UW Libraries:
Services and Resources for Graduate Students
| Research | Teaching | Collections |
Research Services and Resources:
- Summit/UW WorldCat: Locate books and other selected materials from
35 research libraries within the states of Washington and Oregon. Request material using Your Library Account and receive items in
2-3 business days. You can have items sent to any library on campus.
- Inter-Library Loan: Request books, articles, dissertations and other materials not
available at the UW or through other Summit Libraries. Some journal articles can be sent electronically, which takes less time
than a photocopy. Track your requests online.
- Your Library Account: Keep track
of all materials you have checked out of the UW Libraries or Summit libraries. Renew books online as many times as you wish
(note: this does not include Summit materials or UW materials that have been recalled by another patron!). Pay fines online.
- Connecting to Full-Text Resources Remotely: Use your UW NetID to
search databases and full-text journals from off-campus.
- Preferred Searches in UW Libraries Catalog:
You can search the UW Libraries catalog and create preferred searches for favorite authors, subjects, titles or keywords. You can
either re-run the searches when you chose or receive email alerts when new records matching your search(s) are added to the catalog.
- Library Carrels & Graduate Study Rooms: These
carrels are in the Suzzallo Library in a publicly-accessible space. Carrel assignments are available to University of Washington students,
staff, faculty, and visiting scholars. Study rooms have assigned shelves and shared carrels in the Allen Library. Graduate study room
assignments are available only to students with a Ph.D. Candidate’s Certificate.
- Grants & Funding Information Service (GFIS): GFIS provides
help identifying resources for external funding (not UW funding) for graduate students (masters and doctoral level) who have been
admitted to or who are attending the University of Washington. GFIS offers workshops and individual consultations explaining print
and online resources available for students to do their own searches.
- Wireless Internet Access: Wireless is available
throughout the UW Libraries. See the guide provided by Computing & Networking for more information.
Teaching Services & Resources:
- Arrange a Library Session for Your Class:
Bring your students to the library and have them formally introduced to important research databases and library resources. Your
class can meet in Odegaard Undergraduate Library or Suzzallo Library where students have access to computer workstations and
can search for resources with the assistance of a librarian. Please fill out the form provided by the link to arrange this session.
- Course Reserves: Place materials on reserve for your courses, including
books, electronic articles and other media. Submission forms and guidelines are available online to assist you with placing materials
on reserve.
- Specialized Resource Guides for Courses: Have a customized online research guide made for your course to guide
students to appropriate resources for their class assignments. Please contact Faye directly to arrange for a guide that you
may link from your own course page or the libraries' page.
- Research 101: This online tutorial provides a
convenient way for students to interactively learn major research skills and concepts, such as the difference between a scholarly
journal and a popular magazine, or primary sources versus secondary sources.
- UWill: This online tutorial is similar to
Research 101 but has the option of customizable pages to achieve individual course research objectives.
- Tips for Effective Library Assignments: A well-designed
assignment is an excellent teaching tool and can help students develop research skills, critical thinking skills, and subject
knowledge. This page provides tips on designing effective assignments, possible pitfalls to avoid, and examples of alternatives
to the term paper.
- Chat with a Librarian: You and your students can interact live with a reference
librarian 24 x 7 to assist with questions about library resources or search strategies.
- Library Tours & Workshops: Suzzallo Library offers tours at the beginning of each quarter. The
undergraduate library offers a variety of workshops during Dawg Daze including: getting started at the UW Libraries,
using RefWorks, and searching Google more effectively. Check the online calendar for details.
- Odegaard Writing and Research Center: The Writing and Research Center
in OUGL helps students through all stages of the writing process.
- Research Competency
Guidelines for Literatures in English: Guidelines to aid students of literatures in English in the development of thorough
and productive research skills.
Collections & Online Resources:
- English Resources Subject Page: A guide to major library resources available in English language,
British & American literature, and other literatures in English. The subject page includes links to major indexing tools (MLA),
full-text journal packages (JSTOR), online reference resources and a variety of other tools that may be useful to your research.
- New Books Lists for English & American Literature: Curious to see what the
library is buying in your area of interest? At the beginning of each month a list of new books purchased is linked to the English
Resources Subject page. Items are arranged by LC classification (P - PS). You can also see older lists from previous months.
- Other Subject Pages: Not sure what database to use for finding economic literature? These webguides
provide access to major research tools and library resources in other academic disciplines.
- Digital Collections: See what photographs, documents and
audio/visual resources are available through the Libraries' digital collections.
- Special Collections: The Libraries' major resource of rare and archival materials
are available here, and cover a broad range of topics, formats and periods.
- UW Digital Repository: Scholarly publications and
other digital materials from various departments and researchers at the University of Washington.
