Research Guides: Graduate Student Guide: Getting Help from Rod Library

Your Librarian

Find your librarian
Each academic program has a liaison librarian. This is a person designated to assist students and faculty with research. In some cases, the liaison librarian may have an academic background in a related area.
Get Help
Get expert research help via chat, phone, email, via Zoom, or in person.
Make an appointment
We offer one-on-one research consultations during any stage of the research process. Let us help you focus your topic, conduct your literature review, find specific sources you need, and cite them appropriately.

Many graduate students meet with their librarian multiple times over the course of a project, especially for graduate research papers, theses, and dissertations.

Rod Library faculty & staff are here to assist with graduate projects such as theses, dissertations, or graduate research papers. We can help you:

refine your topic/research question
find, evaluate, and use resources
navigate library subscription resources (databases, journals, books/ebooks, etc.) & open access (free) resources
cite sources and use citation managers
ensure your final work is available via the library's website.

You are encouraged to contact your department's liaison librarian (see below).

Research Guides by Subject
Librarians create customized webpages with resources and research tools/tips, usually for a particular course, project, topic, or subject area. Browse the guides we already have created.

UNI ScholarWorks
UNI's institutional repository, UNI ScholarWorks archives faculty and student research and creative works, including electronic theses/dissertations.