The Brown University Library provides support to researchers across all stages of the research cycle.
This site provides access to information and tools to plan, conduct, manage, disseminate and preserve research. Please contact rock@brown.edu with any questions or requests for support.
Request a workshop for your course, lab, or department.
Citation Management
Citation Management tools to help you cite and manage your sources.
Copyright and Fair Use
Help interpreting copyright, fair use, and how to obtain permission for use.
- Assistance With Obtaining Permissions
- Consultations to Determine Copyright Status and Application of Fair Use
- Guidance on Author’s Rights
Digital Scholarship
Support for the full lifecycle of digital scholarship projects, including working with data, creating and disseminating digital publications, and applying for grants.
- Brown University Digital Publications
- Creating and Processing Data Sets
- Data Visualization
- Digital Research Project Consulting, Design, and Implementation
- Digital Scholarship Methodologies
- Grant and Funding Support
- Locating and Accessing Data Sets
- Mapping
- Network Analysis
- Text Analysis and Data Mining
Funding and Grant Support
Guidance and resources for the grant application process and compliance.
- Guidance on Engaged Scholarship and Broader Impacts
- Research Data Management and Sharing Plans
- Scanning and Digitization
- Support for Public Access Compliance Mandates
Finding, Analyzing, and Using Data
How to find, create, process, visualize, and analyze data.
- Census and Demographic Data
- Creating and Processing Data Sets
- Data Visualization
- Financial and Business Data
- GIS and Geospatial Data
- Locating and Accessing Data Sets
- Network Analysis
- Text Analysis and Data Mining
Library Collections
Access to Library collections to support research.
- Archival and Special Collections
- Interlibrary Loan and Borrow Direct
- Request Library Materials to Support Research
Literature Review Services
Library expert staff offer overviews and evaluations of existing literature on a research topic.
Publishing and Scholarly Communication
Resources for preserving and communicating your scholarly output, including Open Access.
- Acquire a Domain and Web Space
- Brown University Digital Publications
- Citation Management
- Copyright and Fair Use
- Deposit Materials in the Brown Digital Repository
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Services
- Licensing, Publisher Agreements, and Publication Outlets
- Open Access Publishing and Public Access Compliance
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
Repository Services
Library infrastructure for storing and maintaining research materials and data.
Research Consultations and Training
Library experts are here to help you with your research projects in any discipline.
- Assistance with Research Strategy, and Finding and Locating Information
- Consultations for Digital Projects
- Current Awareness and Research Alerts
- Entrepreneurial Research
- Guides and Tutorials for Self-Guided Training
- Training for Researchers and Assistants
Research Data Management
Expertise on data curation and management as well as resources for storing and publishing data.
- Data Curation
- Data Management and Sharing Plans
- Data Rights and Permissions
- Deposit Research Data
- Electronic Lab Notebooks
- Publishing and Citing Research Data
Research Impact and Metrics
Resources for assessing and demonstrating the research impact.
- Journal Impact and Citation Metrics
- Research Impact for Individuals and Departments/Centers
- Researcher Identity
- VIVO
Special Collections and Archival Research
Access and use Brown’s special collections and archives.