Research Help
Did you know that Duke University Libraries offer you all kinds of help for your research project?
- Research consultations: Meet with a librarian for individual guidance
- Interlibrary Requests: Get books that Duke does not have from other libraries
Are you writing a thesis for graduation with distinction?
Enhanced Support for Seniors writing theses
- Graduate level borrowing privileges
- Books delivered to the library of your choice
- Access to the Doctoral Research Space (access is automatic; no need to register)
- Study locker for the year (as availability permits)
- Submit your paper to DukeSpace, Duke's open-access repository
- Apply for awards for excellence in research ($1000 for best honors thesis)
- Research support
- Center for Data and Visualization Sciences for help with identifying and managing all kinds of data, including geographical and visualization data
- Citation tools for organizing your sources and creating bibliographies
For Departments
- When you have identified students who meet the criteria for elevated library services, please email Michael Edwards and include your subject librarian with the names of students who will need these elevated privileges. Please allow two weeks for the updates to be made.
- If you have an undergraduate student who wishes to submit their paper to DukeSpace, direct them to get permission from their faculty advisor. Faculty advisors should then contact Repository Services indicating the student has permission, at which point they will be granted access to submit to the repository. More details about this process may be found on the Undergraduate Theses Overview page.