External Library Discovery lets you search millions of scholarly works from multiple academic sources without leaving ScholarStack. Find articles, books, datasets, and open-access research to add to your course.

Available Sources

• Primo — your institution's library catalog (physical and digital holdings). Requires Primo integration setup by your admin.
• OpenAlex — 250 million+ academic papers, preprints, and books across all disciplines
• Open Library — 3 million+ book records from the Internet Archive
• Project Gutenberg — 70,000+ free classic and public domain texts; ideal for humanities courses
• DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) — 70,000+ peer-reviewed open-access academic books
• arXiv — 2 million+ STEM preprints and papers in physics, math, computer science, and more
• Zenodo — open research repository with datasets, software, and publications from researchers worldwide

How to Search

1. Go to Dashboard → External Library.
2. Type a search query (title, author, topic, or keyword).
3. Filter by source, publication year, or content type.
4. Click any result to preview details and see AI-curated recommendations.
5. Click Add to Course to add the resource to your course materials for AI indexing.

Supported Library Sources

• OpenStax — free, peer-reviewed textbooks across STEM, business, and social sciences. Full book search by subject and edition.
• Project Gutenberg — 70,000+ public domain books, literature classics, and historical documents. Searchable by author, title, and subject.
• arXiv — 2M+ research preprints in physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, finance, and statistics. Search by keyword, author, or arXiv category.