Students Resources

The CNC performs computational and theoretical research that unifies and interprets the extraordinary data on neural systems being developed by our partners in Seattle and around the world. 

The University of Washington has several libraries available to its students, faculty, and staff. The main UW Library and the Health Sciences Library. The Health Sciences Library has access to a lot of on-line journals and helpful information about its contents.

The Basics

UW Libraries staff are here to help 24/7! Look for the AskUs! icon on most Libraries website pages to chat, email, or set up an appointment with the GPN librarian, Diana Louden (✉).

Use the directions here to connect to databases and journal articles from off campus.

Request publications through interlibrary loan that you can’t access online (for free).

For efficient access to full-text articles, use the UW Libraries link to PubMed and link your Google Scholar account to the UW Libraries.

Topics to Discuss With The Librarian

• Conducting literature reviews, tracking down difficult-to-find information, and troubleshooting database problems.
• Using citation managers like EndNote and Zotero to organize your articles and format citations for your papers.
• Setting up a system for monitoring the literature.
• Recommended approaches for expanding and documenting your research impact.

Recommendations

Visit and bookmark the Life Sciences Graduate Student research guide. It has database recommendations, search strategy tips, and directions for setting up alerts.

Follow the Research Commons and Open Scholarship Commons to learn about workshops, writing consultations, and services for graduate students.

Plan to contact Diana Louden when you want assistance. She’s happy to help over email, Zoom, or in person.

Neurohackademy is a summer school in neuroimaging and data science, held at the University of Washington eScience Institute. Participants will learn about technologies used to analyze human neuroscience data and to make analysis and results shareable and reproducible.

Teaching@UW: Strategies for TAs include two components to support new TAs in their teaching journey 1) Asynchronous learning opportunities in Canvas and 2) Live learning session on Zoom.

Visit Teaching@UW for more resources and information on reflective teaching practices, course design, inclusive teaching, and engaging students.