Using the Online Catalog
Use the Voyager Online Catalog to locate books and other media at McIntyre Library as well as other UW libraries (through Universal Borrowing or Interlibrary Loan if the material is not available through the UW system). Click here for a guide to using the online catalog, which includes information on how to limit by location, item type, medium and more.
Search Tips:
- Use a builder search to do more advanced searching
- Set limits if you want only certain materials or items from certain collections
- When you find an item that looks really good, cross search its subject headings to get to other similar materials.
Try these subject headings to get you started:
- Alcohol as Fuel--Wisconsin (ethanol)
- Gambling--Law and legislation--Wisconsin
- Health Surveys--Wisconsin
- Hunting--Wisconsin
- Teenage Pregnancy--Wisconsin
- Wisconsin--Economic Conditions
- Wisconsin--Population--Statistics
- Wisconsin--Statistics
Finding and Using Library Databases
Database list - the library has access to over 140 different databases!
Periodicals list - a master list of everything we have or have access to (in print and with online access)
Finding articles by discipline - we help you pick the databases that are best for your particular topic or discipline
Search Tips:
- Search only one database at a time (click on the name of the database)
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May I suggest?...NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
- News/Current Affairs: a direct link to the various databases to search for news topics
- CQ Researcher: Reports on current, controversial issues of the day; This is an excellent resource for getting an overview of current hot topics. Summarizes the current debate and gives sources of information and suggestions for further research. (Also available in print: Reference H35 .E35)
May I suggest?...NEWSPAPERS
- Newspapers in Print: a list of the newspapers we subscribe to in print. You will find these on the 2nd floor.
- ProQuest Newspapers - Full text of 300+ U.S. and international news sources including 150+ newspapers. Some of the titles covered are the New York Times, the Times of London, the Chicago Sun Times, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the Wisconsin State Journal.
- ProQuest Wisconsin Newsstand: Select Wisconsin newspapers online, including Corporate Report Wisconsin ( Menomonee Falls); The Daily Reporter (Milwaukee); La Crosse Tribune; Madison Capital Times; Current Marketplace (Appleton); Marshfield News Herald; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Kenosha News; Northeastern Wisconsin Business Review (Neeah); Rhinelander Daily News; Wausau Daily Herald; Wisconsin State Journal.
- Lexis Nexis Academic:
- News section contains the full text of U.S. and international newspapers, news transcripts, magazine and journal articles (under general news), policy papers, news wires and newsletters.
- Reference section contains survey and polling data, biographical information, country and state profiles, quotations, and the World Almanac (a good source for quick statistics)
May I suggest?...JOURNAL ARTICLES
- Academic Search Premier - Our new upgrade from Academic Search Elite! A multi-disciplinary database containing full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,250 journals in the collection.
- Reader's Guide Full Text - Indexes general-interest periodicals published in the United States and Canada, with some full text for selected periodicals. Topics covered: general, contemporary issues, news, current events, biography, popular topics, travel, hobbies, sports, entertainment, and politics.
- Social Sciences Full Text - periodicals and journals in the social sciences. Topics covered: anthropology, area studies, community health, criminology, economics, environment, ethics, ethnic studies, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, planning & public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and urban studies.
Government Publications: We are a regional depository for state agency publications. This collection consists of approximately 20,000 titles and 50,000 volumes, arranged by a State Historical Society classification system. All Wisconsin documents have been fully cataloged and incorporated into the online catalog. Wisconsin state publications are accessible by standard subject, title and keyword searches. Many Wisconsin State government publications are also available via the Internet.
- Government Websites - check out the link to Wisconsin state agencies
- Wisconsin Census - WI census data is included with the U.S. census files through FactFinder (a great source for source population, housing, economic, and geographic data)
Associations Unlimited: Find organizations devoted to various interests and issues
American Factfinder: Population, housing, economic and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau
Legitimate Organizations
- Tobacco Control Resource Center for Wisconsin
- Fair Wisconsin (LGBT issues)
- No Death Penalty Wisconsin
- Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
- Great Lakes Information Network
- Timber Wolf Information Network
- Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling
- Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Wisconsin Women's Network
- Wisconsin Association on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Inc.
- Wisconsin Association for Homeless and Runaway Services
- Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Wisconsin Environmental Initiative
