Research Assistance

KSL provides research assistance at any point of the research cycle:

Research Data Management

Specialized library staff can help with data management plans, storage, and curation of your data.

Research Data Management
by Ben Gorham Last Updated Jun 2, 2025 121 views this year
OSF - The Open Science Framework
by Ben Gorham Last Updated Feb 27, 2025 368 views this year

Preparing a Literature Review

Meet with your subject librarian
Subject librarians can help with identifying the best resources, search strategies, and citation management tools.
ASKSL

Engineering Literature Review
by Daniela Solomon Last Updated Jul 2, 2025 724 views this year
Systematic Reviews
by Mark Eddy Last Updated Apr 17, 2025 650 views this year

Citation Management

To respect intellectual property and the ideas of others, it is ethically and morally responsible to credit writers for their work and their writing. Use a citation management tool to help managing and citing sources.

Avoid Plagiarism
by Daniela Solomon Last Updated May 29, 2025 1995 views this year
Citation Management
by Daniela Solomon Last Updated Feb 10, 2025 125 views this year
Zotero - A Research & Citation Manager
by Mark Eddy Last Updated Nov 14, 2024 396 views this year

EndNote
EndNote is a desktop-based software designed for managing bibliographies, citations and references. It can be used both on Windows or Macintosh machines. EndNote can be purchased at discount rate from U[TECH].
JabRef
A free reference manager that works with LaTeX.
Mendeley
Free reference manager and academic social network.

Writing

Writing Resources Center (WRC)
Support from the English department.
Electronic Theses and Dissertation Guidelines
Overleaf
A collaborative cloud-based LaTeX editor used for writing, editing and publishing scientific documents.

Publishing

Research and Engagement Librarians
Research and Engagement Librarians (REL) is assigned to each academic department supported by the Kelvin Smith Library.
Early Career Researcher Series
Hear about publishing best practices directly from various publishers through the KSL's Early Career Researchers series
Copyright Support
Service to leverage your rights as authors

Poster Design
by Jen Green Last Updated Mar 13, 2024 1092 views this year

Digital Case
Digital Case is Case Western Reserve's online source for curated digital content about the University: photographs and audio recordings from University Archives (which cover historical events at CWRU), digital copies of rare books and manuscripts in Special Collections. With Digital Case, the Kelvin Smith Library assumes an active role in the scholarly communication process, providing expertise in the form of a set of services for access, distribution, and long-term preservation of Case's collective intellectual product.

Impact

Scholarships metrics and best practices to maximizing scholarship impact.

Scholarship Impact Metrics
by Daniela Solomon Last Updated May 2, 2025 211 views this year
Research Impact Challenge
by Daniela Solomon Last Updated Jun 2, 2025 569 views this year

Graduate Student - KSL Library Handbook: Research Assistance