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Services for Graduate & Honor Students
A Welcome from
the Director: Welcome to the Cleveland State University Library resource site for honors and graduate students. The Library strives to provide you with the best traditional and innovative library services to assist in your classes, your research, or your duties as a graduate assistant. On this page you will find links to basic resources as well as access to services specifically provided for you. We look forward to working with you to meet your information needs.
Alerting Services:
The Library provides three free alerting services for graduate students and faculty. You can sign up for Alerts that will regularly notify you via e-mail of the table of contents of new issues of journals as they are published or of the results lists on keyword searches you have registered as they are automatically rerun at regular intervals.
- Saved Search Alerts
- Table of Contents Alerts
Reference & Research Assistance:
- Ask a Librarian
- Email Reference Service
- Reference Center
- Reference Consultations
- Subject Librarians - A subject librarian is appointed to work with the graduate students of each department of the University. Contact your subject librarian for information about the library's policies, collections and services or to make an appointment for individual assistance.
- Research Databases
- Subject Portals
- Virtual Reference
For more research options, go to 
Instruction Support for Teaching Assistants:
- Classroom Instruction for Students
- Course Reserves
- Distance Library Services
- Hands-On Library Instruction
- Library Assignment Support Service
- Library Computers @ Learning Commons
- Request an Instruction Session
Writing a Thesis or Dissertation?
- Binding of Theses and Dissertations
- Converting Theses & Dissertations from MS Word to PDF
- Graduate College's Dissertation & Thesis Format Guide
(Also available in printed format at the Library's Reference Desk)
Facilities & User Services: