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General Services and Resources:

• Summit:
  • Locate books and other selected materials from 33 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 me 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
• Q&A Live:
  • You and your students can interact live with a reference librarian 24 x 7 to assist with questions about library resources or search strategies.

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.