Whether your research is in biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, electrical engineering, medicine, or physics, the Library is chock-full of science article databases and science e-journal packages. Science research is now so much easier with all the online resources.
Here are some ideas for your research. You can also look at all the complete list of the Library’s science databases. UWW users can login with their netIDs when off-campus.
All Sciences
- ScienceDirect – 1,500 fulltext ejournals in life sciences, physical sciences and social and behavioral sciences
- Web of Science – Access the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences; find out who cites whom
Biology
- Biological Abstracts – covers thousands of journals in biology and the life sciences
- BioOne – fulltext articles from biology and environmental journals
Chemistry
Computer Science and Engineering
Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Environment Complete – contains almost 2 million records relating to the environment
- GeoRef (restricted to 1 user at a time) – geology and geophysics journals
- GEOBASE – geology, geography, and ecology articles
Health, Medicine, and Sports
Physics
The world is celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week this week (16-22 November), and what better place to be than UW-Whitewater for such an event. The Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization student group is co-sponsoring the 2009 Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneurs’ Conference. The university was awarded a $4.7 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to fund the creation of the Whitewater Technology Park, which will provide business research and development space for the region. There is a lot of entrepreneurial activity going on right here!
The Library has been actively involved in providing support the development and integration of entrepreneurship into the curriculum. The current showcase in the library’s lobby displays just a sampling of the book titles that have been purchased on the topic, with many more to be found using HAL CAT. Also, we have plenty of online resources to aid in the research of new business development in general, like ABI/Inform and Business Source Premier.
Furthermore, if you have that entrepreneurial spirit and want to research the prospect of launching your own business, make sure to come talk to us. The aforementioned resources (plus many more) also contain industry information and market research that can be used to make a sound business decision. Not sure where to start? Just contact me (Kyle) at naffk@uww.edu – I’d be happy to talk to you about doing new business research.
Happy Campus Sustainability Day!
There has been considerable talk about going green in the last few years. Believe it or not, this whole movement didn’t just happen overnight. It got traction in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission in a report commissioned by the United Nations. That report, Our Common Future defines sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Alright, that’s doable, right?
Another fun fact: sustainability not only has the obvious environmental aspects, but also economic and social aspects as well. The Encyclopedia of Earth has a great article on the three elements of the sustainable development triangle.
Given the importance of this issue, the Library has a number of resources available for you if you’re interested in researching this topic. Check out the Sustainability guide that lists just some of the books that are available from our collection, as well as databases, like Environment Complete, one of newest resources, that would be useful to find articles.
And I almost forgot – take a look at the display in the main lobby of the library!
If you have any questions on the topic, just make sure to stop by the Reference Desk or Ask a Librarian!
Using some shopping savvy, Andersen Library has added a number of new databases despite the shaky global economy and the Library’s flat budget.
EBSCO Databases
Back in the summer, Kyle blogged about the new EBSCO databases available through the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction’s Badgerlink site. Not only do we have those 12 new databases, but we’ve added a few of our own. With the money we saved when Badgerlink picked up the tab for some databases we already paid for, we were able to add 8 additional databases:
eBooks
In addition to article databases, we also added more ebook collections. Last winter, we started a subscription to Literature Criticism Online. Then a deal with the CIC Consortium (Big Ten schools, plus U of Chicago) extended access to the archives of many of the Gale literature criticism series to the other UW campuses. This deal gave us more than $100,000 in literature criticism without cost to UW-W (thanks, UW Madison!). So try out some of these ebook subscriptions:
Publishing Opportunities
For those looking to publish articles in the fields of business and economics, the Cabell’s directories of publishing opportunities in Accounting, Economics & Finance, Management, and Marketing will help you find the best places to publish your work. The College of Business and Economics has picked up the tab for several of these directories.
Ever come across an unusual word and wonder how it ever came into the language? Well, if you have, check out the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), an online database from the Andersen Library.
This enormous online source contains the complete text of the OED’s twenty-volume print second edition and draft material from the current OED project. Not only will you find definitions, pronunciation information, and the part of speech to over 600,000 English words, but this dictionary also traces the word’s development (the “etymology” of words). Using quotations from around the English-speaking world, the OED helps demonstrate how the English language has changed and continues to change. Some word entries go back fifteen hundred years!
To search the OED online, just type a word in the search box and enter.
See a short tutorial of how to use the simple search in the OED.
Unsure how to cite a book, article, newspaper or website at the end of your paper? Curious how to reference a citation in your paper? The University Library Citing References guides provide examples of citing books, newspapers, magazines and internet sources with the major citation styles.
If you’ve been ask to put together an annotated bibliography, check out the Annotated Bibliographies guide, which points you to sources that explain what to do. However, because the format, content and length of annotations vary, please ask your professor for guidelines to follow when beginning your assignment.
Still have questions? Get your questions answered here:
- University Library Reference Desk – Librarians are available in person during regular desk hours, by telephone (262-472-1032), by email or by chat.
- Look at a style manual, located at the Reference Desk:
- MLA: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th edition. REF LB 2369.G53 2003
- APA: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition. REF BF 76.7.P83 2001
- Turabian: A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th edition. REF LB 2369.T8 1996
- Annotated Bibliographies: On compiling an annotated bibliography. REF Z1001 .H33 2000
Did you know that:
How do I know all of these random facts? You might think that it’s all just useless information, but if you’re trying to design advertising campaign for a product, then these are golden nuggets. Maybe you need to profile who buys Bic pens versus Uni-ball pens. Whatever the case, Mediamark Reporter will give you the numbers to guide your analysis. Produced by Mediamark Research & Intelligence, the resource is a fountain of random and incredibly detailed information about consumers and their purchasing and media consumption habits. The Reporter contains over 550 product & service categories and 6,000 brands. Best of all, you can easily export the data to a spreadsheet for later use.
Want to know more? Check out the How to Use Mediamark Reporter guide or contact Kyle Naff, Business Librarian, at naffk@uww.edu or 472-5519.
This resource is restricted to UW-Whitewater faculty, staff and students and is for academic use only.
February is Black History Month and the Library has many resources to support research on African-American culture and life. Here are a few specialized sources for your research.
African American Biographical Database
- The African American Biographical Database contains biographical sketches of African-Americans from 1790-1950 taken from rare biographical dictionaries and other reference works
- The database is available to all Wisconsin residents via Badgerlink
Ethnic News Watch
- Ethnic News Watch is a bilingual (English/Spanish) database of magazine, newspaper and journal articles from the ethnic and minority press in the United States
- Presents perspectives different from those found in the much of the mainstream media
- Search by ethnic group, subject, document type (interview, editorial, etc.), geographic location and more
Black Drama 1850-present
- Black Drama contains the text of 1200 plays by 215 playwrights
- Search for plays by title, author, character (including occupation and race), scenes, literary period and theater
- Locate unique and hard-to-find plays from the African-American theater.
African American Music Reference
- African American Music Reference provides access to text reference, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies which chronicle the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music.
Reference Universe can help you find articles in specialized encyclopedias, biographical sources, handbooks and other reference-type books. And don’t forget the University Library Catalog and the many other research databases available via the library’s Articles in Journals, Magazines and Newspapers page that can help you with your research.
Do you have to watch a particular film for class and Blockbuster’s out? Would you like to screen a video for a class that you’re teaching next semester? Have you put your own personal copy of a movie on reserve because the Library doesn’t own it?
STOP!
The Library would like to know the titles that we’re missing! If you feel that we should own a particular film or any other item, then use the Suggest a Book/AV Material Form to tell us that we don’t have what you need. We’re always looking to improve our collections and your input is incredibly valuable to us – so valuable that there’s a Suggestions? link on every page of the Library’s website.
This post is part of the Featured Resource, which was previously on the Library’s home page. The Featured Resources Archive contains the past spotlights from December 2002 – Summer 2008.
An update to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) was recently published under the title APA Style Guide to Electronic References. The aim of the new guide is primarily to modernize and standardize some of the existing rules relating to the citation of online materials. Below are some of the most frequently encountered changes. To see the entire 24 page Guide, ask at the reference desk or look next to the Manual in the Main and Reference Collections under call number BF76.7 .A63 2007.
The Citing References: APA Style has been updated to reflect changes relevant to the extant examples.
- DOIs
- When provided, Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are used instead of URLs and database names in citations. A DOI is a unique number assigned to a journal article, which is independent of the location of the article. It will remain the same no matter where the article is found, and will provide a persistent link to the online article. To find an article with a DOI, enter the number into a DOI resolver such as crossref.org.
- When no DOI is provided, use the URL of the journal’s homepage in the citation.
- Retrieval Dates
- No longer required in citations when there there is a publication date listed. So, for online journal articles no retrieval date is necessary.
- Required when there is no publication date listed or when the content is likely to be changed, such as in Wikipedia.
- Issue Numbers
- Always include the issue number for journal articles when available. This is no longer dependent on the pagination scheme used.
Examples:
Journal article from library database with DOI assigned
Stultz, J. (2006). Integrating exposure therapy and analytic therapy
in trauma treatment. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(4),
482-488. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.482
Journal article from library database with no DOI assigned
Sillick, T. J., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem
mediate between perceived early parental love and adult
happiness. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48. Retrieved
from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap/article/view/71/100
This post is part of the Featured Resource, which was previously on the Library’s home page. The Featured Resources Archive contains the past spotlights from December 2002 – Summer 2008.
