Category Archives: online @ the library

New Words Added to Venerable Dictionary (OED)

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Barbara

OMG! You may have learned about this from the national media already, but in case you missed it: The Oxford English Dictionary has added new entries, including OMG, LOL, muffin top, ego-surf, and others. Enjoy.

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Info on Women: U.S. & the World

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Barbara

You’ve been seeing blog posts about films shown this month in honor of March being National Women’s History Month. Well, here’s a publication to look at in honor of the world’s women: The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics – … Continue reading →

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Tap the Power quick bibliographies

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Barbara

The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau issues “Tap the Power” bibliographies that list sources of information on hot topics. Recent examples are “Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water” (Dec. 2010), “Going Green” (Sept. 2010), “Performance Pay for Teachers” (Apr. 2010), and “Texting While … Continue reading →

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“Briefing Book” on WI Government

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Barbara

You can read online the “Wisconsin Legislator Briefing Book” for 2011-2012, prepared by the state Legislative Council. This reference is full of information citizens can use to learn about the state budgeting process, the legislative process, the Open Meetings Law, … Continue reading →

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Jeff Chang @UWW Feb 7

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Barbara

Jeff Chang, journalist and music critic, will talk about “Who We Be: The Colonization of America” on Mon., Feb. 7, at 7pm in the Irvin L. Young Auditorium. It’s the first Spring 2011 Contemporary Issues Lecture, sponsored by the College … Continue reading →

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Andersen Library short videos

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Barbara

OK, here’s some Friday fun–and it’s somewhat educational too. Did you know Andersen Library has a few short videos on YouTube? Yup, we experimented a little about a year ago: (1) A troll’s brief view of Andersen Library: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWKqXKclzTI[/youtube] (2) … Continue reading →

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Featured Resource: America’s Newspapers

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Carol

If you’re looking for fulltext articles from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel or Chicago Tribune, you’ll be disappointed to learn that these newspapers were recently withdrawn from LexisNexis and EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus. But don’t despair. The Library now subscribes to America’s … Continue reading →

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Find UWW Masters Theses

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Barbara

Kristen Froemming ’03, ’09 is the recipient of the 2010 UWW Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for Listen Up! You’re Tuning Out!: Emotional Triggers that Serve as Listening Barriers in Senior Populations. Previous award winners are listed online by the School … Continue reading →

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Play the Quiz Whiz

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Barbara

UWW students are eligible to participate in the LexisNexis Quiz Whiz competition from now until Nov. 15, 2010. Register for a quiz account, then correctly answer multiple choice trivia questions (on news, legal & business topics, etc.) posted once or … Continue reading →

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Streaming Music Trials in Sept.

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Barbara

Andersen Library has trials of three streaming music databases running during the month of September. Try them out and send us feedback as to whether they’d be useful in your classes! All three databases are capable of delivering CD-quality sound … Continue reading →

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