LibGuides: Getting Connected: Graduate Students and the WSU Libraries: Home

Welcome!

Welcome to the Washington State University Libraries!

We were really happy to have our libraries-wide "soft opening" on July 12th, and to be fully re-opened with the start of the Fall, 2021 semester. The WSU Libraries work to provide you with the resources and services that you need: librarian assistance, books, journals, discovery databases, special collections, document delivery and Interlibrary Loan, and more.

Lorena O'English (Social Sciences and Government Information Librarian) oenglish@wsu.edu ; @WSULorena

Find Your Librarian

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Pullman: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Vancouver: Twitter, Facebook

Spokane: Facebook, Twitter

WSU Libraries Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates and Resources

Special Circumstances: Remote Resources and Guidance

Academic Department Liaison Librarians

Resource and Subject Guides (databases, journals, and more)

Libraries Help (How Do I..., Online Access Issues, and more)

Libraries FAQ

Remote Access (Not until the first day of classes)

(Also when you are logged in to the WSU VPN.)

Summit

Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery: Borrowing Materials Not Available at the WSU Libraries

Library Services for WSU Global Campus

Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation (CDSC)

WSU Libraries Digital Collections (digitized photographs and other primary sources via Manuscripts, Archives & Special Collections)

Library Policies, including borrowing policies

GPSA Study Center (Located in Terrell Library but run by and for you!) - Closed for the Fall 2020 semester

Welcome to the WSU Libraries (Fall 2020 version)
This is the same handout distributed to new faculty.

Fall 2021 Update: New Helpful WSU Libraries Resources and Services

Philosopher’s Index includes full-text content for the 2021-2022 year

JSTOR - we have access to ALL of JSTOR's journal content through the {April 2022 update] end of June 2023.

PolicyMap
Now permanent!!! as of January 2022
An online (no software installation needed) U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate schools use us in their curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.
Look for Blog Posts, Customer Stories, and sample Maps, Tables, and Reports.

The Dimensions Lab
Big Monitors. Cool software. Large (but not really large) scanner. 3D Photogrammetry. Macs. And more. #DigitalMaking
The Libraries’ Dimensions Lab is equipped to provide computing resources and tools for computer-based projects in the fields of media, art, music, engineering, computer science, and physics. The lab is located on the first floor of the Holland Library on the WSU Pullman campus, right off the main elevators between Holland and Terrell.
Added in fall 2021: a small recording studio, the Whisper Lab.
The Proxy Bookmarklet and LibKey Nomad
Have you ever found something on the Web that you knew was available through the Libraries, but it was too much of a pain to log into the Libraries site and find it? Now we have a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser button bar so that you can log in via the Libraries and get immediate access (most of the time…) find out more about our new proxy bookmarklet. And it works with tablets too...
Note: after you log in, if you don't get access, just click the proxy bookmarklet again and you will (if your browser is idle for too long you may need to log in again). Also provides information on new library service LibKey Nomad which can also be used to provide instant access to PDFs available though the WSU Libraries.

SAGE Research Methods
Designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method, SAGE Research Methods includes more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research.

WSU Libraries Citation Style Quick Guides (includes APA 7th)
"These quick reference guides are designed to provide easy access to common formatting and stylistic requirements for each citation style."
APA: The Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style (free)
Free tutorial
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
APA: Style and Grammar Guidelines (7th edition; free)
Just in case, APA Sixth Edition Resources
Citation Linker
Use this link when you have a citation and want to get to the book or article. It will link to the item you want. If it is not available at the WSU Libraries, it will generate an automatic interlibrary loan form so you can easily request it.

Helpful Links

Think.EDU - discount software
Lots of discounted software, including Adobe Acrobat Pro. See also the WSU TechStore (look under Quick Links in my.wsu.edu)
Ask Us
Citation Quick Guides
Bound By Law (IP & Copyright online comic)
A fun graphic novel that will teach you about intellectual property issues (like copyright)
Copyright and Your Dissertation or Thesis: Ownership, Fair Use, and Your Rights and Responsibilities (by Dr. Kenneth Crews)
Free PDF download. Important.
Holland and Terrell Libraries Find It on the Shelf
Use this to find call number locations and shelf number in Holland and Terrell Libraries.
Owen Science & Engineering Library Website
Office [Dept Zip] Delivery for Grad Students (& faculty and staff, too!)