World history: For grad students & faculty

Cast wider nets to find scholarly literature

Find, apply, and emulate extended review essays on many topics.

Addressing research topics in broad scholarly domains, the essays in these series summarize  trends and controversies in the literature, identifying key authors and works.

Identify research resources from around the world.

Many times you will be able to locate copies in US libraries and borrow them at no charge using our ILLiad interlibrary loan system.

How-to guidance:

For instructors

VT thesis and dissertation guidance

Find research funding

Research impact and scholarly publication

Virginia Tech's University Libraries supports participation in the scholarly conversation at every stage of the research life cycle, from planning to publishing (including journals and proceedings we host) to curation and archiving ... and even records management services to help university units comply with legal requirements and university policy.

Manage your professional identity and impact
Publish strategically