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What's New - August 2001

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EZ Off-Campus Access to Databases & E-Reserves!

Last year, students and staff needing off-campus access to Andersen Library's subscription databases or electronic reserves had to change WWW browser settings on home and office computers. Not anymore!

EZProxy, implemented this summer, does not require changes to browser settings. Bookmarks created to link to databases using the old proxy server will no longer work. You must use links to databases from the Library's listings of indexes and databases to get the appropriate login request.

  • Subscription databases: Click on the link to a subscription resource on one of the Library's webpages, and a login box should appear.
  • Electronic reserves: Click on the "Course Reserve" button in the Library's online catalog, and a login box should appear. After the login, search for a desired reserve item, then click on its title to display the record for the item. If it is available electronically, there should be a link:   "E-Items: Click here to view electronic file." Of course, some reserves are not available electronically, such as videorecordings or books.

Login information:

  • Barcode: your UW-Whitewater ID number (7-digit middle segment on a campus ID card).
  • Password: your last name (no hyphens, all lower case).

If you have any difficulties with off-campus access to library resources, please contact reference librarians for assistance (call 262-472-1032 or e-mail refdesk).

Full-Text Electronic Journals in Databases

Q: How can you find out if full-text articles from a specific journal are in one of Andersen Library's databases?
A: The Library is working with Serials Solutions to provide a customized list of journals, magazines, and newspapers that are available full-text in several of our online databases. The Full Text Electronic Journal Holdings list is alphabetical by title and includes dates of online content and links to the databases that contain the publications' full text content.

In some cases (such as ACM Digital Library, Emerald FullText, JSTOR and Project MUSE titles), the database links will go directly to the desired journal online. In other cases the database links will go to a database or a list of databases (including the database that contains the desired publication's content, which you must select), and you must search for the content of the desired publication.

Below are tips for searching for a particular publication's content in some of the databases. For more assistance please contact a reference librarian (call 262-472-1032 or e-mail refdesk).

Q: Once you know which database includes the full text from a desired journal/newspaper, how do you limit a search in that database to the desired publication?

A: It depends on the database. Here are tips for some of them:
  • Academic Universe (Lexis Nexis)
    1. Click on the Sources button in the upper left corner of the database.
    2. Type the name of the magazine, newspaper, or journal in the search box (then click on the "Find Title" button) or browse the alphabet to find it.
    3. Click on Search This Title.
    4. Enter additional search term(s) into the "Search for:" box(es) on the Guided Search page, using words from the desired article's title, subject or author, and then use the pull-down menu(s) to choose where the word(s) should be found (in headlines, author names, full-text of articles, etc.).
  • EBSCOhost databases
    Sometimes following the links to EBSCOhost databases in the Serials Solutions listing results in a listing of articles from the desired journal/magazine. Other times following the database link results in a list of databases.
    • From a list of articles in the desired journal:
      Find a specific article in the publication by clicking on "Refine Search," then add to the search in the "Find:" box some distinct words or phrases chosen from the article's title. Do not delete the "is ########."
    • From a list of databases:
      Select the database named in the Serials Solutions listing. Type the journal/magazine title in the "Magazine:" box and enter additional words from the topic or title of the desired article in the "Find:" box.
  • ProQuest databases
    Select the specific ProQuest database that contains the desired journal/newspaper. Select Advanced Search, type in so(journal title) and add to the search an author, subject term, or keywords from the article's title.
    Examples:  
    au(barton) and so(cpa journal)
    cookie monster and so(brandweek)
  • WilsonWeb databases
    Select the database that contains the journal. Click on the "SearchPlus" button. Type the journal title in the search box and choose "Journal/Source" from the pull-down menu. Add keywords from an article title, author name, etc. in the lower search box if desired. Click "Search Now."

Link To Articles in Databases

Would you like to make direct links to specific full-text/image articles in Andersen Library's databases? In many cases it can be done! You can even link to full-text articles in sources such as Gale's Contemporary Authors. SoftLine databases do not provide this function.

To enable off-campus access for UW-Whitewater students and staff, add the library proxy server's address in front of the URL for a particular article. This will result in a proxy login prompt for off-campus students and faculty.

https://libproxy.uww.edu:9443/login?url=

Example of a durable link to an article.
This is a Word file - (download the free Microsoft Word Viewer)

  • EBSCOhost databases:
    Search for desired article. Click on the citation, then click on the "Save" button. Next click on "Links," then choose the bullet for "Links to articles" and click on "Save." You'll find on this page the URL to the full-text article.

  • ProQuest databases: (NOTE: This does not work for the CINAHL database yet.)
    Search for the desired article and display it. Click on the Save Link button. Go to the "Results" button in the top right corner of the screen to select "Marked list & durable links." Click on theExport links button to display the durable URL (very long).

  • JSTOR:
    Go to http://makealink.jstor.org/public and follow instructions from there.

  • WilsonWeb, Lexis-Nexis, Project MUSE, ACM, IOP, Annual Reviews...
    Display the article and use the URL on the "Location" line of your Web browser. If the PDF file has a distinct URL, you can use it as the link. If not, use the HTML URL, which usually has a link to the PDF file.

  • MCB:
    Use the URL for the article abstract, which has links to both HTML and PDF fulltext.

"New" Library Catalog

In May 2001 the Andersen Library catalog was upgraded. Here are some changes that affect you:
  • In Keyword searches AND, OR, and NOT do not need to be capitalized. (Phrases still need to be enclosed in quotations, e.g., "brown bats")
  • The default "Basic Search" screen provides several search types: author, title, subject heading, keyword, call number, and a "Quick Limit" may be used to limit title or keyword search results to videorecordings.
  • Title lists resulting from searches also show locations, call numbers, and circulation status. If there are multiple copies of a title, it is necessary to click on the title link to display this information.
  • Electronic course reserve materials are listed in the catalog. Records for these items can be found by selecting to do a Course Reserve search (course number, instructor, or department) or by doing a keyword search in the catalog (using keywords from the title of an article, for example). Display the record for a desired reserve item to see if the record includes the link "Click here to view electronic file." Of course, some reserve materials (like videos or entire books) are not available electronically.

New Books

Visit the library's New Book Island to browse recently-received titles. Titles stay in this area for about a month. The Andersen Library catalog indicates when a title is at the New Book Island also.

Staff Changes

Several new staff were welcomed to Andersen Library this summer:
  • Brian Beecher is the new coordinator of Circulation/Reserves.
  • Stephen Katz is the newest reference/instruction librarian on staff, and brings special expertise in the area of education.
  • Sharon Knight, new Serials Librarian, will be seen at the Reference Desk also.
  • Debbie Marohnich is working as an LTE in Circulation/Reserves.
  • Dianne Witte is the new coordinator of Technical Processing.

Staff who left Andersen Library earlier this year:

  • Sherry Hofer, head of Circulation/Reserve, retired at the end of June 2001.
  • Sarah Knoble, Circulation/Reserve, left in August for a school library position.
  • Joe Schneider, reference/instruction librarian, left in April 2001.
  • Boris Teske, reference/instruction librarian, left at the end of June for a position at Temple University.

Recreational Reading

The library's McNaughton Collection is a leased collection of new fiction and non-fiction bestsellers, including biographies, westerns, sci-fi, mysteries, romances, and more. The collection is arranged by author. Browse often--new titles arrive almost every week! You can "browse" the collection using the Andersen Library catalog by doing a call number search for MCN, but the list is long.

Faculty and staff: You are invited to participate in selecting new titles for the McNaughton Collection. Every month the library receives a listing of titles that may be added to this collection. Peruse these listings at the Circulation Desk and "vote" by initialing the titles you would like ordered.

New or Changed Online Resources

NOTE: Off-campus access is limited to UW-W students and staff (login required).

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