Job Hunting on the Internet, Online Guide

As you begin your search for an exciting career opportunity, do consult Steenbock Library’s online guide to Job Hunting on the Internet.

This guide supplies links to resources for helping you prepare your resume and cover letter, tips for networking and interviewing, sources to help you research potential employers, and tools for retrieving current job listings.

Applied Math and Science Education Repository (AMSER)

AMSER is a portal to educational resources and services—open courseware, comprehensive Web sites developed by researchers, lectures, notes, and applications. It is funded by the National Science Foundation as part of the National Science Digital Library and managed by a team of project partners led by the Internet Scout project at UW-Madison.

While initially constructed for use by those in community and technical colleges, the site is free for everyone to access and one can create a personal login to save and organize particular resources and to receive recommendations of related information.

Applied Math and Science Education Repository (AMSER)
http://amser.org

Winter Intersession Hours (2006-2007)

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours during the winter intersession (December 24, 2006 – January 21, 2007):

Sunday - Monday (December 24 - 25) Closed

Tuesday - Friday (December 26 - 29) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday - Monday (December 30 - January 1) Closed

Tuesday - Friday (January 2 - 5) 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday - Sunday (January 6 - 7) Closed

Monday - Friday (January 8 - 12) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday - Monday (January 13 - 15) Closed

Tuesday - Friday (January 16 - 19) 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday - Sunday (January 20 - 21) Closed

Monday (January 22) Classes Resume 8:00 am - 1:00 am

Reference assistance is available at the Information Services Desk: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm--other hours by in-house request or scheduled appointment.
Send appointment request to: asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu or phone: 608-262-9635.

InfoLab: The Information Commons (Infolab) is open all hours that the library is open.

Free Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate at the Open Book Café, College Library

If you’re in the neighborhood, pop in to the Open Book Café for a free regular coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. The free beverages are available after 7 PM until closing from Saturday, December 16, through Thursday, December 21.

College Library, incidentally, is our campus library location for 24-hour study. College Library will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until Saturday, December 23, when the library will close at 4:45 PM.

When leaving campus buildings during the evening, do plan to walk with friends or choose Safe Night-time Travel Services.

Exam Week and Preparation Hours, (December 11-23)

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours during exam week until the end of the semester:

Monday - Friday, December 11 - 15 (8:00 am - 1:00 am)
Saturday - Sunday, December 16 -17 (10:00 am - 1:00 am)

Monday - Thursday, December 18 - 21 (8:00 am - 1:00 am)
Friday, December 22 (8:00 am - 8:00 pm)
Saturday, December 23 (10:00 am - 2:30 pm)

Sunday - Monday, December 24 - 25 Closed

Best wishes for a successful end of term!

New Group Study Rooms Available!

Just in time for final exam preparation! New and spacious group study rooms are opening on the first floor of Steenbock Library.

Three new rooms are now available (as of December 6)--with self-reserving sign-up sheets posted to their doors. (The remaining five new rooms are expected to become available soon).

Come, visit these new study rooms, located on the first floor, north end of the building.

A Spoonful of Sugar, Ebling Library Exhibit (12/01/06 – 02/28/07)

Visit Ebling Library to see books and artifacts from campus special collections and the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy that illustrate the gathering, preparation and mishaps of 'home remedies'/medicinal cookery.

A Spoonful of Sugar: Medicinal Preparation in the Domestic Sphere
Guest Curator: Meredith Torre, SLIS Graduate Student

Location: Ebling Library Historical Services Reading Room (Third Floor)
Exhibit runs from December 1, 2006 - February 28, 2007

Call for Course Reserve Materials (Spring 2007)

To ensure that course reserve materials will be available by the first day of class, Steenbock Reserves requests that faculty and staff submit their course reserve materials by December 20th, 2006.

For more information about Steenbock Course Reserves, see: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/reserves/coursereserves.htm

For questions, contact Reserves staff by email: steeresv@library.wisc.edu or phone 263-8331.

What's New in E-Resources?

Check out the “New E-Resources” page to discover new online resources supported by UW-Madison Libraries. This page will list new resources, as added by date, and supply a link directly to the resource.

These resources can also be located by searching by resource name in the E-Resource Gateway (click “Find by Name” under the E-Resources/Article Databases heading from the Libraries Website).

The link to the "New E-Resources" page can be found on the Libraries Website under the column for Books/Articles/Databases.

Thanksgiving Week Hours (November 20 - 26, 2006)

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours during the Thanksgiving holiday week and weekend:

Monday - Tuesday, November 20-21 (8:00 am - 1:00 am)

Wednesday, November 22 (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)
Thursday, November 23 (Closed for holiday)
Friday, November 24 (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)
Saturday, November 25 (10:00 am - 5:00 pm)

Sunday, November 26 (10:00 am - 1:00 am)

In Good Taste...Sampling the Cookbook Collection

As we approach several months of holiday dining opportunities, consider browsing Steenbock’s cookbook collection to find recipes to old standards and new flavors.

The cookbook collection began with a generous donation in 1965 by Madison resident Mortimer Levitan as a memorial to his mother. This initial donation included 2615 titles. Today, the cookbook collection continues to grow and focuses upon culinary history, trends, and regional and world cuisines.

Should you wish to sample the cookbook collection, it can be found in the first floor book stacks, TX call-number range. Bon appetit!

Sharing Indigenous Wisdom, Conference Opportunity

The second Sharing Indigenous Wisdom: An International Dialogue on Sustainable Development conference will be hosted by the College of Menominee Nation's Sustainable Development Institute at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, Green Bay, Wisconsin, June 11-15, 2007.

This conference is held to foster a dialogue on traditional indigenous knowledge as utilized and incorporated as models and methods of sustainable practices.

For more information, visit the conference Website: www.sharingindigenouswisdom.org

With thanks to Julie Blankenburg, Forest Products Library, for forwarding information about this exciting conference opportunity.

Around the World Exhibition, College Library

Two dozen photographs from 'around the world' are on display on the third floor of College Library. The photos were captured by UW-Madison students during their time studying abroad.

On Wednesday, November 15, Room 1193 (7:00-8:00 PM), several of the student photographers will discuss their adventures and share additional images.

In addition to the "Around the World" exhibition, College Library is also hosting a selection of undergraduate art photography in the Illumination Gallery, Room 1250 (first floor of the library). Both of these photography exhibitions will continue through January 2007.

Related links:
UW-Madison Celebrates Study Abroad
"Around the World" Online Exhibit

The Craftsman--Online

180 volumes of The Craftsman have been digitized! This monthly journal, dedicated to products and design aesthetic (furniture, interiors, landscape) of the Arts and Crafts Movement, was first published in 1901 by Gustav Stickley and United Crafts of Eastwood, New York. These volumes of The Craftsman (1901-1916), as reproduced from the holdings of Steenbock and Kohler Art libraries, have been added to the selection of resources comprising the Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture.

Access volumes of The Craftsman.

For related interest, do consult:

Craftsman Homes by Gustav Stickley (published in 1909)

Find Material Properties Workshop, Wendt Library, November 7 (10:00-11:30)

Wendt Library will host a free, hands-on workshop to explore sources of information on material properties (chemical, physical, safety, spectra, toxicological, etc.)--as available online or from UW-Madison campus libraries.

Find Material Properties: Know the Sources
Tuesday, November 7 (10:00-11:30am)
Room 108, Wendt Library (215 N. Randall Avenue, next to Union South)

EndNote in a Nutshell, November 1 (3:30-5:00)

Manage your research using EndNote. Wednesday's workshop will cover the basic features of the EndNote software including organizing, searching and sorting records, importing records from MadCat and journal article databases and preparing bibliographies using a word processor ('cite while you write').

EndNote in a Nutshell, Wednesday, November 1 (3:30-5:00)

Library workshops are free to students, faculty and staff; no registration necessary to attend.

Check Steenbock's lobby sign near the front entrance for room assignment.

RefWorks in a Nutshell, November 1 (12:15-1:45)

Organize and manage your research with RefWorks. RefWorks is a software product, supported by UW-Madison Libraries, that enables you to create and to manage a personal database of research information. This drop-in workshop will address the basic features of the RefWorks product including organizing records, importing records from MadCat and journal databases and preparing bibliographies.

RefWorks in a Nutshell, Wednesday, November 1 (12:15 - 1:45)

No registration is necessary in order to attend and all workshops are free to students, faculty and staff. Check Steenbock's lobby sign for room location.

Do You IM?

Add Steenbock Library to your buddy list. Steenbock librarians can now be contacted using AIM, Yahoo and MSN instant messenger services.

AIM or Yahoo: asksteenbock
MSN: asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu

But, if IM isn't for you, you can still contact library staff by phone or email.
Phone: 262-9635 (Information Services Desk); 262-1371 (Circulation)
Email: asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu

RSS Feeds and Alerting Services, Workshop, October 26 (3:30-5:00)

Save time by learning easy ways to keep on top of the news, trends, and research literature in your field of study. This hands-on workshop will help you locate RSS feeds and activate self-service alerts from your preferred databases and websites.

RSS Feeds and Alerting Services for the Sciences
Thursday, October 26 (3:30-5:00PM)

Check sign near Steenbock library's entrance for room location.

We Know You Want to--Google It! October 25 Workshop (4:00-5:30)

Use Google like an expert. This workshop will review how you can use Google for your academic research by harnessing advanced search features and Google Scholar. Learn how you can link Google Scholar to UW-Madison's network of full-text articles. Hands-on practice will be incorporated.

Google for Academic Research
Wednesday, October 25 (4:00-5:30PM)
Check sign near Steenbock library's entrance for room location.

Bucky Reads!

Who’s that handsome creature reading up on Camp Randall’s illustrious history? Why it’s our one and only treasured university mascot and, now, advocate for the pleasures of reading, Bucky!

UW-Madison Libraries, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Center for the Book, have created posters and bookmarks to promote reading within the Madison campus and community. (The poster even traveled to Washington DC for distribution to attendees of the National Book Festival).

The Athletic Department and its team players will also take the poster to area elementary schools to share some “Bookin it with Bucky” reading time.

Collect a bookmark from campus libraries or request posters by placing a request at bucky@library.wisc.edu.

See the full story!

Publishing Your Research Article Workshop, October 13

Discover library resources to help you prepare your research article for publication. The workshop will discuss finding an appropriate journal in which to submit your work and, very importantly, managing your rights when signing a contract with a publisher.

Participants are encouraged to share ideas and to discuss the issues facing emerging academic authors.

Publishing Your Research Article in the Sciences and Social Sciences
Date/Time: Friday, October 13 (1:30-2:45pm)
Location: Steenbock Memorial Library, Room 105

MadCat Drop-In Workshop, Tuesday, October 10 (11:00-12:15)

Come, make MadCat work for you. This hands-on workshop will explore strategies for searching the campus libraries' catalog. Workshop will also review library services--such as book delivery options--that intersect with the catalog.

MadCat Workshop, Steenbock Library
Tuesday, October 10 (11:00 am-12:15 pm)

Check the lobby sign for room location. No reservations required in order to participate.

Veterinary Anatomical Illustrations--Online Collection

The staff from UW Digital Collections has digitized images from the classic works of veterinary anatomists, Wilhelm Ellenberger and Hermann Baum and medical illustrator, Hermann Dittrich. The texts, from which the illustrations have been digitized--Handbuch der Anatomie der Tiere für Künstler (Handbook--or Atlas--of Animal Anatomy for Artists)--were published in 1898 and 1911 through 1925. The images display the musculoskeletal systems of the horse, cow, dog, lion, goat and deer.

Access the collection!

Browse UW-Digital Collections

Find Information about Journals & Magazines

Use the Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory to find descriptive information about magazines and journals.

From the E-Resources/Article Databases gateway, find Ulrich’s by name.
Search Ulrich's for a journal or magazine by title.
Click title link to view a detailed record.

The Basic Description Tab supplies information about the journal or magazine including publisher, frequency of issue, language of text, and refereed (or peer-reviewed) status.

The link to “Table of Contents” supplies the table of contents to a range of volumes. (You can even run a simple topic search there within the contents of that journal).

The Abstracting/Indexing tab will list databases that can be searched for the contents of the particular journal or magazine. Speak with a librarian or run a database name search in the E-Resource/Article databases gateway to see whether campus libraries have access to the database.

Find It with Google Scholar

Users of Google Scholar will be pleased to note that retrieval will now include a link to Find It at UW Madison. If you are using Google Scholar from an on-campus location, following the Find It at UW Madison link will map you to local holdings for the particular item—either in full-text online or as available in print from campus libraries.

If you are using Google Scholar from off-campus, select Scholar Preferences from the Google Scholar search page, and type the name of your library in the Library Links section. (Note: A simple search here for Wisconsin will supply you with several UW library choices--select University of Wisconsin-Madison). Click Save Preferences in order to generate an active Find It at UW Madison link.

Do note that selecting a link to a full-text article from off-campus will require you to login with your UW-Madison NetID. For information regarding off-campus access, see: http://www.library.wisc.edu/off-campus/

RefWorks in a Nutshell--Workshop Opportunities

Organize and manage your research with RefWorks. RefWorks is a software product, supported by UW-Madison Libraries, that enables you to create and manage a personal database of research information.

Drop-in workshops will address the basic features of the RefWorks product, including organizing records, importing records electronically from MadCat and journal databases, and preparing bibliographies.

Steenbock Library will host three early fall workshops:

Thursday, September 7th (4:30-6:00 pm)
Tuesday, September 26th (11:30 am-1:00 pm)
Friday, October 27th (1:00-2:30 pm)

No registration is necessary in order to attend and all workshops are free to students, faculty and staff. Check Steenbock's lobby sign for room location.

Mark your Calendar! Free Tours & Workshops

Plan ahead to attend a library workshop or tour. The schedule and descriptions of fall workshops are posted at: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/instruct/dropin.htm

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All workshops are hands-on unless otherwise noted and no reservation is required to participate.

Check the Steenbock entrance sign for the location of your workshop.

Consultations or workshops for small groups can be requested by using the Web form at: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/instruct/instform.htm

New Libraries Website launched August 2

Campus libraries launched a new libraries Website on August 2, 2006. As user feedback was instrumental in redesigning this site, it is hoped that finding and using particular library resources and services will be more easily-achieved.

Should you have any questions about navigating this new site or using any of its “search shortcuts”, we invite you to speak with Steenbock librarians.

Contact Us by phone (262-1371 or 262-9635); email asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu

Or consult with your library liaison.

Link to the Libraries site.

GNSI Exhibit, HSLC & Ebling Library

An art exhibit of work produced by members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators will hang in five sections of the Health Sciences Learning Center and Ebling Library from July 5 until September 29. The art exhibit accompanies the GNSI Conference to be held on campus, July 31 – August 5.

For information about the exhibit, contact Micaela Sullivan Fowler (262-2402).

For information about the artists, contact Mary Reynolds at (414) 382-0557.

Link to poster.

Course Reserves Instructions & Deadlines for Instructors

To ensure that course reserve materials are available by the first day of class, Steenbock Library requests that faculty/instructional staff submit their course reserve materials to the library by the deadline date of: August 10, 2006.

General information about Steenbock Course Reserves can be found at: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/reserves/coursereserves.htm

Or, see additionally...
General Information for Instructors (procedures, deadlines)
Reserves Request Form
Placing Items on Electronic Reserve

For questions or concerns, contact Reserves staff by email: steeresv@library.wisc.edu or phone 263-8331.

NCBI Mini-Courses, July 25-26, 2006

Ebling Library will host four NCBI mini-courses, July 25-26, 2006.

Each course is slated for 2.5 hours with the first 1.5 hours devoted to an overview, the remaining time for hands-on exploration. Overview lectures will be held in room 1335; hands-on sessions will be held in room 2121--both in the Health Sciences Learning Center.

Participation is free but pre-registration is required.

Mini-courses include:
ENTREZ Quickstart (July 25)
BLAST Quickstart (July 25)
Identification of Disease Genes (July 26)
Correlating Disease Genes and Phenotypes (July 26)

Database Changes

After careful consideration, campus libraries will no longer subscribe to several Ovid database products beginning July 1, 2006. Users of Ovid Medline are advised to search PubMed; Current Contents users are advised to search Web of Knowledge.

Ebling Library addresses these database changes in its summer newsletter with a useful table highlighting vendors and alternatives by product name.

If you would like assistance with using any of these research literature databases, consult a librarian.

For a list of new online resources, see:
http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/WhatsNew.html

Playing House: Homemaking for Children, UW Digital Collections

"In the basket pile them,
Oh! How fresh and pure!
Clean things are a pleasure,
That is very sure."

Homemaking, instructional manuals were not only written for the adult domestic goddess but also to engage children (more specifically, girls) in the joys of cooking, mending, and tidying up. This new collection features digitized, cover-to-cover editions of several titles spanning the late 1800s to the 1930s.

Additional texts devoted to this interesting slice of history, education and culture can be found in campus library collections. Speak with Steenbock librarians for assistance with searching the MadCat catalog should you like to find others.

Playing House: Homemaking for Children
(http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/History.ChildHomeEc)

The History Collection, UW Digital Collections

QuickSet Searching (E-Resource Gateway)

Use the QuickSearch feature of the E-Resource Gateway to search several research literature databases simultaneously.

Select “QuickSearch for Articles” from the Libraries’ Web site.

Eighteen subsets have been created. Select a subset and enter search terms into the search boxes above the subset menu. Your retrieval will reveal how many records have been retrieved by each database.

(Note: Click on the heading of each subset to see a list of databases that will be searched).

Tips: Depending upon your topic, you may wish to try your search in more than one QuickSearch subset.

You may find that specific databases will be more productive. In order to conduct additional and more powerful searches, select that specific database separately, by name, from the E-Resource Gateway, Find Resources page.

Summer Hours (June 19 - August 13, 2006)

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours during the summer session (June 19 - August 13):
Monday - Friday (8:00 am - 6:00 pm)
Saturday - Sunday (Closed)
(The library will also be closed Tuesday, July 4).

Note: The InfoLab will offer limited services from May 15, 2006 until the beginning of fall semester. While eight convenience workstations will remain, consult DoIT's Lab Locations page for other InfoLab work-space and services.

Reference librarians will be available: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Other hours by appointment. Send request to: asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu or phone: 608-262-1371.

Consult a Librarian!

Due to remodeling, Steenbock’s reference librarians are available for assistance at your request (and not staffing the Information Services desk as would be customary).
If you need assistance with finding information for your research or using library collections, databases, or services, Steenbock reference librarians suggest the following strategies:

--Speak with staff at the Circulation desk to request assistance from reference librarians, or phone 262-1371.

--Visit the group office, Steenbock Library, Room 447 (until mid-July).

--Send email to asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu; librarians will reply to your request within 24 hours.

Visit the Liaisons site in order to find contact information to specific staff members.
Many Steenbock reference librarians serve as liaisons to academic departments and are happy to schedule individual or group consultations at library, lab or office.

Steenbock Interim Hours, (May 15 - June 18, 2006)

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours during the spring interim (May 15 - June 18):

Monday - Friday (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)

Saturday - Sunday (Closed)

Do note that beginning May 15 (and due to remodeling), the InfoLab will close for the summer.
While eight convenience workstations will remain, consult DoIT's Lab Locations page for other InfoLab work-space and services.

Reference librarians will be available: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Other hours by appointment. Send request to: asksteenbock@library.wisc.edu or phone: 608-262-1371.

Writing & Citing

Need information to guide you in preparing your papers and citing your resources?

If so, then consult the links available from Steenbock Library's online guide to Writing & Citing.

Similarly, College Library supplies some additional information:
Writing Papers, College Library

Best wishes for a successful end of term!

Exam Week Hours, May 5 - 14

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours during exam week:

Friday, May 5 (8:00 am - 1:00 am)
Saturday - Sunday, May 6-7 (10:00 am - 1:00 am)

Monday - Thursday, May 8-11 (8:00 am - 1:00 am)
Friday, May 12 (8:00 am - 7:00 pm)

Saturday - Sunday, May 13-14 (Closed)

Library hours can be accessed at the following Web site: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/general/hours.htm

Wildlife Disease Information Node

Need information about avian influenza, CWD, West Nile Virus or other diseases affecting wildlife?
If so, then consult the Wildlife Disease Information Node created by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.

The site supplies data, maps, news, factsheets, and full-text documents about wildlife health and disease and their impact upon human and domestic animal health.

Current Issue of Journal of Dairy Science (April 2006)

The Centennial issue of Journal of Dairy Science (April 2006) features a selection of the “Major Advances in Dairy Science” from the last 25 Years.

Full-text to this volume can be accessed by running a journal title search using the Find It menu.

See the Find It Retrieval Page to this journal.

Searching Online for Pre 1970 Research Literature

A variety of databases make it possible to search for research literature published before the 1970s. Two online guides supply information and links to the databases:

Science Databases
http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/quickguide/pre1970sci.htm

Humanities and Social Sciences Databases
http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/quickguide/pre1970hum.htm

Pre 1970 Agricultural Indexes (includes print indexes and transitions to online products)
http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/findinfo/pre1970agindexes.htm

April Weekend Hours (April 14 -16, 2006)

Steenbock Library will observe the following hours, April 14 -16, 2006.

Friday, April 14 (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Saturday, April 15 (10:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Sunday, April 16 (6:00 PM - 1:00 AM)

Regular spring semester hours will resume, Monday, April 17 (8:00 AM - 1:00 AM)

Browsing the Stacks, Online

As items that are similar in topic will have similar call numbers (and can be located together in campus libraries), you can use those call numbers to browse for other items of interest using the MadCat catalog.

Run a MadCat search for a topic (or specific title) of interest. From that item’s record, copy the call number.

Choose to run a search by "Call Number Browse" from MadCat’s basic search interface. Enter the call number into the search box and click search. You will be presented with other titles within that call number range.

Clicking on a title will display a detailed record from which you can confirm location and availability.

For more information, see: http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/help/search2c.htm
For assistance, consult with a librarian at the Information Services desk, second floor, Steenbock Library or phone 262-9635.

Book Retrieval-- at your Convenience with MadCat

Campus libraries can deliver books to the library locations that are most convenient for you. Search the MadCat Catalog for the book(s) you need. From each item record, click the Place Requests button in order to generate the request.

Once you have logged in with your campus ID number and last name, select “retrieve from shelf.” On the following screen, you will be prompted to select a library pick-up location and to enter your ID number once more.

Please allow 1-3 days for items to reach their destination. You may check the status of your request by logging in to “My MadCat Account.” An email message will be sent when your items are available for pick-up.

Note: As Steenbock Library’s first floor is closed for remodeling, the book-retrieval request will enable us to have the books you need ready at the Circulation Desk.

For more information, see: http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/help/hldrtr.htm, or

View the online tutorial!

Publishing Your Research Article, Drop-In Workshop, March 28 (3:00-4:30)

Workshop will introduce library resources to help you prepare your research article for publication, find an appropriate journal in which to submit it, and manage your rights when signing a contract with a publisher.

Library workshops are free to students, faculty and staff; no registration necessary to attend. Interested participants should plan to meet instructor at the Information Services Desk, second floor, Steenbock Library.

Journal Title Abbreviations

Have you ever puzzled over an abbreviated journal title and wished you had a quick online resource to help you translate it? If so, then consider the following four online resources (in accordance with ISO 4 Standard):

Genamics JournalSeek

List of Journals Indexed for Medline (PDF format via Terms and Conditions link)

ISI Journal Abbreviations (Caltech Library System) as drawn from the Thomson ISI Journal Abbreviations List

Journals Indexed in AGRICOLA

CURB Project Remodeling Continues...

On March 21, the first floor of Steenbock Library will close for remodeling. Visit the Circulation Desk in order to request item retrieval from the first floor stacks. The remaining floors of the library (second, third and fourth floors) will remain open to library users.

The CURB remodeling project will benefit Steenbock Library with improved air-handling and lighting. Please direct any questions, comments or concerns to Bob Sessions, the Steenbock Library building manager.

Spring Break Hours

Steenbock Library will observe the following schedule during the campus spring break:

Friday, March 10 (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)

Saturday - Sunday, March 11 - 12 (Closed)

Monday - Friday, March 13 - 17 (8:00 am - 5:00 pm)

Saturday - Sunday, March 18 - 19 (Closed)

Spring semester hours resume Monday, March 20.

Hours information available online at: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/general/hours.htm

Hours for College Library: http://college.library.wisc.edu/geninfo/hours/
Hours for Memorial Library: http://memorial.library.wisc.edu/bldghrs.htm

EndNote in a Nutshell

Workshop will cover the basic features of using EndNote including organizing, searching and sorting records, importing records electronically from MadCat and journal article databases and preparing bibliographies using a wordprocessor (cite while you write).

EndNote in a Nutshell dates at Steenbock Library:

Tuesday, February 28 (11:30-1:00)

Wednesday, March 22 (3:00 - 4:30), or

Thursday, April 6 (3:30-5:00)

Library workshops are free to students, faculty and staff; no registration necessary to attend. Check the message board near the front entrance for room assignment.

For additional information about the EndNote product, see: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/instruct/endnote/endnote.htm

RefWorks Drop-In Workshops

If you would like to learn more about how to create a RefWorks account and to import and organize records and to generate bibliographies, consider attending an upcoming workshop. Unless otherwise noted on the calendar, no registration is necessary in order to attend and library drop-in workshops are free to students, faculty and staff.

Introduction to Managing Information Using RefWorks
Tuesday, February 21 (3:30-5:00), Memorial Library (Check Lobby Sign for Room Number)

Wednesday, March 8 (3:30-5:00), Steenbock Library (Check Lobby Sign for Room Number)

Tuesday, March 28 (5:30-7:00), College Library, Room 1193D

RefWorks is a Web-based, personal-database tool that helps to organize citations from the research literature and to format bibliographies. For additional information and support, speak with UW-Madison campus librarians.

Research Guides by Subject

Use Subject Guides to find recommended databases to the research literature and other useful information available online in a particular discipline. Steenbock Subject Guides are created to reflect the academic areas that this library serves with its collections—including such disciplines as agriculture/life sciences, consumer science, food science and nutrition, veterinary medicine, among others.

Access Steenbock Library’s list of guides at: http://steenbock.library.wisc.edu/subjectguide/guides.htm

Similarly, other campus libraries create research/subject guides.

College Library Undergraduate Research Guides: http://college.library.wisc.edu/resources/subject_guides/

Business Library Research Guides: http://business.library.wisc.edu/Research_Guides/index.html

Ebling Library Subject Guides & Toolkits: http://ebling.library.wisc.edu/subject_guides_toolkits/index.cfm

Law Library Bibliographies and Guides by Subject: http://library.law.wisc.edu/guides/bibliographies/index.htm

ResearchChannel

ResearchChannel, a non-profit organization founded by a consortium of research institutions (including UW-Madison), collaborates with its participating institutions to develop an international and publicly-accessible media presence for disseminating research information.

Online, users can view (by selecting a preferred bandwidth) webcasts and full-length programs from a searchable, on-demand video library.

Select ResearchChannel, by name, from the E-Resource Gateway.

Need Proceedings?

The InterDok Directory of Published Proceedings (DoPP) provides searchable access to more than 45,000 records of published proceedings from professional conferences, meetings and symposia. [DoPP is updated weekly; UW-Madison users can search from 1995 to the present]. Construct searches by making selections from the relevant drop-down menus by subject or by sponsor, country or year. Records supply information that is useful for finding copies in libraries—either by searching MadCat or WorldCat. The InterDok product also supplies access to MInd: The Meetings Index for locating future conferences and meetings—with entries that supply a Web link when available.

InterDok Directory of Published Proceedings can be selected, by name, from the Libraries' E-Resource Gateway. (From the InterDok page, select IP Access User Login).

SORA: Searchable Ornithological Research Archive

SORA, an open-access electronic journal archive, provides access to extensive ornithological literature and material documenting the history of ornithology in North America over the last 120 years.

SORA includes the following titles: The Auk (1884-1999), The Condor (1899-2000), The Journal of Field Ornithology (1930-1999), The North American Bird Bander (1976-2000), Pacific Coast Avifauna (1900-1974), Studies in Avian Biology (1978-1999), and The Wilson Bulletin (1889-1999). Full-text access to Ornithologia Neotropical is pending; table of contents for issues can be viewed.

Access SORA by name via the E-Resource Gateway.

Of related interest:
Birds of North America Online
Ornithological Worldwide Literature