Archives Research
As a center for research and creativity, the University Archives promote translational and innovative uses of primary sources.
Services Directory
Search our services and tools below.
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Course Reserves
Course Reserves are course-related items made available at the request of instructors. Course reserves are available online (as an e-book) 24/7 or as a physical copy held at the circulation desk for short-term use by students.
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Digital Humanities
The Libraries is dedicated to advancing research and teaching involving humanities data sources in digital humanities and humanities analytics.
Dimensions
One of the largest linked research knowledge databases bringing together information on publications, grants, patents, clinical trials, policy documents and datasets into a single place for improved global discovery and analysis.
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Google Scholar
Want to get more out of something you already use? Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
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Interlibrary Loan
If you need access to materials that CMU does not own, you may be able to request materials from other institutions using ILLiad or EZBorrow.
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Journals & Newspapers
The Journal and Newspaper Search in the catalog will tell you if we have print and/or online subscriptions for a journal o
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Keenious
Keenious is a powerful recommender tool that leverages search algorithms and AI to analyze text to recommend relevant research articles and topics to enhance the research process and aid in serendipitous discovery.
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Open Access
CMU Libraries supports open access publishing through various mechanisms: 1) publisher agreements (which allow authors to publish OA at no cost to them), 2) through
Open Access Agreements
The term open access (OA) describes the practice of making scholarly research outputs freely accessible online and easily discoverable in an Internet search.
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Requesting from Other Libraries
If your materials are unavailable at CMU, you may be able to borrow them from another library using Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad or EZBorrow services). Request books only from participating libraries. Follow the links below for step-by-step instructions on how to use each service.
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Text & Data Mining
Text and data mining (TDM) are becoming increasingly popular ways to conduct research.