Library Services

Reference and Research Help

Useful Library Resources and Services

UW-Madison Libraries

 

Libraries in the Social Science Building

 

Library Tours and Workshops

 

Library Assistance

 

Journal Literature Databases - General Access/Information

  • E-Resource Gateway
    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/metalibfindresources
    This is a searchable list of the many literature databases that are available for use to UW-Madison faculty, students, and staff.
  • Find It
    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/findit Find It
    Use the "Find It" tool to locate an electronic journal and/or an article if you have the citation. When you see this icon in a database or on a website, you can click it to get to the Find It tool.
  • E-Journals List
    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/ejournals
    Browse a list of 8,000+ full-text electronic journals, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers available to UW-Madison faculty, students and staff.
  • RSS and Alerts for Journal Article Databases – Helpful Tips
    http://www.library.wisc.edu/alerts/
    Library databases and publishers offer personal accounts for saved searches, free email alert services, and RSS feeds. These tools allow you to automatically monitor newly published information.
  • Libraries Scholarly Communication and Publishing Initiative
    http://www.library.wisc.edu/scp/
    This web site for the UW-Madison community brings together information to illuminate such issues as copyright, the scholarly publishing landscape, and open access initiatives.

 

Web-Based Social Science Journal Literature Databases

 

UW-Madison Libraries Catalog

  • MadCat
    http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/
    This is UW-Madison’s searchable online catalog of books and journals. It will provide call numbers and library locations to help find materials that are owned by the Madison campus, as well as at other UW campuses.
  • My MadCat Account
    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/mymadcataccount
    Login to see the items you have checked out, renew items, check library requests, and check library fines and fees.
  • New Books List
    http://madcat.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/newbooks.cgi
    “New In MadCat” is a list of books, journals, and titles in all media that have recently been cataloged by campus libraries. The list is updated every Wednesday.
  • Recommend a Library Purchase
    https://www.library.wisc.edu/forms/purchase.html
    Use this web-form if you have a book, journal, or other type of resource to recommend for purchase by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. Your suggestions are welcome and will be forwarded to the appropriate library subject specialist for consideration. All requests are subject to the libraries' selection policies.

 

Article and Book Delivery

 

Class Reserves

  • Electronic Reserves
    http://my.wisc.edu/
    If there are e-reserve materials (generally PDFs) available for your classes, they will be viewable via the MyUW portal. Once you log-on, click on the “Academics” tab to see your list of classes. A link to the e-reserves that may be available is included with each class listed.
  • Hard-copy Reserves
    Paper reserves are available at several campus libraries, including the Social Science Reference Library (room 8432), College Library (Helen C. White Building), and several other Library locations. Anthropology, Sociology, and Economics classes commonly keep paper reserves at the Social Science Reference Library or College Library.

  • About Reserves Services at the Social Science Reference Library -
    http://socialsciref.library.wisc.edu/services/reserves.html

  • About Reserves Services on Campus - http://www.library.wisc.edu/reserves/

 

Citation Management and Writing

 

Computing Services