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Undergraduate Support
The University of Wyoming Libraries offer tailored resources, research help, and study tools to support undergraduate academic success.
Graduate & Researcher Support
Specialized services and advanced research assistance help graduate students and researchers navigate scholarly resources and manage complex projects.
Faculty & Staff Support
Faculty and staff have access to instructional collaboration, research consultations, and library resources for teaching and scholarly work.
Distance & Online Support
The Libraries provide remote students with access to digital materials, research help, and learning support regardless of location.
Research & Outreach services FAQs
Librarians are happy to work with classes that have a research component at any course level. These can include brief overview sessions, multiple in-depth sessions tailored to course assignments, as well as embedded instruction in WyoCourses. To request a librarian to work with your course please fill out the instruction request form.
Librarians create step-by-step tutorials, research guides, or videos for your classes that support the course assignments and goals. Request a learning object for your course by filling out an instruction request.
The Libraries have a variety of ways they offer support via your WyoCourse shells.
You can embed discipline and course Research Guides directly into your course shell via the Library Tools tab.
Our InfoLit modules can be found in Canvas Commons and cover topics related to information literacy and the research process including plagiarism, finding resources, keywords, citations, and more. We have developed packages of these tutorials including introduction to research, academic honesty, critical thinking, or discipline and H course focused packages. Or we can develop focused tutorials, videos, and quizzes for information and digital literacy skills in your course.
The Libraries have many ways they can support you in developing accessible and affordable
course materials for your students.
Instructors may use the Libraries’ Course Reserves service to make supplemental readings and other materials available to their students.
We run an Alt-Textbook Grant Program, designed to assist faculty in incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) into their courses. Learn about our grant cycle and OER.
Looking for additional ways to enhance your students’ research skills?
We offer four standalone workshops aimed at helping students develop research questions, evaluate sources, understand academic honesty and plagiarism, and sharpen their skills for upper-level assignments. You can share these workshops with your classes and allow them to earn extra credit for attending--all through Canvas Commons and the SOAR platform. Check out our tutorial on importing these extra credit workshops.
Library Coaches are peer mentors who can help your students with finding quality information about a topic for their course, find background information, or answer other questions about the Libraries.
You can consult with a librarian to find which research methods can best support your research. We support basic research tips like finding the right databases to more advanced research methods like systematic reviews and meta-analysis.
We can provide you ways on how to develop your scholarly research identity including Google Scholar, ORCiDs, and more. Meet with a librarian or learn more about scholarly profiles and research impact.
Does your research incorporate data? Meet with our Data Management Librarian or learn more about Libraries resources that support use, management, curation, and preservation of research data.
WyoScholar, our Institutional Repository, is a great place to host published, pre-print, or supplemental versions of your publications. You can also host your conference presentations, videos, and more. Learn more about WyoScholar and other open access publishing services.
Open Education
UW Libraries is committed to supporting and encouraging the adoption, adaptation, and creation of alternatives to traditional textbooks as an equitable means of increasing our students’ access to high-quality learning materials.
Reserve a Space
Learn about UW Libraries classrooms and learning spaces.
Library Coaches
Library Coaches, part of the UW Libraries' Peer Mentor Program, are trained to answer questions about the library and teach students how to use research resources.
Instruction Plan
UW Libraries empowers students with the ability to to critically evaluate and navigate information throughout their academic and everyday lives.
