Category Archives: tips for research

Welcome to UWW & Andersen Library!

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Barbara

Welcome to UWW and Andersen Library! I hope you’re excited to be here. After four college degrees (at four separate schools) and over 20 years at UWW, I still greet each new academic year with excitement and anticipation.  My colleagues … Continue reading →

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Genealogical Research Day May 1

Posted on April 13, 2011 by goldsmid

Researching Jefferson, Rock or Walworth Counties? Can’t get to Whitewater during the week? We are having a Sunday Research Day! UW-Whitewater Special Collections, Area Research Center and Archives cordially invites you to Genealogical Research Day Sunday–May 1st, 2011 2:00pm – … 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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Peer Reviewed Articles, Anyone?

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Barbara

Are you required to find “peer reviewed” (aka refereed) articles for your paper(s)? What the heck does that mean?! Peer review is a quality control process used by some scholarly journals to ensure that they only publish articles containing excellent … Continue reading →

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Tools to Tenure: Library Aids for Publishing

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Martha

Reference librarians Sue Coenen and Martha Stephenson will be presenting a LEARN Center program on September 21st from 12:30-1:30 p.m. called Tools to Tenure: Library Aids for Publishing. Attendees will learn about Library and Internet resources for determining article importance … Continue reading →

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New Google Scholar Feature

Posted on July 9, 2010 by kyle

One of the ways of judging the impact of an article/author is to look at the numbers of times that article/author has been cited by others. If you’ve used Google Scholar before, you may have noticed that part of the … Continue reading →

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If you like this article, you’ll like…

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Barbara

UW System libraries are testing an article recommender service (bX Recommender) until March 26. Try it and tell us what you think of it! It suggests additional relevant articles, similar to “More Like This” or “If You Liked This, You’ll … Continue reading →

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A hot issue every week…

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Barbara

Whether you are casting about for a topic for a research paper, or doing research on a topic you’ve already selected, this resource may help you: CQ Researcher explores a potentially controversial, “hot” topic in each weekly issue. You will … Continue reading →

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Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Sources

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Barbara

Have you been told by your professor to use scholarly or peer-reviewed articles for your research paper? Wondering what that means and how to get them? Peer-reviewed (or refereed) journals send submitted manuscripts to other experts in the same discipline … Continue reading →

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Try a new research aid (bX Recommender)

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Barbara

UW System libraries are testing bX Recommender until Feb. 28. Try it and tell us what you think of it! bX Recommender is a scholarly article recommender service. It suggests additional relevant articles, similar to “More Like This” or “If … Continue reading →

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