The University of Miami Libraries provide faculty with the highest quality access to collections, information services, learning support, and digital expertise in support of the University’s mission to transform lives. The Libraries welcome and incorporate advances and innovations in information technology and scholarly communication to ensure that faculty members can locate and use global information resources in all formats.
Access
Access & Borrowing
Request books through uSearch and pick them up at your library of choice.
Course Reserves
Course reserves are readings or materials you select to be made available for your students, in either print or online format.
- Course Reserves Guide
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for use in your classes
Faculty Spaces
- Faculty Reading Room provides space for quiet study and research in Richter Library
- Faculty Exploratory offers collaboration space, a one-button studio, and a virtual reality station, by appointment
Resources
uSearch
Discover materials from all University of Miami Libraries via uSearch (sign in with your CaneID for full access)
Databases
Find electronic resources on our database list.
Distinctive Collections
The Libraries house rare and unique primary sources, available for research and teaching. The Cuban Heritage Collection, Special Collections, and University Archives are open for visits by appointment to UM faculty, staff and students.
HathiTrust
Faculty, staff, and students have access to thousands of digitized texts from Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and from the holdings of UM Libraries. Log in to HathiTrust for full access.
Online News
Access live web editions of select newspapers, as well as an extensive collection of current and historical newspapers.
Selected list of newspapers (with registration instructions)
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Miami Herald
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Financial Times
- The Economist
Streaming video
- Academic Video Online (AVON) – mainly documentaries and newsclips; some films, main old and/or foreign
- Films on Demand – primarily documentaries, plus World Cinema (foreign films)
- Feature Films for Education – mainly American film from the last 60 years
- Kanopy – primarily documentaries, plus Criteria Collection films
- The PBS Video Collection
- CBS News Video Archive
Services & Support
Digital Scholarship
- Data Services (data, data management, data analysis, virtual research consultations)
- GIS Services virtual consultations available
- Scholarship@Miami the institutional research repository and discovery portal for the University of Miami
- ORCID@UM Guide create and use an ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) at the University of Miami
Disciplinary Research and Teaching Support
- Subject librarians can provide the following services online and in person:
- Research Guides provide online research assistance for students
- Peer Research Consultants provide online research assistance for students
- Learning Commons offers tutoring in all subjects, including writing, math, and modern languages
- Online Teaching: Library Resources an online teaching guide for UM faculty
- Open Educational Resources an OER guide for UM faculty
Interdisciplinary Research Support
In a collaboration with the Office of Research, librarians provide support for interdisciplinary research U-LINK research teams.
Events & Networking Opportunities
Creative Studio
- Creative Studio offers virtual help with creativity software, including Adobe Creative Cloud, poster printing, digitization, 3D printing, virtual reality, gaming, and more
- Reserve multimedia equipment
Well-Being Support
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