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Graduate Students' Guide to the Library: Getting Started

This guide serves as a launchpad for graduate student research at UW Libraries. Find tools, search tips, and support for all stages of the research process here.

Graduate Research Librarian

Welcome to UW Libraries!

This guide is designed to get you started with resources to aid in your journey through graduate school. The Libraries provide access to a wide range of print and electronic resources, databases, formats, and tools to support your research and professional development.

Additionally, our friendly librarians are always happy to help with questions you have about conducting research. Visit our consultation page to book an appointment with a specialist in your subject area, or to get help on specific portions of your research and teaching (such as data management, instructional design, or digital scholarship).

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Library Search/Retrieval Options

 

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.

 

 

yellow arrow on a sky blue boxInterlibrary 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!