Additional Library Services

In addition to using Ask a Librarian or subject specialists, the library offers numerous other services to support your research. Below is information on two important services related to citation management support and discovering funding opportunities.

Citation Management & ScholarSpace

ScholarSpace Links to an external site. is a service and support hub located in the Hatcher Graduate Library that provides assistance with digital tools for teaching, learning, and research. Further down the road, you might interact with them for help designing a conference poster and formatting your dissertation. As you begin your graduate studies, the most popular technology tool supported by ScholarSpace is citation management software.

Citation management tools help you keep track of articles, books, and other sources, organize them for easy retrieval, and automatically format citations in every imaginable citation style. These tools take a little bit of effort to learn, but making citation management tools part of your workflow from the beginning of your scholarly career will save you lots of time and frustration in the long run.

ScholarSpace supports three of the most widely used citation management programs by providing workshops and consultations to help you get started and troubleshoot any problems you encounter along the way. You can learn more about these tools on the Manage Citations with Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote research guide Links to an external site..

Even before you begin work on your thesis or dissertation, please be sure to visit our Guide to Microsoft Word for Dissertations Links to an external site., which will save you hours of time and effort writing any document. Among other things, it explains how to create an automatic Table of Contents and how to use Styles to ensure consistency throughout a long document.

Funding and Grants

Many graduate students will need to apply for scholarships and grants to support their studies and research. At the Library, we can help you develop strategies to search for funding and sign up for alerts to keep you informed about funding opportunities. We have grant specialists who hold workshops and are available for consultations to provide personalized assistance. Visit the Funding and Grants Links to an external site. section of the library website for more information about this important support service.