Comm & Comm Lead Grads - Services @ Your Library: Home

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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 Communication Studies research guide. 
• 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 to organize your research. 

• Get your Seattle & King County (KCLS) public library cards. They have some resources that UW Libraries does not.  
• Help build the Libraries’ collections. Come across a new book that supports your teaching or research that the library should acquire? Just email Jessica at jalbano@uw.edu.
• Make an appointment with the Graduate Funding Information Service (GFIS) advisor to learn about funding opportunities.
• Present a lightening talk on your research at the quarterly Scholar’s Studio.
• When the UW Libraries open, take a time out and visit the Suzzallo Reading Room located on the 3rd floor of Suzzallo Library.

You have two Comm librarians to help you:

• Jessica Albano
  • Email: jalbano@uw.edu
  • Schedule a research consultation: appointment calendar
• Madeline Mundt
  • Email: mundt@uw.edu
  • Schedule a research consultation: appointment calendar
• Chat with a librarian 24/7: Ask Us!

Your research guides:

• Communication Studies
• News
• Business 
• More...

Read today's news:

• Read today’s Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, and Olympian (newspaper, web, and blog content) for free through the library’s  Access World News database.
• Read newspapers and magazines published around the world through the  Library Press Reader database.

For fun:

• Play Huskies Go! UW Libraries Dawg Daze scavenger quest and get prizes. Play any time between September 24 and October 3.
• Zoom backgrounds for Huskies
• Zoom backgrounds from UW Brand

During in-person orientations to new graduate students, we usually spend time getting to know you and your research interests.  We spend some time sharing a bit about yourselves and then students write their research interests on post-it notes.  Those post-its hang on Jessica's wall so that she can refer to them over the days, months, and years, as she purchases materials for the library collection.  

If you'd like Jessica to keep your research interests in mind as she buys materials for the library, please email them to her at jalbano@uw.edu.  She has a stack of post-it notes waiting to be written on!