Research Guides: Information for Graduate Students: Research Support

Resources for Your Research

Subject Librarians
Research specialists who are experts in finding the resources you need for your research and can show you the most efficient ways to search for information.
Research Guides
Start with these librarian recommended resources for your subject area.
Articles & Databases
A comprehensive listing of databases for searching scholarly literature, primary sources, audio and video resources, business information, and more.
Citation Management
Software to help you organize your citations and seamlessly create a bibliography as you write.
Data Services
Advice on best practices for managing your research data and creating data management plans to fulfill grant requirements.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Services Hub
Get help incorporating geospatial data into your research projects.
Research Computing Support
OIT provides software and help with analyzing data, statistical consulting, qualitative analysis, text or data mining, and more.

Citation Formats & Style Manuals
A guide for finding resources on citations styles: MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, etc.
Citation Management
Learn more about using EndNote, Zotero, or Mendeley to manage your citations and create bibliographies.
Graduate Student Publishing Support
Learn about copyright, publication agreements, and open access.
Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center
Offers help with coursework-related writing, theses and dissertations, and application materials.

Your subject librarian can help you do a comprehensive review of the research literature by providing strategies that give you focused search results as well as for keeping up-to-date with the latest research.

Starting Places

Literature Reviews: An Overview
Research Guides
Selected information sources to help you get started.
Articles & Databases
A more comprehensive list of online resources to help you search the literature.

Finding Other Dissertations & Theses

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
Dissertations and theses in all disciplines from around the world, many with full-text.
UTK Dissertations & Theses, TRACE
The digitized collection of dissertations and theses completed at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
To browse UTK theses and Dissertations, scroll down the page to “Browse the Graduate School Collections”, then select Doctoral Dissertations or Master Theses.