Includes holding lists of archive, library, and museum collections.

Includes censuses and other statistical resources as well as geographic information system datasets.

Includes dictionaries, language dictionaries/translators, thesauri, and gazetteers (place name indexes).

Contact information for individuals and institutions including e-mail, postal information, telephone listings and resource lists of links to home pages.

UW Libraries digital collections of photographs, documents, and audio/video resources.

Consisting of over 30,000 items in a variety of analog and digital formats (LPs, DVDs, CDs, VHS), the Libraries' Media Center collections cover a broad and interdisciplinary range of subjects and genres.

An ebook is an electronic version of a printed book. Some ebooks require you to set up a personal account in order to view them.

Search for online journals.  Use research databases to find journal articles on a particular topic (see Research Databases and Resources by Subject).

Search for online newspapers. Use newspaper databases to find citations (and sometimes full-text access) to news articles written about a particular topic.

Includes electronic texts such as historical letters and diaries, government documents, and technical reports.

Use encyclopedias to find background information about your research topic.

Includes image collections, both still and moving images. Also includes aerial and satellite photographs.

Includes maps and atlases.

Includes electronic encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, telephone books and other reference resources.

Use databases to find citations (and sometimes full text) to articles and other materials.  There are specialized databases for various subjects. (see Resources by Subject)

Use these subject guides to determine which tools to use to start your library research and find information about specific print and electronic resources.

Tools for searching the Web.

Search for librarian-selected electronic resources.

Downloadable software and interactive applications.

Contains the holdings of academic libraries in Washington & Oregon. Many items can be borrowed directly.

Contains the holdings of the UW Libraries. Includes books, technical reports, journal subscriptions, musical scores, DVDs, videos etc.