First Year Students' Guide to UW Libraries

Welcome to the library guide First Year Student research resources. You will find resources to help you:

• Navigate the UW Libraries resources and spaces.
• Choose a topic and research question for your research assignment.
• Find resources specific to your first year course assignments.
• Evaluate sources to make sure they're relevant and appropriate to use.
• Cite sources to document where information and ideas were found.

Use the side navigation to find information related to your course topics or research assignment topics. If you're not sure where to start, we recommend starting with the "Topic Generation" page.

UW Libraries QuickSearch: includes the collections of the University Libraries, UW Law Library, and the American Heritage Center.

Prospector: a unified catalog of twenty-three academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. UW students, faculty and staff can borrow materials from Prospector.

Interlibrary Loan: UW students, faculty and staff can request books, journal volumes, journal articles and other materials, regardless of whether it is available in the UW Libraries, online or in libraries around the world. A free service!