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.