- Your Library Account and UW NetID
- Resources Available Online
- Getting Books
- Getting Articles
- Specific Info for UWB Students in Mt. Vernon
- Contact Us For Help
Your Library Account and UW NetID
Your Library Account allows you to check out books, renew them online, and monitor their due dates. The library will send due date reminders, overdue notices, recall notices, and hold pickup notices to the email address in your library account, so make sure it is an address you use.
Your UW NetID allows access to most UW restricted library resources, including articles on Electronic Reserve as well as hundreds of Research Databases.
Resources Available Online
Connect to most of the UW Libraries UW restricted online resources from home by clicking on the "Off-Campus Access" button in the top right-hand corner of Campus Library web pages (see example on this page).
- Off-Campus Access
- Electronic Reserves : UW restricted articles and other materials your professor has placed on reserve for your class
- Research Databases : A-Z index of all the databases available from UW Libraries. UW restricted means the database is only accessible online to UW and Cascadia Community College Students, Staff and Faculty with a UW NetID. If a database has any other restrictions, they will be noted in the database description after the database name.
- Ask Us : contact a librarian by phone, email, or 24-hour chat
- Reference Tools: dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps and more
- UWB Class Guides: research guides created by a Campus Library librarian for a specific class
- Subject Guides : to find resources such as databases, websites, and reference materials in a subject area
- Guide to Citing Sources : learn or review MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, or CBE citation methods
- Research 101 : learn more about conducting research via an online tutorial
Getting Books
Distance Learners at UW Bothell have several options for getting books from the Campus Library, UW Libraries, and beyond. The option that works best for you will depend on where you live and how often you visit campus.
- UWB/CCC Campus Library : if you know you will be visiting campus, you can have books with an "AVAILABLE" status paged in advance and held for pick-up at the Campus Library Circulation Desk. Books paged from UW Bothell / CCC Stacks are generally ready within 24 hours; books from other locations generally take 2-4 days. To request a book, find the record for it in the UW Libraries Catalog and click on the "Request / Place Hold" button. Remember - you'll need to activate your library account before you can check books out!
- An Orbis/Cascade Alliance Library : if you live near any of these libraries you can order "AVAILABLE" items in the Summit catalog and pick them up at that library. Summit contains the combined holdings of over 30 academic libraries, including all UW Libraries locations.
- Home Delivery from Interlibrary Loan : home delivery of UW Libraries books for a delivery fee
- A College or University Library : many colleges and universities will allow access to their collections either for free or for a fee. Check with your local college or university library to discover what resources they make available to guests
- A Public Library : Some public libraries offer interlibrary loan services free or for a fee in addition to their local collection
- Electronic Texts : includes electronic texts such as historical letters and diaries, government documents, and technical reports
Getting Articles
Electronically Available
UW Libraries subscribes to many electronic journals and research databases that contain full-text articles accessible online. If you are searching in a database that does not contain the full-text of the article you need, click on "Check for UW Holdings" to find it. If it is available electronically, you will be provided with a link to the appropriate database or journal. If it is not available electronically, you will be prompted to search the UW Libraries catalog to find out whether it is owned in print.
Interlibrary Loan
If an article is not available online, request it through Interlibrary Loan. This service is free to all UW / Cascadia students, staff and faculty. Make sure you indicate in your preferences that you prefer electronic delivery, and you will receive the article as an Adobe PDF document if possible.
If an article is available at the UW Bothell / CCC Campus Library, your Interlibrary Loan request might be denied. Feel free to forward a copy of the cancelled request to botcirc@uwb.edu and we'll scan it if we have the item available. Make sure as much as possible of the following information is included: Article author, article title, page numbers, date, journal title, journal volume and journal issue.
Contact Us for Help
- Regional Calling Service Information - contact the Bothell Campus toll free
- Ask Us a Question : ask a question by phone, email, or 24-hour chat as well as in person or by paper mail.
- Library Hours, General Contact Info, and Staff Directory
- Find a librarian who specializes in your subject area
- Contact the Online Learning Coordinator