Getting Started with Research
- SPH OrientationGuide to the UW Libraries for School of Public Health (SPH) students, faculty, and staff.
Citation Management
Start with a citation manager so you can track what you find:
- Select a Citation ManagerHow to choose a citation manager.
- Citation Manager AssistanceAsk for help with your citation manager.
Evaluating Information Quality
Check that the information you find is high quality and reliable, even when it is peer reviewed research.
Anti-Racist Research
Resources
- Anti-Oppression ResourcesGuide by Stacy Collins.
- Conducting Research Through an Anti-Racism LensGuide by Shanda Hunt and Amy Riegelman.
- Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous PeoplesEbook by Linda Tuhiwai Smith.
- Racial Justice ResourcesGuide by Bethany Barelman, Chelsea Riddle, and Theresa Mudrock.
- Anti-Racism and Community Health (ARCH) CenterGuide by Leslie Gascon and Je Salvador.
- How to be an Anti-RacistEbook by Ibram X. Kendi.
- Ethnic PressGuide to news and press listed by location and ethnicity in Washington State, the Pacific Northwest, the U.S., and Canada.
Your Librarian
Your Public Health Librarian
Leslie Gascon (she/they), MBA, MS(LIS), AHIP, is the Public Health & Collection Librarian of the University of Washington (UW) Health Sciences Library (HSL). She educates and assists UW faculty, students, staff, and researchers primarily in the School of Public Health to identify, manage, and evaluate information.
Research Assistance
Contact Leslie
Ask Us!
- 24/7 librarian assistance
Review the Public Health Toolkit
Health Sciences Library
The Health Sciences Library's mission is to advance scholarship, research, education, and health care by anticipating information needs, providing essential resources, and facilitating learning for the greater health sciences community.
