Student Assistance | Fondren Library

Fondren Library is here to help Rice Graduate and Undergraduate Students with their research.

Circulation Assistance

There are 16 subject librarians assigned to work with one or more academic disciplines.
Check our our Research Guides: If your class has a research assignment, check out the selected resources and instructions for a particular subject area.
Take one of our free short courses.
Submit a question to our Reference Librarians.
Get a book from another institution with the Interlibrary Loan Department.

Research Assistance
- Provide assistance in identifying and using digital research tools
- Offer assistance and training in managing research data
Scholarly Communications Assistance
- Offer consulting, training and support for creating ORCID identifiers
- Provide publishing support
Digital Scholarship Assistance
- Help to develop scholarly digital projects
- Provide access to digitization and digital preservation facilities
- Create digital collections in the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (for publications, data, video, audio and other materials) and JSTOR Forum (for images).

Research Assistance
- Provide assistance in identifying and using digital research tools
- Provide support for the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive (for publications, data, video, audio and other materials) and Shared Shelf (for image collections). (DSS)