Summer Research Opportunity Program: Library Resources

Chat with us, call or email, walk in to our office on the first floor of Ekstrom, or schedule an appointment to meet with a librarian.

Call, email a reference question, or find the clinical librarian who specializes in medical and health science research.

Videos and tutorials for a quick refresher on all parts of the research process.

Advanced videos and tutorials on topics like writing a literature review and managing data.

Most of the information you'll be looking for will probably be in the form of scholarly, peer-reviewed sources. Click on the subject area your research falls into to find the best databases to search for academic sources.

Find even more databases, including with our A-Z list. Limit by Subject and/or Type to find the sources you're looking for.

Need to find books, book chapters, or other source types? Use the search box at the top of the library homepage.

If you're conducting health sciences research, use the search box on the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library homepage.

If we don't have immediate access to a book or article we can still get it for you through this free service.

Use Google Scholar in conjunction with library databases to be most comprehensive in your search. You can connect Google Scholar to the library so you can access resources easily. Try finding related works with the cited by feature.

A search engine of scientific articles similar to Google Scholar with short summaries of articles and citation tracking features.

A free citation management software that's easy to add references to a library and cite your sources.

A robust citation management software to manage and cite references that's available for free to UofL students.

An AI tool to summarize articles and ask questions about the contents of PDFs.

Analyze similar and related works with a network visualization.

Scholarship created by UofL faculty, staff, and students.

University of Louisville's peer-reviewed multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal.