Category Archives: online @ the library

Friday Fun: Armchair travel through the Secret Door!

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Barbara

Journeying via The Secret Door is a bit like slipping down the rabbit hole with Alice at times, especially since the sites you’ll see aren’t always labelled (or may not be labelled in English), but The Secret Door uses Google … Continue reading →

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Dissertation database free for February 2013

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Barbara

If you join the free ProQuest Discover More Corps you can access the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database until February 28. While you can search for many dissertations and master’s theses in the database, the full text is not always … Continue reading →

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National Technical Reports Library available through 3/31/13

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Barbara

The National Technical Reports Library (NTRL) is available though March 31, 2013 to UWW students and staff. NTRL contains the meta-data of over 2 million scientific and technical reports, with access to over 700,000 of these reports in full-text. Some … Continue reading →

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The Chronicle: Retractions

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Barbara

Did you know that we have a subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education online? You can use it to keep up with issues and trends in higher education. Of course, it’s not always good news. In a recent issue, … Continue reading →

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Digital Age Data

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Barbara

Interested in data about how many people in the U.S. are online and what they are doing there? Are they using broadband? Are they using mobile technology? Wondering about how smartphone users are using their phones? Who is using social … Continue reading →

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ScienceDirect downtime Sat. Aug. 25

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Barbara

Are you a user of ScienceDirect? If so, please note that it is expected to be down for approximately 19 hours beginning early on Saturday, August 25th, for implementation of enhancements. How will this benefit you? The changes are supposed … Continue reading →

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Queen Victoria’s Journals

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Barbara

Are you a history buff, an anglophile, or a royal watcher? You may be interested in perusing the digitized journals of Queen Victoria, which are being made freely available for a limited time. They cover her life since she was … Continue reading →

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New Look for ProQuest Databases

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Barbara

Go to any of the 15 databases in the ProQuest family (e.g., ABI/Inform, International Index to Music Periodicals, Historical Newspapers, ComDisDome) and you’ll see a whole new look. It’s new to us too! Here are some tips: ProQuest now looks … Continue reading →

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What’s a prezi??

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Barbara

I learned very recently that a student was asking for help with a prezi. What’s that?! Someone told me it was like a PowerPoint presentation “on steroids.” There’s a web site for Prezi. It says it’s a “zooming presentation editor” … Continue reading →

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Undergraduate Research Day! April 10

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Barbara

Today is the annual Undergraduate Research Day! You can wander around the display of posters showing off students’ research projects from noon until 3:15 p.m. in the UC Hamilton Room. A sampling of previous years’ Undergraduate Research posters is online … Continue reading →

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