Quick Links for Faculty
General Information:
- Libraries and Hours: Find detailed information about Purdue Libraries’ locations, hours of operation, and holiday schedules to plan your visits effectively.
- Suggest a Purchase: Help us build collections that meet your needs—submit requests for books, journals, databases, and other resources you’d like Purdue Libraries to acquire.
- Copyright: Access guidance on copyright laws and fair use to support your teaching, research, and publishing activities while respecting intellectual property rights.
- Purdue University Press: Learn about Purdue University Press’s publications, submission opportunities, and how the press supports scholarly communication at Purdue.
- LibKey Nomad++: Discover LibKey Nomad++, a browser extension that provides quick, one-click access to full-text articles available through Purdue Libraries.
- ORCiD at Purdue: Create and manage your ORCID iD to uniquely identify yourself as a researcher, streamline manuscript submissions, and increase your scholarly visibility.
Purdue University Books Initiative
The Purdue University Books Initiative, in partnership with the Provost’s office, helps faculty publish books. It offers support, resources, and expert guidance throughout the publishing process.
Open Access Publishing
Open Access publishing makes your work freely available worldwide, increasing its visibility and reach. It leads to more downloads, broader readership, and higher citation rates.
Research Analytics
Leverage research analytics tools to strengthen your academic profile and increase the visibility of your work. Learn how to track citations, monitor research trends, and measure the reach and influence of your publications across platforms.
Research Data Management (PURR)
Effective research data management keeps your data accessible, reusable, and citable. PURR provides a secure platform to store, share, and publish datasets with a permanent DOI, increasing your research’s visibility.
Library Liaisons/Subject Specialists
Our expert librarians provide tailored support for your research, teaching, and publishing. They help find key resources and enhance student learning with course-specific guides, partnering with you at every step.
Affordable Education
Libraries helps instructors create or adopt low-cost or free course materials to support affordable education. Librarians can guide you to no-cost options like eBooks, articles, and streaming media.
Course Reserves
Course reserves offer students easy, centralized access to required readings and media. Create custom reading lists available anytime on any device through our platform.
Archives and Special Collections (ASC)
Purdue Archives and Special Collections preserves the university’s history, research, and achievements. Its rare books, manuscripts, photos, and records showcase Purdue’s legacy and inspire future scholars.
Information Literacy
Information literacy is at the heart of lifelong learning. Purdue Libraries partners with instructors to design educational experiences that help students find, evaluate, and use information creatively, ethically, and within context.
ePubs
Purdue ePubs is the university’s open access repository for faculty, staff, and student scholarship. It makes your research—including articles, reports, and presentations—discoverable and accessible worldwide.
Interlibrary Loan/Article Express
Need something that’s not in Purdue Libraries’ collections? Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Article Express make it easy to get the books, articles, and other research materials you need from libraries around the world—at no cost to you.