Research Services - Edmon Low Library
The OSU Libraries partner with faculty and staff to strengthen courses and research through customized instruction sessions and meaningful engagement with primary sources. Librarians design and deliver sessions on information literacy, research strategies, AI and data literacy, OER discovery, and discipline-specific resources aligned with your learning outcomes. You can also request a wide range of services to support teaching and research, including quick access to materials, course reserves, and more.
Get help understanding AI capabilities, limitations, and best practices. Learn to effectively evaluate AI-generated content, navigate ethical considerations, and integrate AI tools into your research workflows across disciplines.
Citation Management (Zotero)
Master Zotero for organizing research sources. Learn to collect citations, create bibliographies in multiple styles, integrate with Word and Google Docs, collaborate using shared libraries, and build an efficient workflow.
Copyright
Navigate copyright law in academic work. Understand fair use and educational exemptions, obtain permissions, license your creative works, manage author rights and publisher agreements, and explore open access publishing options.
Data Management and Sharing Plans
Get resources and feedback on writing data management and sharing plans, both for internal use as well as for grant proposals. Receive support on budgeting for data management and sharing costs such as storage and repository fees. For more comprehensive feedback on plans, please submit them for review at least two weeks before your internal submission deadline.
Digital Scholarship
Explore digital methods for humanities and social sciences research. Get support for digital project planning, text analysis, digital exhibits, network visualization, 3D modeling, website development, and grant proposals for digital initiatives.
Finding and Evaluating Information
Learn how to start your research and find exactly what you need. We help you develop a topic, choose keywords, and find the best sources. You'll also learn to assess sources, understand media, and spot misinformation — skills useful in class, at work, and daily life.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Harness spatial data and mapping technologies. Learn ArcGIS and QGIS, find geospatial datasets, create visualizations, conduct spatial analysis, georeference historical maps, and integrate GIS into research across disciplines.
Government Documents and Patents
Navigate federal, state, and local government information. Locate U.S. government publications, congressional reports, legislative history, patent databases, and historical documents. As a Federal Depository Library, we provide expert assistance.
Literature Reviews
Develop systematic approaches to scholarly literature. Get guidance on search strategies, database selection, source organization, identifying trends, synthesizing findings, and structuring literature review chapters for theses and dissertations.
Open Scholarship and Practices
Maximize the reach and impact of your work through open access, open science, and open education. Learn about publishing options, depositing in repositories, retaining author rights, creating or using open educational resources (OER), sharing data responsibly, and measuring impact.
Research Data Services
Access expertise for your needs throughout the research data lifecycle. Get support and resources for data management - including file organization, data storage and security, and data documentation - as well as data curation, data sharing, data repository selection, and finding relevant data for reuse.
Scholarly Communication
Get support on publishing and research impact. Topics include selecting the right journal or venue, understanding open-access options, author rights, citation metrics, altmetrics, and tools for tracking how your work is used and cited.
In-Class Instruction and Online Course Content
Partner with a librarian to build your students' research skills. We offer in-class instruction tailored to your specific assignments (e.g., English Comp, Agriculture, Business Comm, or First-Year Seminars) and to online course content.
Primary Sources
Understand the critical role of primary sources in research and learn what unique materials are available in Special Collections and University Archives. We can work with classes and individuals to help them better understand archives more generally and how what people have collected in the past impacts current and future understandings of history and culture.
Oral Histories
Understand the critical role of primary sources in research and learn what unique materials are available in Special Collections and University Archives. We can work with classes and individuals to help them better understand archives more generally and how what people have collected in the past impacts current and future understandings of history and culture.
Contact Us
Circulation & Information Desk: 405-744-9775
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Research Consultations
Schedule an appointment with library faculty for in-depth research assistance.
Mailing Address
216 Library
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-1071