Research Assistance

Music Collection Highlights

Music materials are located on the fourth floor of Hunt Library. There are approximately 13,000 print books, 25,000 scores, 13,000 LPs, 9,700 CDs, and 80 journal titles. Learn more from Kristin Health, Music & Catalog Librarian.

How the Evidence Synthesis Service Team Helped an Engineering Student Explore Intersections with Open Science

The University Libraries’ Evidence Synthesis Service team has offered their expertise to a number of complex, long-term projects taking place across campus. Since October 2019, Open Science Program Director and Librarian Melanie Gainey and Principal Librarian Sarah Young have collaborated with Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor Elizabeth Wayne. Their project is a scoping review about the interactions of nanoparticle-based cancer immunotherapy and macrophages in colorectal cancer.[current-date:fallback]

Evidence Synthesis Service Team Offers Expert Collaboration Across Campus

At the University Libraries, liaison librarians are information specialists with extensive knowledge of disciplinary information sources and research methods. One group ready to bring their expertise to a broad range of projects, either as a consultant or a collaborator, is the Evidence Synthesis Service team.

IMLS Grant Will Support Open Science Training

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded a grant of $241,147 to a team from CMU Libraries to support the implementation of a training program and curriculum to prepare library practitioners to meet the evolving open science needs and expectations of the research communities they support.

Sloan Foundation Funds OSPO Community Building Efforts

Associate Dean for Digital Infrastructure G. Sayeed Choudhury has received a grant of $249,896 from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch community building efforts to support those who are enabling open source in academia and research institutions, including the growing number of university open source programs offices (OSPOs).

Year of Open Science at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries has been a leader among universities in developing initiatives that support collaborative, transparent, openly accessible, and reproducible research across all disciplines at CMU.

Innovative New Open Access Agreement Signed between PALCI and ACS Publications

PALCI (Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration and Innovation) and ACS Publications are excited to announce the signing of a new open access agreement that provides participating members with full financial support for open access publication in all ACS journals, as well as complete access to ACS Publications’ journal content through the end of 2025.

Libraries Launches New Office to Support Needs of Research Community

Using the Symplectic Elements tool, more commonly known as Elements, Research Information Management Services (RIMS) connects faculty, research administrators, and university leadership with powerful data-driven solutions.

CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship in Energy Social Science Data Curation Series Part IV: Understanding Needs of Data Support Among the CMU Energy Research Community

In this final post, I’ll talk about the preliminary findings of our data management survey and interviews with members of the CMU energy research community regarding how the University Libraries might improve data support. If you don’t have time to read the full post, I have 5 takeaways listed at the end.

Making Sense of Too Much Data

With hundreds of research papers published each day, synthesizing all of the available information for literature reviews has become increasingly difficult. Reading and extracting data from thousands of papers can be daunting and nearly impossible for the average-sized research group.