Research Instruction

Research and teaching librarians guide your students to develop the critical information literacy skills and research workflows they need to find and evaluate resources with in-class, in-library, or remote instruction.

Primary Sources & Special Collections

Invite Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller to introduce your students to research with primary sources and connect them to the rich contents of our archival collections.

Library Resources

Our collections and subscriptions support all UNE curricular areas. Search library resources to find articles, books, theses & dissertations, conference proceedings, films and more. See our collection development policy.

We purchase in online formats whenever possible, so that your students can have access to their course materials at no cost to them. If you do not see a needed resource in our collections, contact your subject librarian or suggest a purchase.

Open Educational Resources

As a member of the Open Education Network, we encourage the use of OER when possible. Not all textbooks are available for libraries to purchase and share, and the financial burden has real impacts on student sucess and retention. We can help you find, evaluate, or create your own high-quality open source resources which can be freely used and adapted to your needs.

Learn about mini-grant opportunities for faculty who review, adopt, modify, or create OER.

Course Reserves

We make every attempt to place required reading materials on course reserve whenever possible, either as physical books for use in the library or as e-books. We welcome instructor copies in order to provide students with access to as many of their required materials as possible.

Sharing resources with Students

Look for the permalink symbol when sharing library resources with your students. Sharing a link rather than PDFs helps us accurately track use, gives you access to content updates, and keeps us in compliance with our subscription licenses.

Research Support

We provide the resources you need for your scholarship. We offer unlimited borrowing from our collections and full access to subscription library materials. Request anything to which we don’t have access through Interlibrary Loan or make a purchase request.

Academic Publishing

We can help you assess impact factors, and evaluate the legitimacy of a journal to avoid predatory publishers as you consider submission or editorial work. We can also help with fair use assessment and questions about copyright. Contact Scholarly Communications Librarian Sonya Durney for assistance.

Our institutional repository DUNE: DigitalUNE is available to all UNE faculty as an open-access publishing platform for your work. Contact Digital Access Librarian Bethany Kenyon for more information.

Your subject librarian is here to enhance your research and teaching. We:

• Collaborate on collections development in your curricular areas.
• Attend faculty meetings by invitation to present on resources or issues.
• Provide specialized information literacy instruction to students.

Learn more about our classroom teaching services.