Library Guides: Library to-do List for Grads: Home

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Your UW NetID and password is your entry to UW Libraries' e-resources.
Download Husky OnNet & configure it to work with the UW Libraries
Your Husky Card is your library card, gets you into Odegaard Undergraduate & Health Sciences Libraries & used to pay for printing.
UW Libraries hours -- be sure to check hours before making an in-person visits. Hours fluctuate by library.

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Use Husky OnNet or the Libraries Proxy Server to connect to library databases from off campus.

Explore our resources, starting with the suite of History research guides - including American, Asian, Australian, New Zealand & Oceania, and Native American. Also be sure to check other guides: American Indian Studies, Chinese Studies & Indigenous Studies.

Sign up for your FREE newspaper & magazine accounts: The Atlantic, New York Times, Financial Times & Wall Street Journal.
Configure your Google Scholar settings to connect to UW Libraries.

Create your Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Account to get materials from other libraries for free.

Select a Citation Management Tool (zotero recommended) to organize your research. Consultation help is available. Also check out the Chicago Manual of Style Online.

Meet with you one-on-one in-person or via Zoom to discuss your research. Email Aubrey at aubreyjw@uw.edu.
Recommend the best databases to search for your research topic.
Purchase current books that you need.
Help track down resources.
Connect you with services available through the UW Libraries.

24/7 chat help available
Other subject librarians including those for area studies:
- Lucy Li (Chinese Studies)
- Anne Davis (Indigenous Studies)
Research Commons -- writing, citation, funding & design help for graduate students
Open Scholarship Commons -- workshops & consultations for digital humanities projects. See video introduction.
Graduate Student Research Institute - course materials from the summer workshop
Introduction to Historical Research - brief general introduction to history research

Get your Seattle & King County public library cards. They have streaming video & ebooks & some historical resources that we don't have.

Help build the Libraries’ collections. Come across a new book that the library should acquire? Just email Aubrey at aubreyjw@uw.edu.
Reserve a research carrel for the quarter by contacting Library Account Services.

Make an appointment with the Graduate Funding Information Service (GFIS) advisor to learn about funding opportunities.

Attend a library event (film, lecture, karaoke?) or visit a library exhibit (Zeitgeist: Seattle in the '20s runs in Special Collections during Fall & Winter quarter).
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Take time out and visit the Suzzallo Reading Room located on the 3rd floor of Suzzallo Library.
Learn about Electronic Theses & Dissertations.