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Category Archives: online @ the library
Library System Migration Affects UB (UW Borrowing), Reserves, Renewals, etc.
UPDATE: The system migration has been rescheduled from February to mid-May. Specific dates and potential impact on our Library services will be posted later. UB (Universal Borrowing) Requests may be done through Research@UWW as usual. All UW libraries, including UWW’s … Continue reading
Posted in around the library, online @ the library
Tagged catalog, ILLiad, itnerlibrary loan, My Account, Research@UWW, resource sharing, UB, universal borrowing
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T3: Streaming Music for the Season
Want to listen to some holiday music to help you study for finals (or distract you from studying)? The Library’s streaming music database, Naxos Music Library, has a new holiday-themed playlist available this month. The database also has dozens of … Continue reading
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Tagged android, apps, classical music, databases, iOS, music, streaming audio, streaming music
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T3: Lynda.com
Do you have questions about Excel, Access, SPSS, or other software? Want to learn the finer points of Photoshop or digital animation? UW-Whitewater has a subscription to Lynda.com, a clearinghouse of professional video tutorials for all types of software. Lynda.com … Continue reading
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Tagged excel, lynda.com, Microsoft Office, software
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Databases on Trial
No, we’re not going to send our databases to jail. We’re just trying on some new products to see how they fit. This month, we are trialing ten databases. Take a look at the Database Trials page, give the products … Continue reading
Friday Fun: Word Games
Lots of us go to the Merriam-Webster.com site to get definitions, but there are some word games there, too! When you complete a quiz you’ll be able to compare your score to the average score overall, or the average score … Continue reading
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Tagged books, fun stuff, quizzes, spelling, visual dictionaries, vocabulary, web sites, word games
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Research@UWW – simplifying your research discoveries
Research@UWW is a discovery tool that allows you to search for “everything” — books, articles, and digital items available both locally and from other UW campus libraries — at once. It casts a very broad net, brings back results sorted … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, books, discovery, research, Research@UWW, search tips, tools
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Friday Fun: Jazz Music Library’s brand new look!
The streaming audio database Jazz Music Library, part of Alexander Street Press’s Music Online, released a new look on August 14th. UWW students and staff can enjoy some jazz tracks from over 44,000 albums! That is a whole lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged audio, databases, jazz, music, streaming
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Desperately seeking primary sources?
Are you in the Atlantic History course, or some other course for which you are looking up primary sources for periods like 1400-1800?? There are library guides for courses like Atlantic History that list databases to search for primary sources. … Continue reading
Wall Street Journal, Where Are You??
Looking for the Wall Street Journal? Go to the Journal Holdings List (linked from the Library’s home page) and search for it…you probably want the Eastern Edition. Click ABI/Inform and either search within this newspaper, or browse issues by date. … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, business, Money & Investing, newspapers, research tips, Wall Street Journal
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BioOne database down Mar 1
The BioOne database will be down for maintenance on Sat., Mar. 1, beginning at 10 a.m. The duration of the downtime is not fixed, but could range from 4-16 hours. If you are conducting research in subjects covered by this … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, BioOne, database maintenance, environment, research, science, science databases
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