1. The library has changed so
much. How can I keep up to speed?
Strategies for keeping up:
2. How do I find
out what print and electronic journals the library owns or has access
to?
The online list, McIntyre
Periodicals, includes not only the print journals in our collection,
but also links to indexes and databases with the full text of
articles in 4000+ periodicals titles (this list does NOT contain
government periodical titles).
3. Does the library
have tours?
Yes, the library has tours
for students (and others if they wish). The tours are held at
the beginning of the fall and spring semesters, at different times
each day, Mondays through Thursdays. Tours take about 40 minutes.
Tours are intended for individuals, not entire classes.
No need to register, just meet in the Grand Corridor seating area
outside the library!
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4. How can I get
a copy of a dissertation from another institution? Can students
borrow dissertations?
For faculty and staff and students, try interlibrary
loan, the library will try to borrow at no cost. For more
information, go to the library web page on Dissertations.
5. Does the library
have a teaching, "hands-on" lab?
The Library Information Literacy Lab (LILL), is
Classroom L2110 within the Center for Reserve and Instructional
Media (CRIM), and is used for library instructional sessions.
6. How do I order
a book or other material from the library?
- Ordering materials for purchase: If you want
the library to purchase materials, seek out your department's
bibliographer.
- Borrowing books or copies of periodical literature
from other libraries via interlibrary
loan. The borrowed item takes a week to ten days to arrive.
- Borrowing books via "Universal
Borrowing". The borrowed item should arrive within
a few days!
Universal Borrowing (or UB for short) is a new service for
getting books from other libraries in a more timely fashion
than interlibrary loan. With Universal Borrowing, library
users can borrow materials from any other UW library and have
them delivered for pickup at any UW library within a few days.
UW-Madison, the last library to be included in UB, will be
added to the project soon.
Using the library's Voyager Catalog, patrons can
simultaneously search all the participating libraries to determine
if the item they want to borrow is available. (Select the button
"Other catalogs".) If it is available, an online request
form is completed by the patron and transmitted to the owning
library. The owning library retrieves the material prepares it
for delivery to the library designated by the requestor. A courier
service runs between the UW libraries five days a week and delivers
the requested materials.
We invite you to try this new service. Please note
that periodical articles must be ordered through interlibrary
loan, but we encourage you to search UW library collections before
you submit an interlibrary loan request for books and other materials.
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7. How can I get
library instruction for my on-campus students?
Library instruction is tailored to specific class
needs, whether introductory or advanced. Contact one of the library
instruction faculty (listed
by discipline), or complete a class
request form.
For more information about InfoLit@McIntyre, see
Information Literacy Resources
for Faculty and Staff or contact Karen Pope, Information Literacy
Librarian (popekj@uwec.edu)
Coming soon: an online library information literacy
tutorial.
8. How do my distance
education students use the library? Can they get library classes?
DE students can access a full range of library services,
including remote access to the library catalog (including electronic
books) and print and electronic journal articles. The library
will scan and email journal articles from the print collection
to DE students, and mail books directly to their homes. Access
to research assistance may be accessed through email (library.reference@uwec.edu)
and a toll-free phone number (877-267-1384). In addition, they
have access to several online research
tools through a library website designed specifically for
distance education students. For more information, check Resources
for Off-Campus Users to access the library web page.
Instruction for DE students is offered in many different
formats. The library's DE Coordinator, Jill Markgraf (836-5357,
markgrjs@uwec.edu) is eager
to work with faculty in developing library instruction for specific
courses.
9. How do I get information
about electronic reserve (e-reserve)?
E-reserve is the service that stores course readings
electronically and permits students to access them from any computer,
anywhere, any time. Internet access and the latest version of
Acrobat reader are all that is needed. Information on the reserve
process is found in the guide Reserve
Readings.
For information on placing materials on reserve,
contact Janet Patterson, 836-4362 or email patterjl@uwec.edu.
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