Services for researchers and PHD students

Publication support

Persistent identifiers, your rights as an author, digital identity, deposit on an institutional repository, thesis, Open Access, etc.

Digital archiving of your documents

Digital archiving consists in storing, preserving and ensuring access to digitised and natively digital documents (texts, images, videos, etc.) over the very long term, i.e., more than 30 years, regardless of technological developments (obsolescence of hardware, software, or file formats, etc.).

Sciences Po Archives

The Archives Department (FR) offers personalised services for researchers. An interview can be arranged upon request to discuss research avenues based on your bibliography, list of sources, and summary of the research topic.

Research library

In addition to the general library, research students and faculty have access to a research library offering 50 seats. Located at 1 Saint-Thomas, next to the general library, it provides direct access to more than 9,000 books mainly in political science.

Research data management

How do I manage the data produced and collected in the course of a research project? Which license should I disseminate my data under? What impact does the GDPR have on my data? How do I link my data to my publications? The library offers a range of services to help you manage your data.

Delivery service for researchers

This service is available only for Sciences Po researchers, faculty and PhD students, and users with disabilities.

Digitisation on demand for researchers

Digitisation on demand consists in having a digital image produced from a physical item (books, periodicals, photos, archives). It also includes the post-capture processing (adding or retrieving metadata, indexing, access, archiving, etc) that comes with the creation of this file.

Presentations, training and personalised tours for researchers

The library is keen to assist researchers and doctoral students in mastering the tools of documentary research. We offer a presentation of the library’s print and electronic resources, the tools available to access them, and the best methods for effective research according to your research topics. We will also provide an overview of the library services available to you.

Open Science

Open Science is a movement that promotes unrestricted access to scientific knowledge, and more specifically to research outputs, to the widest possible audience, within an appropriate academic, legal, ethical, and technical framework. Throughout the lifecycle of your research projects, you can act to make your findings more visible, accessible, and even reusable