Growing Wisconsin – Digital Magazine

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Barbara

cover of Growing Wisconsin 2017 Did you know? Wisconsin leads the nation in dairy goats, it’s home to 52,000 bee colonies, and cows outnumber people in some counties. We probably all know that Wisconsin is number one in the U.S. for cranberry and cheese production. Agriculture is very big business for the state, accounting for 10-12% of employment, and dairy contributing more than 43 billion dollars to the state’s economy. It’s no wonder we have so many celebrations of agriculture, like the Cranberry Festival in Warrens (Sept. 23-25), and Cheese Days in Monroe (going on this week, Sept. 16-18). Growing Wisconsin 2017, available in print in Andersen Library and also online as a digital magazine, is full of information about Wisconsin agriculture that is worth celebrating.

You can learn much more! The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service and the Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) are terrific sources for ag-related information, especially statistics.

But Andersen Library has resources too, including books such as The future of farming and rural life in Wisconsin: Findings, recommendations, steps to a healthy future (3rd-floor Main Collection, S129 .F88 2007 or online via the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters), Wisconsin cranberry growers: Centennial heritage book (1st-floor Special Collections, HD9259.C73 U68 1989), and Creating Dairyland: How caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape, brought prosperity to our state, and still shapes our way of life in Wisconsin (3rd-floor Main Collection, SF232.W6 J3 2011, or online via ProQuest ebrary). Articles that can be found include “Cranberries Of Wisconsin: Analyzing the economic impact” (Journal of Business Case Studies, vol.9:no.3, pp.185-192).

If you’d like assistance with finding additional resources, please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).

Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD/CD-ROM, online). Check out your government at Andersen Library!

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T3: Emergency App for Campus

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Diana

Informacast Icon
UW-Whitewater uses the InformaCast mobile app to send push notifications to your smartphone in the event of an emergency.

Go to http://informacast.uww.edu and log in with your netID and password to register. An email will then be sent to your UW-Whitewater email address with download instructions.

InformaCast is available for iOS and Android phones.

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Effigy Mounds – Tour and Learn

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Barbara

The Whitewater Landmarks Commission will provide a guided, family-friendly and moonlit walking tour of the Effigy Mounds Preserve (288 S. Indian Mound Parkway, Whitewater) on Fri., Sept. 16, from 7-8 p.m. Learn about the history of the site and its 13 mound structures, as well as the vegetation, which includes an oak savanna remnant. Free parking is available along both sides of Indian Mound Parkway. Please do not bring pets. In the event of rain, the tour will be cancelled.

Explore the Whitewater Effigy Mounds PreserveCan’t attend the tour? Learn more about the site with other resources, such as the Commission’s pamphlet, Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve, the Master plan report for the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve: Preservation and maintenance plan adopted by the Whitewater’s Common Council in 2012, or the video “Explore the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve.”

A search of Library resources will find books such as Indian mounds of Wisconsin (online) and The effigy mound culture of Wisconsin (3rd-floor Main Collection, E74 .W8 R6), as well as articles including “Monuments and mysteries: Social geography of the effigy builders” (Wisconsin Archeologist, 2014, vol.95:no.1, pp.5-28–available in the 1st-floor Periodicals Collection). There’s even an abstract of a conference presentation by UW-Whitewater’s own Professor Rex Hanger, “Linear effigy mounds are representations of fossils” (Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 42nd annual meeting, 2008, vol.40:no.5, pp.87).

If you’d like assistance with finding additional resources, please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk).

Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with federal and state government documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in various formats (print, DVD/CD-ROM, online). Check out your government at Andersen Library!

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Featured Resource: Ebooks, etc.

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Carol

It’s taken a while for our campus to embrace ebooks. But now that our ebrary titles are listed in Research@UWW, ebook usage is really taking off. Here are some of the ebook collections you’ll want to know more about.

ebrary Academic Complete Collections

The Library’s ebrary Academic Complete Collection gives users access to 130,000 academic and association press books in a wide range of subject areas. The ebooks are downloadable to devices or may be read online. The single sign-on feature means that whether you’re on-campus or off, you can access all your customizations within ebrary by signing in just once. To find ebrary (or any other) ebooks in Research@UWW, search for a topic, author or title. Then use the facets on the left to select Whitewater Online Resources and Books.

Evidence-Based Ebook Acquisitions

Most ebooks from other UW libraries cannot be borrowed via UW System Request as can print books. So the UW System has investigated ways to purchase ebooks jointly so they’re available to all UW users. This year, the UW System is conducting an evidence-based ebook acquisitions program for Project Muse and Taylor and Francis ebooks. All titles in these scholarly collections may be discovered via Research@UWW and may be viewed or downloaded. At the end of the year, we’ll review the usage across the UW System and make purchase decisions for individual titles. At that point, only the purchased titles will display in Research@UWW.

Other eBook Collections

  • ABC-CLIO – this collection includes mainly history titles
  • ACLS Humanities E-book – this collection includes mainly history titles
  • Brill Ebook Collections – courtesy of UW-Madison, Brill’s collection includes Asian Studies, Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity, Classical Studies, European History and Culture, Language and Linguistics, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy, and Social Sciences.
  • eBook Collection (EBSCO) – this ebook collection contains thousands of e-books including many reference titles
  • Gale Directory Library – provides access to Gale’s authoritative directories inclduing Market Share Reporter and Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media are available in this platform
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library – this resource has 150 reference books in areas like business, education, history, literature, medicine, sciences and social sciences

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  • Oxford Reference Online – more than 200 dictionaries, encyclopedias and guides provide short articles on art, business, history, law, literature, medicine, performing arts, philosophy, religion, science
  • Sage eReference – this is a small collection of ereference titles in psychology, sociology, education, and science
  • Salem Press – this is a small collection of ereference titles in history, literature, science, and careers
  • Wiley Online Library – includes 4,000 scholarly titles, many of which are shared by all UW libraries
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New Stuff Tuesday – September 13, 2016

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Ellen Latorraca

John Rawls and Christian social engagement

John Rawls and Christian Social Engagement: Justice as Unfairness
Edited by A. B. Bradley and G. Forster
JC251.R32 J634 2015 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

Recent changes in the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, the appointment of Justice Daniel Kelly, as with any justice appointment as of late, sparked conversation around the ability of a judge to set aside personal philosophies in his or her practice. Where is the line between personal philosophy and interpretation of the law? This is a question judges grapple with on a daily basis – and which those who question their judgments consistently ask. One article of Kelly’s, Rawls and Civil Society, is included in this collection which critiques the Rawlsian concept of “justice as fairness.” It is this article that was often referenced by journalists and bloggers in questioning the appointee’s political philosophy, yet often referring to the same quote or theme without fully providing the context of it. Did the commentators read the original article? Did the media consumers, thrilled or incensed by what they heard, seek context?

The place to begin is with the original source. Whether or not political philosophy is a reader’s usual fare, Kelly’s humor peppered throughout and analogies involving such things as infamous Green Bay Packer game outcomes, make this more than a palatable read.

Dig into the background. Who was John Rawls and what is his philosophy regarding fairness and justice? Search the library’s database, Reference Universe, to find a number of encyclopedias from philosophy to social theory for overview articles. Explore Rawls’ philosophy from his own point of view by using Research@UWW to find books and other articles authored by him.

Extend understanding by searching Philosopher’s Index to find other scholars’ discussions of fairness and justice, as well as critique of John Rawls, from other points of view.

Then be your own judge.

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Book Sale-New Selection

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Martha

Welcome back to campus!

A new selection of books has been put out for the sale. They include a wide span of topics, such as communication, education, history, physical education/recreation, and the arts. Books are just $1 each. Come, peruse, purchase, and enjoy!

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T3: Wireless Printing on Campus

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Diana

wireless-printing

NOTE: Until ICIT can reinstall the correct printers on Andersen Library computers, use option #2 below to print from Library computers.

Tech Tips Thursday (T3) is happening all this first week of classes with tips that help you get set up and ready for the new school year.

There are  two easy ways to print from your computers and personal devices to any General Access lab printer on campus. (Total attachment file size should be less than 25 MB.)

  1. Email the file as an attachment to print@uww.edu
    • Use your uww.edu email address!
    • Use this method from your mobile devices
  2. Upload the file(s) to labprint.uww.edu/MyPrintCenter
    • Log in to My Print Center with your NetID and password
    • Upload your document(s) or file(s)
    • This method allows you to adjust the print settings

Visit iCIT’s website for detailed instructions and more information: www.uww.edu/icit/services/printing-students.

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T3: Logging Out of Windows10 Computers

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Diana

Welcome to a new school year! We have many new computers in our spaces this year and new operating systems on the PCs. Most public PCs on campus have been updated to Windows10 and the process to logout has changed a bit.

To logout:

  1. Click on the Windows icon Windows 10 Windows icon in the lower left corner of the screen.
  2. Click on your Windows10 Account Icon NAME or the USER NAME.
  3. Select Sign Out under your name.

Windows10 Logout Screenshot

Have a great year!

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 6, 2016

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Carol

Mapping the Heavens

Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas that Reveal the Cosmos
by Priyamvada Natarajan
QB981 .N337 2016
New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor

On Friday nights you’ll often find me in Upham Hall, attending the Observatory Lectures Series sponsored by the Physics Department (and not just because there’s nothing else going on in WW on Friday nights)! So it’s not surprising that a book on cosmology would be right up my alley. Award-winning Yale Astronomy and Physics professor Priyamvada Natarajan is an expert in dark matter, dark energy and black holes. She takes readers through a quick round-up of the history of cosmology and then lays out the latest scientific discoveries about the universe. She’s involved in the ambitious Hubble Frontier Fields Initiative which uses the Hubble Telescope photographs to create a map of the universe, including dark matter.

If you’re interested in all things astronomy, our very own Prof. Robert Benjamin uses the Hubble Space Telescope for his research as well. And if the stars align, there will be a new installment of the UWW Observatory Lectures again this year!

For more books on cosmology (the origin and development of the physical universe), Research@UWW will help you find them.

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Friday Fun – Google Easter Eggs

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Martha

Sometimes people like to hide things, like Easter Eggs for other people to find. This practice has entered the virtual world and you will find “Easter Eggs” in movies, television shows, books, the internet, and more. These are often nerdy in nature, e.g., random watermelons, but they don’t have to be.

The folks at Google love to plant these eggs for people to find when using their search engine. Want to locate some without a whole lot of effort? Check out this PC Magazine article titled The Definitive List of Google Search Easter Eggs.

Harrison Ford's Bacon Number is 2

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