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Collections: Moved, Renamed, Compacted
During the summer several collections have been moved around: The K-12 collections that were in the Media Center on the Library's first floor have been moved to the second floor, on the shelves nearest the east windows. These collections have been collectively renamed the "Curriculum Collection."
The Juvenile History Collection and the Story Collection have been absorbed into the other K-12 collections.
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It is possible to limit a catalog search to materials in the Curriculum Collection by selecting it from the "Quick Limit" drop-down list on the Basic Search page.
All Main Collection books are on the third floor (last year books with call numbers starting with A, B or C were on the second floor). All Main Oversize books have been moved to the end of the Main Collection Z's on the third floor (stacks numbered 144-153, in the southwest corner). Previously oversized books were found at the end of every letter in the classification system, e.g, oversized books with call numbers starting with the letter D were at the end of non-oversized books with call numbers starting with the letters D-DZ.
The Media Center on the Library's first floor continues to house the videos, CD's, records, 16mm films, slides, and sound cassettes. During the summer compact shelving was installed on the east side of the Center. The librarians have been reviewing the third-floor Main Collection and selecting older titles that have not been used recently to be moved into the Compact Shelving. Their location in the catalog is Center Compact Shelving. This relocation will ease the space shortage for newer materials being added to the Main Collection.
Library Events and Displays
September Displays
- Banned Books 2004 (lobby): This display is in honor of Banned Books Week, September 25-October 2, 2004. Since 1982 Banned Books Week has annually celebrated our freedom to read. More information is available at http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm.
- Study Abroad/Travel Study (lobby): The Office of International Education and Programs has information about specific opportunities available to UW-Whitewater students (visit Andersen Library building room L2243 - enter from building's southeast corner entrance no.8 under the flags, call 262-472-5759, or see the office's web pages). In addition, the University Library has many sources of information about other countries. Please consult a reference librarian for assistance (visit the Reference Desk, call 262-472-1032, or e-mail).
- Children's literature displays (first floor, in front of the Media Center) 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 |
October 8, 2004 (Friday)
For Friends only: Business Meeting 5-5:15 p.m. and Dinner 5:30-7 p.m.
Location: Minneiska Room, James R. Connor University Center
Open to all: Program Roots of the American Political Process by Joseph Ellis 7-8 p.m.
Location: Hamilton Center, James R. Connor University Center
- Joseph Ellis, historian and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, is appearing in Wisconsin as part of the Wisconsin Humanities Council's statewide reading campaign "A More Perfect Union," jointly sponsored by the Council, Friends of the University Library, Friends of the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library (Whitewater's public library), and the League of Women Voters.
October Displays
- Wisconsin and Elections (lobby): This display will honor Archives Week, October 17-23, 2004, which has the theme "Wisconsin Votes!" More information is available at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/archivesweek/.
- Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin (lobby) will honor the 'spirit' of the Halloween month.
- Children's literature displays (first floor, in front of the Media Center) are provided by students in the College of Education's Children's Literature course taught by Professor O'Brien.
Seventeenth Annual Scholarship & Creative Achievements Recognition Reception
November 23, 2004 (Tuesday), 3-4:30 p.m.
Location: Crossman Gallery, Greenhill Center for the Arts
- The University Library, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, Photo/Graphics, and the Crossman Gallery sponsor this annual reception/exhibit of works of scholarship and creative achievements by UW-Whitewater faculty and staff. Achievements to be honored this fall were accomplished during the period July 2003-June 2004. Submissions should be received via department chairs by October 6th; see the criteria and procedures online. Bibliographies of achievements honored in previous years are available online also. Questions? Contact Sharon Knight (phone 262-472-5515 or e-mail knights@uww.edu) or Barbara Bren (phone 262-472-5521 or e-mail brenb@uww.edu).
| sponsored by the Friends of the Library. |
December 3, 2004 (Friday), 1:30-3 p.m.
Location: University Library Bibliographic Instruction Laboratory (Andersen Library building L2211)
- Martha Stephenson, Reference & Instruction Librarian, will focus on locating travel destination websites, searching for airline tickets, hotel accommodations, rental vehicles, and more. There will be time for oensearching and questions on any topic. People wishing for assistance on specific topics are encouraged to contact Martha ahead of time (phone 262-472-4366 or e-mail stephenm@uww.edu).
Area Research Center (ARC) Regular & Extended Hours
Normal ARC hours during fall semester (when the Library is open) are 9am-4pm, Monday-Friday. The ARC is offering extended hours for six Saturdays during Fall Semester 2004 to accommodate the busy schedules of students in the History department's Senior Seminar course who need to use materials obtained from Wisconsin area research centers. Specifically: Oct. 2 (1-5 p.m.), Oct. 9 (1-5 p.m.), Oct. 16 (1-5 p.m.), Oct. 23 (1-5 p.m.), Oct. 30 (1-5 p.m.), and Nov. 6 (1-5 p.m.).
Wondering what the ARC can do for you? Pick up a brochure at the Reference Desk or contact the ARC staff (visit Andersen Library room L2210A, e-mail archives@uww.edu, or phone 262-472-5520 or 262-472-5528). There also is some information about the Area Research Center and its collections and services online at http://library.uww.edu/COLLECTN/arc.htm.
Find It & Citation Linker
All University of Wisconsin System campus libraries have implemented SFX® software, called "Find It" in all UW libraries (originally dubbed "Find Text" locally) that is intended to help Library users determine whether they have access to the full text of articles listed in an online database after a search has been performed. Search results in most of the Library's subscription databases will display the Find It button. When the Find It button is clicked, a menu of service options will display: links to databases where the full text of a desired article can be found, links to the University Library online catalog if there are holdings of the journal available in the University Library's collections (click on the link to the catalog to check for the availability of the specific year or volume needed for the desired article), and links to other services, such as the ILLiad interlibrary loan request system.One advantage of the Find It software is that if a user decides to request an item though the ILLiad interlibrary loan system, the citation information from the online database will fill in the ILLiad form. A click on the ILLiad link results in a prompt to login to the ILLiad interlibrary loan system. Login requires a 7-digit UW-W ID number and a user's last name. After the user logs into ILLiad, the request form appears with the bibliographic information for the desired article already in the different parts of the request form. The user clicks on the "Submit" button near the bottom of the request form to initiate the request. More information on ILLiad interlibrary loan is available at http://library.uww.edu/SERVICES/loanserv.htm#ill.
The Citation Linker allows UW-Whitewater researchers to determine whether they have access to a particular journal, magazine or newspaper by its title. It is possible to look for a particular article with its citation information. The Citation Linker will display a menu of options for obtaining access to the desired item--online databases with full text or physical holdings in the University Library, if any, or the possibility of requesting a copy from another library via ILLiad interlibrary loan.
Questions? Please contact a reference librarian (call 262-472-1032 or e-mail http://library.uww.edu/askwi/askwi.html).
Reference in Wells Hall Discontinued
The trial to provide a reference librarian in the Wells Residence Hall on Tuesday evenings has been discontinued. However, Reference librarians are available to provide assistance with research, citation formatting, database usage, etc., at the University Library. Please take advantage of this service!
- Visit the University Library's Reference Desk (come in or phone 262-472-1032 during reference hours)
- Use the live chat reference service (UW-W reference librarians chat on Mondays 7-9 p.m. and 12 p.m.-1 p.m. on Fridays; at other times staff at other Wisconsin libraries respond to chat reference sessions).
- Send a question via e-mail. E-mailed questions are answered by UW-W reference librarians within 24 hours Monday-Friday.
- Call a librarian and make an appointment for individual assistance with a research project (see the staff directory for phone numbers of Ref. & Instruction librarians).
Staff Changes
- Becky Briggs joined the University Library as of September 20th as a Library Services Assistant-Senior, half-time providing support for the Reference and half-time covering the Archives/Area Research Center/Special Collections/University Archives office. She completed her M.A. in Library & Information Studies at UW-Madison in 2003. She previously cataloged at both UW-Madison's Memorial Library and at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
- Bobbie Harte (formerly Lembrich) left the Library for library school and library employment at UW-Madison. Her last day of work as the University Library's Reference/Archives Assistant was August 13, 2004.
Printing in the Library
The Library has fully implemented the print management system that was in place in the general access computer labs last year. Earlier this year it was in place only on the first floor at the Periodicals Help Desk printer, but now it is in place on the public printers on the second floor as well. Library users must note the number of the workstation from which they send print jobs, which appears on a sign under the monitor, e.g., L2102P07. At the computer workstation next to the printer (called the "print release station") the Library users must login with their campus e-mail username and password and the computer workstation number (the last two or three characters is sufficient, e.g., 07 or P07). Up to three print jobs may be released per login by clicking on the box to the left of each job and then clicking on the "Print Jobs" button.Library patrons who are not students or staff of the UW-Whitewater must select the PAY AT CIRC printer, then go to the Circulation Desk to ask the Library staff to release the print job(s). Cost: 10 cents per page.
If a print job is not listed, users should return to the workstation from which the print job was sent and look for a small printer icon in the lower right corner. If it appears, the print job did not get to the print release station. Double-click on the printer icon and delete the hung job. It may be necessary to save the document or file to the desktop and then print.
For assistance, please consult the Library staff at the nearest public service desk (Circulation, Reference, or Periodicals Help Desk).
Database News
- New:
- Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 to 2000- Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities. The resource, which examines perspectives on women’s social movements from Colonial times to the present, is updated on a quarterly basis by adding new document projects, book and website reviews, related teaching tools, and more documents.
- Hoover's Company Records (via ProQuest)- Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
- Company profiles & capsules as a separate database that can be selected from the ProQuest menu (click on "Databases selected" to get to the menu of databases). Or, browse by clicking on the "Publication Search" tab. The financials can be pasted into Microsoft Excel. The Library also has Disclosure Reports in LexisNexis (Business - Company Financial Reports), which offers direct export of Financials to Excel.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 to 2000- Off-Campus access requires a UW-W login.
- No longer available:
- Access Science
- This database subscription has been cancelled. The Library has the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology in print (Ref Q121 .M3).
- GroveArt
- This database subscription has been cancelled. The Library has The Dictionary of Art in print (Ref 31 .D5 1996).
- International Index to Black Periodicals
- This database subscription has been cancelled due to high overlap with other resources.
- Internet and Personal Computing Abstracts
- This database is no longer available as part of the FirstSearch resource.
- Access Science
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