Tag Archives: online resources

What’s Going On in Whitewater?

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Barbara

What’s going on in Whitewater? How do you find out? One place to look is the official municipal web site (includes links to Whitewater videos, minutes of the Common Council and citizen committees, public service announcements, and more), or the … Continue reading →

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The Disconnect Between Google and the Library

Posted on October 17, 2007 by kyle

Let’s be realistic. You search Google. That’s cool. I do too. It’s a great search engine, which is why Google commanded 53.6% of the searches in the month of July (Yahoo! was second with 19.9%). But consider this scenario: I … Continue reading →

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Using LexisNexis From Off-Campus

Posted on October 16, 2007 by kyle

It has come to our attention that sometimes when trying to access LexisNexis from off-campus brings up the company’s login prompt, even after logging in through the library’s proxy server. Don’t worry, we’re working with the folks at LexisNexis to … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 18

Posted on September 18, 2007 by kyle

Through support of Student Tech Fee, faculty and students now have access to Sage Journals Online, a collection of about 450 journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and … Continue reading →

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The Facebook of Journal Publishing

Posted on September 12, 2007 by kyle

How do you expand your publishing business and make more money? Most would not respond by giving away your product for free, but that’s just what Reed Elsevier is going to do. They’ve decided to go out on a limb … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – August 1

Posted on August 1, 2007 by kyle

I do realize that today is Wednesday, but I forgot to do New Stuff Tuesday yesterday. So it’s a day late – cut me some slack. I also secretly wanted to keep the cute kitteh at the top of the … Continue reading →

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I Know I Don’t Turn Down Free Music

Posted on July 23, 2007 by kyle

Who doesn’t like free stuff? If you’re a fan of classical music, then you’ll love free weekly music downloads from Alexander Street Press. It’s like the Single of the Week on iTunes – they select a work from their Classical … Continue reading →

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WorldWideScience.org: Global gateway to science information

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Barbara

Several countries (U.S., United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands) have cooperated to launch WorldWideScience.org, a global gateway to science information. It will provide searching of national science portals not easily searched using popular commercial … Continue reading →

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New(er) Stuff Tuesday – July 3

Posted on July 3, 2007 by kyle

New(er) Stuff Tuesday? Well, yes. The reason that today it’s new(er) instead of new is because I’m featuring Global Market Information Database. Global Market Information Database (GMID), at first glance, is new to the Library’s electronic offerings, but it is … Continue reading →

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Electronic Collections Update

Posted on June 20, 2007 by kyle

Project MUSE has announced the availability of a new journal through our subscription. Comparative Drama, published by Western Michigan University, is “devoted to studies international in spirit and interdisciplinary in scope.” The Library houses print copies of previous issues, back … Continue reading →

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