An open research repository
The landmark work of M. David Merrill
and everything built on it.
Articles, books, videos, whitepapers, slide decks and lecture notes on instructional design, adult learning, training and performance. Catalogued, curated, and searchable by keyword or by meaning — with an AI coach that answers from the library.
From the collection
Browse allCore topics
The catalogue is organised around Merrill's central ideas and the traditions that surround them.
AI-assisted onboarding
Upload a PDF, slide deck or link and the assistant reads it, proposes the title, authors, year, media type, an abstract, a summary and topic tags for you to confirm.
Two ways to search
Exact keyword search across titles, authors and abstracts, plus meaning-based search that finds relevant work even when the wording differs.
Curated, not crowd-dumped
Anyone can browse. Signed-in contributors submit works, and curators review each record before it joins the public catalogue.