ort ium ▁for ▁Political ▁and ▁Social ▁Research . ▁Under grad uate ▁students ▁are ▁able ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁various ▁research ▁projects ▁through ▁the ▁Under grad uate ▁Research ▁O pport unity ▁Program ▁( U ROP ) ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁U ROP / Cre ative - Program s . ▁ ▁The ▁U - M ▁library ▁system ▁compr ises ▁nin ete en ▁individual ▁libraries ▁with ▁twenty - four ▁separate ▁collections — rough ly ▁ 1 3 . 3 ▁million ▁volumes . ▁U - M ▁was ▁the ▁original ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁J ST OR ▁database , ▁which ▁contains ▁about ▁ 7 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁digit ized ▁pages ▁from ▁the ▁entire ▁pre - 1 9 9 0 ▁back file ▁of ▁ten ▁journ als ▁of ▁history ▁and ▁econom ics , ▁and ▁has ▁initi ated ▁a ▁book ▁digit ization ▁program ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Google . ▁The ▁University ▁of ▁Michigan ▁Press ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁U - M ▁library ▁system . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁U - M , ▁together ▁with ▁Michigan ▁State ▁University ▁and ▁Wayne ▁State ▁University , ▁founded ▁the ▁Mer it ▁Network , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁university ▁computer ▁networks . ▁The ▁Mer it ▁Network ▁was ▁then ▁and ▁remains ▁today ▁administr atively ▁hosted ▁by ▁U - M . ▁Another ▁major ▁contribution ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁when ▁a ▁proposal ▁submitted ▁by ▁the ▁Mer it ▁Network ▁together ▁with ▁its ▁partners ▁IBM , ▁M CI , ▁and ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Michigan ▁won ▁a ▁national ▁competition ▁to