Services Directory

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Altmetric Explorer

Altmetric's mission is to track and analyze the online activity around scholarly research outputs.


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Copy, Print & Scan

The Libraries offers a list of printers, scanners, and copiers available at each location. Step-by-step instructions are posted at the machines.

Copyright & Fair Use Support

As you create or publish materials for research and teaching, it's important to understand copyright. Managing copyright effectively and using other people's copyrighted work are important parts of research and publishing.


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Data & Code Support

We offer support for open source coding languages and data science tools for anyone in the CMU community working on research, class projects, or simply learning a new skill.

Data Management & Sharing

What services do the Libraries offer to support research data management for researchers, faculty, and students across all disciplines at CMU? What are recommended practices for data management planning? How do you create robust metadata?

Data Visualization

Are you currently involved in work that could be augmented by visualizing your data for analysis or to communicate your findings to the public? Would you like to further your skills or learn new ways to make charts, graphs, maps, or other types of visualizations? 

Digitization Services

Our Digital Collections feature a wide range of materials including newspapers, maps, manuscripts, letters, publications, and more.


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Elements

Elements is the shared research information management system at CMU, which collects and maintains academic and research activities in one convenient location.


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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services

Geographic Information Systems are tools that allow you to manipulate spatial data. Spatial data include vector data (e.g., shapefiles), raster images (e.g., GeoTIFFs), LiDAR, and others. Spatial inquiry and analysis is of growing interest in multiple disciplines.


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KiltHub Repository & Collection

Provided by the University Libraries, KiltHub is the comprehensive institutional repository and research collaboration platform for research data and scholarly outputs produced by members of Carnegie Mel


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LibKey Nomad

LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that facilitates access to the Libraries' full text resources as you find research on the web.


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Open Science & Data Collaborations

Open Science and Data Collaborations (OSDC) is a University Libraries program supporting collaborative, transparent, openly accessible, and reproducible research across all disciplines at Carnegie Mellon University.

Open Science Framework

Developed by the non-profit, Center for Open Science, Open Science Framework (OSF), is an open source research management platform that supports reproducible and open research.

Open Source Programs Office (OSPO)

The open source programs office (OSPO) raises awareness and capacity for open source software to better develop, manage, curate, and share it for research, education, translation, and broader impact.


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Research Assistance

Our personnel are information specialists with extensive knowledge of disciplinary information sources and methods who can help with everything from a first-year assignment to dissertation work and grant-funded research projects.

RIMS - Research Information Management Services

Research Information Management Services (RIMS) brings together information about scholarship, creative practices, and funded research endeavors, as well as teaching, service, awards, and leadership accomplishments.


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SciVal

SciVal is a web-based analytics solution that provides comprehensive access to the research performance of over 20,000 research institutions and their asso


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Tableau

Tableau is a software that helps you create more dynamic and appealing visualizations for your class projects, research, or just for fun!


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Zotero

Zotero is a free, open source tool for helping you collect, organize, cite and share your research sources.