The items in this bibliography can help you find information on your research topic. Many are available electronically through the World Wide Web. Some resources are restricted to University of Washington users.

Background Resources

Encyclopedias and dictionaries provide background information and can be used to identify key people, events and dates. Many also include short bibliographies.

AccessScience @ McGraw-Hill

Online, updated version of McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technolgy. UW restricted

Britannica Online

Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica. UW restricted

The Encyclopedia of the Environment

Natural Sciences Reference   GE10 .E53 1994

Undergraduate Reference   GE10 .E53 1994

MD Consult

Full text access to selected medical texts, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, and patient handouts. UW restricted

Stedman's Medical Dictionary

Requires logon with UW NetID. UW restricted

Finding Books

Use the following databases to locate books (and journal subscriptions) in the UW Libraries and in other libraries around the region, nation and world. Books unavailable at the UW can be requested through the UWorld Express interlibrary borrowing service.

UW Libraries Catalog A listing of the books, journal subscriptions and other material available at the University of Washington Libraries. Summit The joint library catalog of the the six public universities of Washington State. Faculty, staff and students of the participating institutions may request materials from any member library directly from Summit. UW Law Library Catalog The catalog of the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library contains over 110,000 titles. UW Law Library materials may also be searched through Cascade.

Finding Articles & Reports

Use database indexes to find articles (and sometimes book chapters, dissertations, government reports, etc.) on a topic. There are indexes covering all sorts of subjects. Use those which best fit your research topic.

The database indexes listed here are available through the Web. UW restricted means that they are accessible on campus and in order to use the databases from your home computer, you must either connect to this page using the UW dial-in modem pool or the Libraries Proxy Server; see Connecting to the Libraries.

Some citations may include the full-text article. Others may provide call numbers and locations of where to find the item in the library. For some, you may need to look in the UW Libraries Catalog for the journal name. Do a title search for the journal name to see if the UW subscribes to it and where the journal is kept (library location and call number). Make sure you have the complete citation (author, title, journal name, volume, pages, and year).

Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested through the UWorld Express.

Database Tips

Indexes to Newspapers and Magazine Articles

Expanded Academic Index Index to articles (both popular and scholarly) in all disciplines. Full-text articles available for selected journals and magazines. UW restricted. Lexis Nexis Academic Universe Full text database of U.S. and international newspaper articles as well as some magazine, wire service and television transcripts. UW restricted. Research Library Index to articles (both popular and scholarly) in all disciplines. Full-text articles available for selected journals and magazines. From the menu, choose Research Library Complete. Research Library also provides access to National Newspapers and Washington Newstand. UW restricted.

Indexes to Scholarly Articles

Agricola Index to articles, technical reports and selected books in the field of agriculture and related sciences. UW restricted. Biosis Index to articles in the life sciences, including ecology, zoology, botany, biotechnology, microbiology, and medicine. UW restricted. Environmental Impact Statements This index includes only those Environmental Impact Statements that are not included in the UW Libraries Catalog. The libraries also hold some environmental impact statements that are not included in this database. They can be located through the UW Libraries Catalog or are available in the Government Publications Division in the Suzzallo Library. Geobase Index to articles in geography, ecology, environmental studies. UW restricted. MD Consult Full text access to selected medical texts, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, and patient handouts. UW restricted. PubMed/MEDLINE Index to articles in the field of medicine. How to Use PubMed PAIS International Indexes articles and selected books and reports dealing with social and public policy. UW restricted. Science Citation Index A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts and cited references, covering 5,300 major journals in a wide variety of science fields. UW restricted. Social Science Citation Index A multidisciplinary database, with searchable author abstracts and cited references, covering the journal literature of the social sciences. UW restricted. Water resources abstracts (WRA) Index to articles and selected books and reports covering the development, management and research of water resources. UW restricted.

Government Documents

The Government Publications Division on the ground floor of Suzzallo Library is the best place to get help and advice in identifying and locating government documents.

UW Libraries Catalog Many government reports are listed in the UW Libraries Catalog Congressional Universe Full-text debates, bills, reports dating back to approximately 1989 and indexing dating back to 1970. UW restricted. MarciveWeb Docs Catalog to U.S. government documents published since 1976. UW restricted. NTIS Indexes and abstracts U.S. government-sponsored research, development, and engineering reports and analyses distributed by the National Technical Information Service. UW restricted.

U.S. Government Agencies

Census Bureau
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Council on Environmental Quality NEPAnet
Department of Energy
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce (NMFS, International Trade Admin.)
Department of Interior (BLM, USFWS)
Department of Labor (Occupational)
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Agency
FirstGov for Science
Food and Drug Administration
National Center for Health Statistics
National Institutes of Health
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of Science and Technology Policy
State Department (International)

Washington State Government Agencies

Access Washington
Department of Ecology
Washington SEPA site

Local Government Agencies

King County
Puget Sound Regional Council

Citation & Writing Guides

Citation and Writing Guides
Dictionaries and Thesauri
Geography Writing Center

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