Data site.
• Discover tools and approaches for taming the flood of information in your life, from full text PDFs to project planning around Personal Information Management
• And use our Citation Management Tools such as RefWorks, EndNote and Zotero.

Grant Funding

• Discover New Grant Opportunities through our hands-on workshops and online tutorials.
• Take a workshop or consult with our Research Services Librarian on creating a Data Management Plan for your grant to fulfill federal requirements from NSF, NIH and beyond.

Publishing and Scholarly Communication

• Ensure long-term access to your work by archiving your papers, theses, and digital works in our University Digital Conservancy, the university's institutional repository.
• Retain your copyrights with our Authors' Addendum for journal publishing agreements.
• Evaluate emerging publishing models such as subject repositories and open-access journals.

Research Services and Tools

• Browse our directory of campus-based Research Computing Services to identify services on campus including: Application Support, Data & Information Services, and Servers & Infrastructure.
• Use our specialized tools to identify journal and research impact factors and conduct citation analyses of individuals or groups.

Visit our Instructor Support page for services that support teaching and learning.