T3: Printing in WINS

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Diana

Printing items from WINS is one of the most frequent topics students ask about at the Reference Desk this time of year. The Registrar’s Office has put together instructions on their website and provided tutorials on YouTube that demonstrate how to print different documents from WINS.

Academic Advising Report (AAR):

  • Click on Self Service
  • Click on Student Center
  • Under the Academics section select Advisement Report from the drop down menu
  • Click the “GO” arrow
  • To print your AAR (Academic Advisement Report), click on “view report as pdf” in green
  • TIPS:
    • Make sure that you allow popups. If the browser has a popup blocker, it will block the PDF from showing in a popup. Allow popups in your browser, re-click “view report as a pdf” and try again.
    • Use Firefox or Chrome for best results
  • Instructions | Video tutorial

Schedule:

  • Click on Self Service
  • Click on Student Center
  • Under the Academics section click on My Class Schedule
  • Select the Term you wish to view and click “Continue”
  • To view a Weekly Schedule click Weekly Calendar View
  • This is a Weekly schedule. It will default to the first week of enrollment if you are enrolled in classes. Use the “Previous Week” and “Next Week” buttons to view other weeks. If you are enrolled in 8 week sessions you will need to navigate to the appropriate week to view those courses.
  • You will need to copy and paste your weekly schedule into a Word document in order to print it out.
    *This will not be a perfect copy and paste–the formatting WILL change*
  • Instructions | Video tutorial

Unofficial Transcript:

  • Click on Self Service
  • Click on Student Center
  • Under the Academics section select Transcript: View Unofficial from the drop down menu
  • Click the “GO” arrow
  • Select Univ of Wisconsin-Whitewater for Academic Institution
  • Select Unofficial Transcript for Report Type
  • Click “Go”
  • You will need to copy and paste the transcript information from the main frame of the webpage into a Word document in order to print it out. If you do not copy and paste the page you will only see as much of your transcript as appears in the window of your browser without scrolling.
  • Instructions | Video tutorial
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Religious origins of effigy mounds

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Barbara

Michael P. Gueno, UWW Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, will talk about the religious origins of effigy mounds. What was the religious identity of the cultures and peoples who first settled in the Whitewater area? How does the construction of the geometric and effigy mounds at the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve express that identity? The program will start at 1pm on Sun., Sept. 27, at the Depot Museum (301 W. Whitewater St, Whitewater). This event, co-sponsored by the Whitewater Historical Society and the Friends of the Mounds Preserve, is free and open to the public! Following the talk, volunteers will lead a walking tour of the Mounds Preserve located on Indian Mounds Parkway (far west edge of Whitewater). Touring the Preserve involves walking along trails for at least 30 minutes.

If you can’t attend this event, you can learn more with other resources! A Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve brochure that contains a trail map of the site is online. There also is a YouTube video “Explore the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve” narrated by ecologist Heather Patti, PWS, of R.A. Smith National, that was recorded in 2012.[youtube]https://youtu.be/bXnaa6emCyU[/youtube]

A search of Library databases will find books such as Indian mounds of Wisconsin and 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).

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).

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Standing the Test of Time

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Barbara

Graphic for Standing the Test of Time lecture seriesStanding the Test of Time is the theme of the Fall 2015 Fairhaven Lecture Series, offered on Mondays at 3pm in Fellowship Hall (Fairhaven Retirement Community, 435 W Starin Rd, Whitewater). These lectures are free and open to the public! But if you can’t attend in person, videos of lectures are posted online.

Change is all around us, affecting everything we do. But each of these lectures will highlight something that has endured over time.

Andersen Library can help if you’d like to learn more about these topics! Search Library databases for articles and books, such as these three books: Goodbye Father: The celibate male priesthood and the future of the Catholic Church (2004, online via ebrary), Eloquence in an electronic age: The transformation of political speechmaking (3rd-floor Main Collection, PN4121 .J327 1988 or online via ebrary), and If trees could talk: Stories about Wisconsin trees (UWW students and staff may borrow from other UW campus libraries by using the free UW Request service). Please ask a librarian (email, chat, phone 262.472.1032, or visit the Reference Desk) for assistance with finding additional materials.

Fairhaven Lecture Series schedule:

  • Sept. 14: The timelessness of Spring Training and the minor leagues (Ryan Callahan, Director, UWW Continuing Education Services)
  • Sept. 21: Why are Catholic priests still celibate? The Medieval priesthood as a modern institution (Jennifer Thibodeaux, Associate Professor, UWW History Dept.)
  • Sept. 28: Stories matter: The art and enduring value of stories (Ann Garvin, Professor, UWW Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Coaching Dept.)
  • Oct. 5: What’s “Classic” about classical music? (Jane Ferencz, Associate Professor, UWW Music Dept.)
  • Oct. 12: Holding tight and letting go among the Amish and Mennonites (Evie Yoder Miller, Lecturer Emerita, UWW Languages and Literatures Dept.)
  • Oct. 19: Public speaking: An American political tradition (Dick Haven, Professor Emeritus, UWW Communication Dept.)
  • Oct. 26: Household names: Case studies of strong, enduring brands (Rob Boostrom, Assistant Professor, UWW Marketing Dept.)
  • Nov. 2: The wisdom of ancient trees (R. Bruce Allison, Arborist and author, Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
  • Nov. 9: Quinceañeras: Rites of passage, nostalgia and Wisconsin Latino families (Pilar Melero, Associate Professor, UWW Languages and Literatures Dept.)
  • Nov. 16: Wisconsin From the Air: A new view on our state (Laurie Gorman, Executive Producer, Wisconsin Public Television)
  • Nov. 23: Ceramics from the ancient past and into the future (Teri Frame, Assistant Professor, UWW Art and Design Dept.)
  • Nov. 30: The timeless value of the works of Willa Cather (Guy Reynolds, Director, The Cather Project, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
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Underwater Dreams

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Barbara

A screening of the documentary Underwater dreams on Tues., Sept. 22, at 3:30pm in UC 275A opens the Latino Heritage Lecture Series for 2015-16!

screenshot of trailerEnjoy the story of Title I high school students, sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants, building a robot that defeats the efforts of a team from MIT in an underwater robotics competition sponsored by NASA and the Office of Naval Research. You can view the documentary’s trailer on Vimeo.

Andersen Library has related resources! Search Library databases to find articles such as “Pathways to achievement: How low‐income Mexican‐origin parents promote their adolescents through school” (Family Relations, 2012, vol.61:no.4, pp.533-547) and “Science fair mentoring for middle and high school students: A pathway across the STEM achievement gap for underrepresented students” (Abstracts with Programs – Geological Society of America, 2013, vol.45:no.7, p.654), and books such as Robotics (3rd-floor Main Collection, TJ211 .R556 2010). The story also was made into a feature film called Spare parts, which can be borrowed from another UW campus by UWW students and staff via the free UW Request feature of Research@UWW.

Please ask a librarian (via email, chat, phone 262.472.1032 or visit the Reference Desk) for assistance with finding materials.

FDLP logo 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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New Stuff Tuesday – September 15, 2015

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Martha

Zombies & Calculus book cover

Zombies & Calculus
by Colin Adams
PS3601.D3698 Z34 2014
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

Math holding you back? Have you found that calculus just isn’t as simple as geometry? Never fear! The zombie apocalypse will save you! What? Well, surviving the zombie apocalypse may help you learn calculus anyway.

The author, UW-Madison graduate Colin Adams, has written dozens of scholarly articles, several mathematics books, and is the humor columnist for the Mathematical Intelligencer. All of this is key to his latest book, an enjoyable romp with zombies and calculus set in a small liberal arts town in Massachusetts. His target audience is calculus converts and more advanced calculus-philes, so it takes some knowledge of calculus to fully enjoy the novel. If this is you just jump right in. There are helpful appendices, even one that provides a brief review of calculus (as explained by Ellie to Connor), however, you really should know some calculus beforehand. If you don’t, perhaps 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami would more suitable. It also has a mathematician protagonistm but alas no zombies. For zombies I highly recommend Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, which is coming out as a film in February 2016.

Use this link to read a two page excerpt of the novel from the Mathematical Intelligencer. Enjoy!

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T3: Back to School Tips

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Diana

wireless-printingWelcome to a new school year and new set of Thursday Tech Tips! Watch this space on Thursdays for helpful tricks and tips for using technology to enhance your life.

Here are a few things that you might want to set up if you are new to campus:

 

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 8, 2015

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Diana

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
E185.615 .C6335 2015
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

This passionate book is a letter from Ta-Nehisi Coates, a journalist and author who is African American, to his son. The book outlines Coates’ journey from his childhood in Baltimore, to Howard University, to his work at The Atlantic magazine and his experience being black and living within a black body. Coates writes about his understanding of American history–especially how slavery and the violence it visited upon black people continues to affect American culture and politics today. This short book has the potential to become a classic work about race and America’s past and present.

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Business Research: Which Source Should I Use?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Amanda Howell

It’s the start of a new semester, and as you look at your syllabus you might see some assignments that seem like they’ll be a lot of work. Perhaps you’ll have to write a marketing plan or conduct a feasibility study, and you have no idea where you’ll find the information you need. A Google search will quickly reveal that a lot of the information you need is difficult to locate or very expensive. The Library has a number of sources you can use for these types of assignments! Use the node map below to determine which resources are best for your research topic. If you have any questions about business research, don’t hesitate to get in touch with Amanda Howell, UWW’s Business Librarian.

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Library Hours

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Barbara

Welcome to Fall Semester! Andersen Library’s hours for the beginning of the semester are:

  • Wed.-Thurs., Sept. 2-3: 7:30am-10pm
  • Fri., Sept. 4: 7:30am-6pm
  • Sat.-Mon., Sept. 5-7 (Labor Day weekend): CLOSED

Regular Andersen Library Fall Semester hours begin on Tues., Sept. 8:

  • Mon.-Thurs.: 7:30am-2am
  • Fri.: 7:30am-6pm
  • Sat.: 10am-6pm
  • Sun.: 11am-2am

Please plan ahead! Remember that even when the physical Library is closed, you can:

  • Search the article databases (login when prompted with your campus Net-ID, same as for your campus email or D2L),
  • Search for Andersen Library’s holdings of Books, Media and more (UW Whitewater) and use links to online titles, including ereserves for classes,
  • Renew checked-out books, DVDs, etc. through your Account,
  • Consult online guides for help, including citation guides for APA, MLA, and Turabian format, and course assignment guides, and
  • Ask a librarian for help using email or chat (UWW librarians respond to the emails when the Library is open, but chat is covered 24/7 by non-UWW staff).
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New Stuff Tuesday – September 1, 2015

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Amanda Howell

How to Start a Creative Business

How to Start a Creative Business:
The Jargon-Free Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs
by Doug Richard
HD62.5 .R532 2013
New Arrivals, 2nd floor

There is a misconception that you can’t have a creative mind and a business mind. It’s one or the other. Doug Richard, an entrepreneur and two season “dragon” on the UK show Dragons’ Den, aims to disprove this idea by providing everyone with the skills necessary to build a successful business. The book is full of Startup Stories from creative individuals who have started their own businesses as well as Get Your Hands Dirty suggestions intended to outline some of the tasks an entrepreneur must undertake to be successful. Another nice feature of the book is the Jargon Busters; if you’re not a business person, don’t be afraid to check this book out. Richard explains all the business concepts in easy-to-understand language.

If you’ve considered launching a creative business, check out this book and get started! Or, check out some of these other resources available at Andersen Library:

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