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Library Events and Displays
March Displays
- Helen Constance White (lobby): This display is in honor of Women's History Month (March). Helen C. White served as president of the American Association of University Women and was a professor at UW-Madison. Images in the display are available from the Wisconsin Electronic Reader. More information about the life and career of Helen Constance White, "the purple goddess," is available from UW-Madison's College Library.
- Children's literature displays (1st floor in front of the Media Center and flat cases on 2nd floor lobby in front of the library entrance) are provided by students in the College of Education's Children's Literature course taught by Professor O'Brien.
RefWorks Demonstation
Mar. 15, 2005 (Tuesday) 9-11 a.m.
Location: Bibliographic Instruction Laboratory (Andersen Library, Room 2211)
| sponsored by the Learn Center |
Mar. 15, 2005 (Tuesday) 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Location: South Commons (University Center)
- This will be a panel discussion facilitated by Jennie Vano, Reference & Instruction Librarian. Panel members include Tony Gulig (History), Chris Henige (Art), Mary Beth Mackin (Office of Student Life), Neil Sawyer (Biology), Carol Scovotti (Marketing), and Tony Truog (Educational Foundations).
| sponsored by the Friends of the Library |
Mar. 18, 2005 (Friday) 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Location: International Education Conference Room (Andersen Library, L2254)
- Richard Haney of the History Department will discuss his recent book, “When Is Daddy Coming Home? An American Family during World War II,” which includes correspondence documenting both military experience in Europe and life on the home front. This is even is free and you are welcome to join us!
LexisNexis for Researchers
Mar. 31, 2005 (Thursday) 4-5 p.m.
Location: Bibliographic Instruction Laboratory (Andersen Library, Room 2211)
- Before the World Wide Web ... before EBSCOhost ... before Google ... at the dawn of online time ... there was LexisNexis.
Whether your research needs are academic (articles, book reviews, biographical, legal & business information), personal (theatre, movie, and arts reviews) or general knowledge (keeping current with local and global news, including foreign language news), LexisNexis has something for you. Learn how this powerful research tool still has relevance in today's online landscape. Carol Elsen, Reference & Instruction Librarian, will show how to search LexisNexis with expert precision and speed to find the information you need.
April Displays
- Einstein/Physics (lobby): 2005 is the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's "Miracle Year" and the United Nations has declared 2005 the International Year of Physics. More information is available at http://www.wyp2005.org/internationalyear.html and Einstein: Image and Impact, an online exhibit from The Center for History of Physics, American Institute of Physics.
- Children's literature displays (1st floor in front of the Media Center and flat cases on 2nd floor lobby in front of the library entrance) are provided by students in the College of Education's Children's Literature course taught by Professor O'Brien.
| sponsored by the Friends of the Library. |
April 11-14, 2005 (Monday – Thursday)
Location: Andersen Library Lobby
| April 11: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. (pre-sale - UWW faculty, staff, students, & Friends only) |
| April 12-13: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. |
| April 14: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. |
RefWorks Trial
Looking for an easier way to produce your works cited page?The UW-Whitewater campus has the opportunity to try out RefWorks bibliographic management software until the end of April 2005.
There is a link to RefWorks on the left-side purple sidebar on the Library's homepage. Users must register for an account (free). Students or faculty wishing to use the software from off campus need a group code to login. Please contact the Reference Desk librarians for assistance at 262-472-1032.
Your feedback is welcome! Please e-mail library@uww.edu.
Database News
- Communication Mass Media Complete (CMMC) is now a subscription (EBSCOhost). - Off-Campus access requires UW-W login
- CMMC had been available free for 2004. As of January 2005, the database Communication Abstracts was discontinued.
- New! International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) - Off-Campus access requires UW-W login
- This is the major index to medieval studies (c. 400-1500), including citations to articles in approximately 4500 journals and "miscellany" volumes (conference proceedings, essay collections and Festschriften).
- As of June 30, 2005, the database PAIS International, a public policy resource, no longer will be available via FirstSearch.
- Science Online has been discontinued.
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