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Researcher support
Researcher services
Our librarians offer a variety of research support services. These services are available for free to all U of M faculty, staff, and graduate students. Research support is also available to U of M departments, colleges, schools, research centers, and labs.
All researcher support consultations will be provided online while library buildings are closed.
Research impact
- Request custom research impact reports that detail international impact, policy and media impact, and visualizations of collaboration networks.
- Receive support for research dissemination, including identification of journals for publication and methods of disseminating non-traditional research outputs.
- Learn about, and use online, profiling and network tools like [email protected] and Manifold.
Literature reviews
- Get in-depth support for synthesizing the literature for use in systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and scoping reviews.
Funding
- Get support for grant applications, including biosketch development and data management plans.
- Comply with funding agency policies.
- Identify funding sources and opportunities.
Data science
- Enhance research reproducibility through effective data management.
- Find computational methods education and training.
- Identify tools and strategies to optimize data collection and analysis.
- Find existing sources of data to enable secondary data analysis.
Related resources
[email protected]
[email protected] contains public profiles of University faculty and staff and public pages for departments, colleges, campuses, and centers.University Digital Conservancy
The University Digital Conservancy (UDC) provides free, worldwide open access to scholarly and administrative works produced by or about the University of Minnesota.All researcher resources
Quick access to information and tools to plan, conduct, and disseminate research.Related services
Systematic review
Collaborate with librarians to conduct systematic reviews of the literature.Policy and news media impact
Request reports on individual or departmental research mentioned or cited in public policy, news media, blog posts, and other informational sites to broadly demonstrate research impact.Related staff
Caitlin Bakker
Medical School Librarian and Research Services Coordinator
Katherine Chew
Mortuary Science and Research/Outreach Services Librarian
Shanda Hunt
Public Health Librarian and Data Curation Specialist
André Nault
Veterinary Librarian