Use the Library to make connections, save time and hone your research skills.
Help with research
- Consultations with librarians
- Subject area specialists
- Citation management
- SPARK Talks: Scholars Present About Research and Knowledge
- Borrow, renew or return items
- Request materials
- Library collections and newly acquired resources
- Library Liaison Program
- Request or purchase materials
- Study carrels and lockers in Olin and Kroch libraries and study desks, rooms, and lockers in Mann Library
Help with classes and teaching
- Course reserves
- Library instruction requests
- Linking to library resources
- Visual resources
- Workshops and instruction sessions
Help with publishing
- Copyright Information Center
- Copyright and digitization
- Scholarly communication and open access
- Research Data Management Service Group, which helps with data management for grant applications and more
- Digital Consulting & Production Services, the Library's team of experts that helps plan, create, organize, and archive digital images
- eCommons, Cornell's digital repository
- Public Access Policy Help (for publications; SPARC compilation of agency requirements)
- ORCID – a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and ensures that your work is recognized by linking you to your professional activities
- Open access: Apply for Cornell Open Access Publication funds, which, when available, can help pay publishing fees when other sources cannot be found.
Help with staying connected to the Library
- Obtaining library privileges for grad students undergoing a change in status — see borrowing privileges, and from the “Other statuses and affiliations” pull-down, select “Cornell Graduate student on leave of absence” or “Cornell Graduate student registered in absentia”
- Library News, Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr