Services for Graduate Students

Research

Find Library Resources by Discipline
Find Subject Librarians to WMU Departments and Colleges
Find New Books by Discipline
Use (External) Refworks Citation Manager. Learn more
Locate (External) Journals owned by WMU
Find materials in libraries around the world using (External) WorldCat
Find materials purchased by the international consortium (External) Center for Research Libraries Catalog
Retain your author/creator copyrights
Locate (External) Dissertations and Theses – index from 1860, full text from at least 1997.
Deposit your work into ScholarWorks at WMU
Read the (External) Chronicle of Higher Education

Place books, articles, videos, etc. on reserve for your students in Course Reserves
Create Persistent Links to Resources
Schedule Research Instruction
Assign the ResearchPath tutorial
Check Copyright and Legal Information Use
Off Campus Library Services - if you teach in a regional location

Books and other materials may be returned to Waldo Library or one of the branch libraries on campus or through one of our convenient drop boxes:

Engineering Campus (Parkview) - Drop box on first floor, near front entrance and Lecture Hall D-115. Pick up Monday - Friday 9:15 a.m.
College of Health & Human Services Campus - Drop box on first floor near the Learning Resource Center. Pick up Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m.
Haworth College of Business - Drop box on first floor, by entrance closest to the Fetzer Center. Pick up Monday - Friday 10 a.m.

Waldo Library: 4 rooms in 2 hour blocks; first come, first served. Get key at Patron Services window with Bronco Card
Rooms available at the Education Library

Lockers at Waldo Library
Check out a locker at on a daily or semester basis ($10 deposit and Bronco ID required).

Comfy Seating Area
Relax and refuel with food and drinks in lounge on the lower level of Waldo Library.

Copy Center
Purchase office supplies or use our full-service center on the second floor of Waldo Library.