The Basics
- Contact your subject librarian or consult subject guides for collections and services in your discipline
- Search our catalog plus journal articles and more with Scholar OneSearch
- Find e-journals
- Access a complete A-Z list of our research databases
Rooms and Spaces
- Reserve a group or individual study room, audio/video production space or workstation
- Graduate quiet study: 421SL, accessible via Husky card tap/swipe
- Digital Scholarship Commons for doctoral student and faculty digital scholarship, accessible via Husky card tap/swipe
- Report noise or disturbances via text message
Support for Graduate Research and Publishing
- Consult with our Researcher Services team to learn how we can support you along the research lifecycle
- Search for grants, fellowships, and other types of funding with Pivot
- Get help with data management plans to fulfill funder requirements
- Create video, audio, and 3D printed objects in the Digital Media Commons
- Work with our Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and data visualization specialists
- Organize citations and share them with your research team using citation management software
- Find guidance on copyright, fair use, and permissions
- Thesis and dissertation submission or accessing other NU theses and dissertations
- Publishing: where to publish, and avoiding predatory publishers
Use our Collections
- Get information about borrowing privileges for graduate students
- Access your library account to renew borrowed items
- Recommend a book, video, DVD, electronic resource, etc., for purchase
- Visit the unique digital and physical collections of our Archives & Special Collections
- Find course readings on reserve
— Borrow from Other Libraries
- Request materials from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan
— Optimize Your Online Reading Experience
- Download our browser plugin for the library, which offers easy access to journal links off-campus
- Set Google Scholar preferences to find and link from Google Scholar to the library's subscriptions
- Browse, read, and receive updates from many of our subscribed e-journals using BrowZine on your computer or mobile device
Other Useful Information for Grad Students
- Lockers in Snell Library
- Student employment at Snell Library
- Evening public safety escort and shuttle services