WEATHER ALERT: GVSU will move to REMOTE STATUS for Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Classes shift to remote.
December 5: The Mary Idema Pew Library will be open today from 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. The Steelcase Library, Frey Foundation Learning Center, and Lemmen Library & Archives are all closed.
Teaching & Scholarship
The University Libraries can help with your research and scholarship, and support you in your teaching. We can help find and share materials, design assignments, and lead instruction sessions to help achieve your course goals.
Help with Scholarship
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Subject and Course Guides
Use our research guides to find in-depth resources by topic, course, or speciality.
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Find a Subject Specialist
Find library experts who can connect you with resources and support.
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Document Delivery
Use Document Delivery to get articles, books, and other materials not available in our collection.
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Citation Management
Learn how to cite your sources and keep track of them.
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Open Access Journal Quality Indicators
A rubric for assessing the quality of Open Access Journals.
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Publication Services
We support faculty throughout the research and publication process
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Open Access Publishing Support Fund
The Libraries provide financial support for faculty, students, and staff to publish scholarly work in open access journals
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Submit Research to ScholarWorks@GVSU
Submit your scholarly, educational, and creative works to be shared and preserved by the University Libraries.
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Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
Guidelines for preparing and submitting your final projects.
Instruction & Course Support
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Teaching and Classroom Support
Liaison librarians can help you find and share resources, design assignments, and lead instruction sessions.
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First Year Program
Each first-year writing class has its own liaison librarian to help with research, assignment design, and instruction.
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Knowledge Market Services for Faculty & Staff
Partner with the Knowledge Market for Peer Consultant in-class visits, syllabus language, and more.
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Special Collections & University Archives Instruction
Work with our archivists to integrate archival collections and instruction into your classes.
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Support for Online and Hybrid Teaching
Get library instructional support for online and hybrid classes.
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Course Reserve
Set aside specific physical materials from the library’s collections for your students and courses.
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Open Educational Resources (OER) Guide
Find open-licensed textbooks and other educational materials for their courses.
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Learning Modules
Creative videos and learning modules that you can embed in your Blackboard site.
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Learning and Teaching Philosophy
How the University Libraries' Liaison Librarians approach teaching and learning at GVSU.
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Syllabus Language
Incorporate information about library services and resources into your course syllabus.
Copyright Resources
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Copyright Basics
Learn what rights copyright gives and what rights it protects.
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What is Fair Use?
What rights users have to reproduce, remix, and use copyrighted works.
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Public Domain
Information about works that may be used freely by anyone.
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Creative Commons
Information about easy-to-use copyright licenses.