Graduate Students
Get access to materials and help from specialists, plus support for dissertation formatting, measuring your research impact, developing digital projects, and more.
Get oriented
Learn how we can help you with your coursework and at all stages of your research process.
Watch our video introduction for an overview of especially relevant services.
You can also enroll in our orientation module — designed specifically for graduate students — and find out how to:
- Search for articles and check out material using our website
- Use our services and databases to freely access the full text of scholarly literature
- Connect with library specialists for research, dissertation, and technology help
Find and use materials
Find Materials
The first step to locating our resources, from scholarly articles to archival material.
Access Online Resources
Whether on campus or at home, you can use your library access. Here’s how.
Student Borrowing
Currently registered students from all three U-M campuses can borrow materials, with additional offerings for graduate students.
Request Items for Pick Up or Delivery
How to get the library materials you need — whether or not they're in our collections.
Request Digital Copies or Duplication
Get certain items scanned or digitized.
Recommend a Purchase for the Collection
Request or make recommendations for items to add to our collection.
Get help
Ask a Librarian
We can help you locate library resources, connect with a specialist, or find support at any stage of your project.
Find a Specialist
Search for people by subject area or specialty.
Find Resources with Research Guides
Use our curated research guides to find in-depth resources by topic, course, or speciality.
Drop-in Workshops
Join one of our workshops on a variety of topics relevant to teaching, learning, and research.
Research and project support
Funding and Grants
We can help you find funding at each stage of your career, and at every stage of your research project.
Digital Scholarship
Get resources and support to help you plan, produce, and preserve your digital scholarship.
Data Services
Discover resources and support to access, organize, visualize, and preserve research data.
Copyright Services
Get answers on copyright and fair use through our consultations, workshops and presentations, online resources, and more.
Dissertation Formatting
Get help formatting your dissertation or thesis.
Share and Preserve Your Work
Preserve your scholarly work in a discoverable digital repository.
Open Access Publishing Support
Take advantage of discounts on article publishing charges (APCs) in open access journals.
Publish with Us
Amplify the visibility, reach, and impact of your scholarly work with readers around the world.
Research Impact
Understand and communicate the impact of your work.
Discover collections
See the vast array of materials we collect and maintain in all formats, from text and images to accessible research data.
Do you also teach?
See our information for instructors to discover all the ways we support your courses — including access to materials — and partner with us to integrate library instruction, design assignments, use tutorials, and more.