Graduate Students

Be sure to keep up with what's going on at the Research Commons—programming specifically for grad students:

• Research Commons Events
• Graduate Workshop Recordings

Your Research

• Ask your subject librarian
  Your subject librarian can help you by providing research advice, purchasing material you need and more.
• Use your subject research guide
  Librarian recommended research resources & tips for your subject area.
• ProQuest dissertations & theses UW Restricted
  Search for dissertations written nationwide (plus some international); includes more than a million full text dissertations.
• Search Alerts & Notifications
  Keep up with research in your field.
• Data Services
  Guide to information & resources for finding, managing & visualizing data.
• Borrowing & Access
  Privileges and services.
• Interlibrary Loan & Scanning Services
  Get materials from other libraries.
• Purchase Request Form
  Suggest that the UW Libraries purchases a specific book or other material.

Writing & Publishing

• Citation Management
  Refworks, Endnote, Zotero and more.
• Digital Scholarship
  Examples of digital scholarship at the UW and where to get assistance with any phase of your project.
• Journal Citation Reports UW Restricted
  Citation data and impact factor for science/technology and social science journals.
• Research Works
  Publish and archive your research while maintaining your copyright.
• Scholarly Publishing
  Overview of issues: copyright, author rights and more.
• Theses/Dissertations
  Information on submitting your thesis or dissertation to the Graduate School.
• Odegaard Writing & Research Center
  Make an appointment to get help with your writing & research.

Teaching

• Teaching Support
  Highlights include course materials like reserve readings, media, and open textbooks/OER;  DIY modules and videos covering information concepts and assessment you can imbed; collaborative workshops tailored to your course; and campus teaching & learning partners in pedagogy and teaching technology.
  

Funding

• Foundation Directory Online (FDO)
  Comprehensive information on U.S. grantmakers and their funding activities.
• Graduate Funding Information Service (GFIS)
  GFIS guide to funding resources.
• Grant Forward UW Restricted
  Database of funding opportunities.
• HSL Grant Resources
  Health Sciences Grant and Funding Links.
• Research at the UW
  UW information about research and funding opportunities.