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Diane
Urch Retires
John
Berens
Diane Urch, Assistant Director of Technical Services and Library
Systems, Polk Library, will retire effective June 30, 2000. All
of Diane's colleagues in Polk Library wish her a very happy retirement.
Diane completed
her Master's degree in library science from the University of
Denver in 1970. Before coming to Polk Library she served as the
Head of Circulation and Head of Acquisitions at Emporia State
University (1970-1979) and the Head of Acquisitions at the University
of Texas-El Paso (1979-1984). She joined Polk Library as Assistant
Director in 1984.
During her
sixteen-year tenure as Assistant Director, Diane provided leadership
for the implementation of three automated library systems: LS/2000
(1986), KeyNOTIS (1994), and Endeavor (1999-2000). She also managed
the Library's acquisitions budgets for books, periodicals, audiovisual
materials, and electronic resources. Besides library automation
and acquisitions, Diane managed the Library's cataloging and preservation
activities and served as the Library's Liaison to many departments
and colleges.
As Polk Library's
Library Automation Manager (LAM), Diane worked with her counterparts
at the other UW institutions, coordinating the implementation
of the successive library automated systems and introducing new
distributed, Web-based services for internal library processing
and user access. She served on many UW System committees and task
forces.
In addition,
Diane served on the University's CQI Council, the Academic Computing
Users Group, and the University Scholars Committee and also served
as Acting Manager for the Administrative Computing unit. She was
active in professional organizations such as the Wisconsin Association
of Academic Librarians and the Fox Valley Library Council. Diane
has also been active in community service, including holding the
presidencies of the Oshkosh branch of the American Association
of University Women and the Menasha Club.
The staff
of Polk Library extend their deep appreciation to Diane Urch for
her many contributions to Polk Library, the University, and UW
System, and wish her all the best in her retirement. On Thursday,
June 1, there will be a retirement reception held for Diane at
the Pollock Alumni House from 2:30 p.m. through 4:30 p.m.
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Wisconsin
Goes to War...New
Civil War Web Site
- See Civil
War letters, diaries, reminiscences, photographs, artwork and
more.
- Gathered
from the impressive collections of the Archives Division of
the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
- Edited
by Dr. Elaine Parsons
(History) and Joshua Ranger
(University Archivist).
- Has largest
collection of digital "Wisconsin-only" archival material currently
available on the web.
- http://www.uwosh.edu/archives/civilwar/civilwar.html
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New
Business Resource
Cynthia
Huebschen
In April,
Polk Library began a subscription to a new online business information
resource from the Mergent Company (formerly Moody's). The new
database, FIS Online,
is an internet service that contains background information on
over 26,000 domestic and international public companies. Information
available on each company includes history, property, subsidiaries,
financials, and long-term debt (with Moody's ratings). Also available
are 11 years of "as-reported" financial statements, which can
be exported into a spreadsheet.
A link to
FIS Online is currently offered from Polk
Library's home page. A link is also offered from the library's
Reference page under "Business
& Economics." The direct address for FIS Online is: http://www.fisonline.com
To begin a
search on FIS Online, click Sign In (found under Member
Services). This will take you to a basic search screen where
you may enter a company's name or partial name, or ticker symbol.
Advanced Search allows you to construct a detailed search,
specifying criteria such as SIC code, geographic location, number
of employees, assets, income, revenue, and ratios such as "return
on equity" and "revenue to total assets." It is also possible
to look up lists of SIC codes and geographic locations.
Once you have
retrieved a list of company names, you may "build a report on
these companies," perform a "custom peer group analysis," or a
"standard peer group analysis." Or, you may simply click on a
company name, then specify which parts of a possible report you
would like to view. Options include history, subsidiaries, officers,
"highlights," long term debt, Edgar documents, news headlines,
earnings estimate, quarterly income statement, annual balance
sheet, income statement analysis, ratio analysis, and annual reports.
The annual
reports include PDF scanned image reports, back to 1996. Live
SEC filings are available, back to 1992. The database also includes
a section of country profiles, which offers a country map,
short history, list of government officials, major imports and
exports, ethnic groups and languages, and statistics such as "electricity
use per capita."
FIS Online
is available on campus, with no password required.
Because we have a limited number of simultaneous connections available,
we ask that users please "sign out" upon finishing.
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Staff
News
Paulette
Feld, Management Information Technician, is the winner
of the 2000 outstanding support staff award from the Council of
Library/Media Technicians. Ms. Feld has made significant contributions
to the continuing growth and development of library support staff
around the country through active involvement on the local, state
and national levels. She will be featured in the May/June issue
of Library Mosaics and will be recognized at the annual
banquet of the Council of Library/Media Technicians conference
in Chicago, Illinois on July 7, 2000.
In February,
Michael Watkins
was named Head of Government Documents at Polk Library. Over the
past ten years, Mike has handled many different responsibilities
in the library. He has worked as a reference librarian and as
Library Instruction Coordinator. He has been acting Head of Government
Documents since June 1998.
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Electronic
Resources List
Marisa
Finkey
Current
as of May 2000. Library Staff anticipate that some changes
in databases or changes in methods of access will occur during
the summer. Please consult the Library
web pages or call the Reference Desk to get the most up-to-date
information.
Reference Desk: 424-4333. |
Access to Firstsearch and Off-Campus access to Ebsco, ProQuest,
and Wilson Journal Indexes is limited to UW Oshkosh students,
staff, and faculty.
* Contains some full-text.
Web
Accessible
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ALT-HEALTH WATCH*
Indexes international publications focusing on all areas
of alternative, holistic, complementary and integrated approaches
to health care and wellness.
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COLLEGE
CATALOGS ONLINE
Provides access to 7,800 college catalogs including 2-year,
4-year,graduate and professional schools. |
AMERICAN
CHEMICAL SOCIETY FULL-TEXT JOURNALS*
Access to some issues of all of the ACS journals. |
COLUMBIA
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ONLINE (CIAO)*
Source for research in international affairs including working
papers, research reports, and proceedings. |
ASSOCIATIONS
UNLIMITED
Descriptions of some 140,000 international and U.S organizations. |
CONGRESSIONAL
QUARTERLY RESEARCHER
Covers current and controversial topics. |
BIOGRAPHY
AND GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX
Searchable index for biographical information of individuals
both living and deceased. |
CONTEMPORARY
AUTHORS*
Biographical reference for more than 90,000 authors around
the world. |
EBSCO
Available off-campus with password.
ACADEMIC
SEARCH FULLTEXT ELITE*
Contains citations from popular and academic periodicals in
all subjects. |
HEALTH
SOURCE PLUS*
Indexes 500 periodicals and over 1000 pamphlets in the field
of nutrition and consumer health. |
BUSINESS
SOURCE ELITE*
Contains citations to over 1500 titles, including the Wall
Street Journal. |
MASTERFILE
PREMIER*
Contains citations to popular and academic periodicals in
a wide variety of subjects. |
CINAHL
Indexes articles, dissertations and media in the area of nursing
and health. Currently requires ID number. |
MEDLINE
Covers journals published in all areas of medicine. |
ERIC
Largest database of information on education. |
BOOKS
IN PRINT
Index of in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books. |
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
BRITANNICA ONLINE*
Online encyclopedia and dictionary. Includes Internet links.
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FIS
MOODY'S
Online version of the Moody's manuals. Includes international
companies. |
ETHNIC
NEWS WATCH*
Indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic,
minority and native press. |
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FIRSTSEARCH
Password required for on or off-campus access.
AGRICOLA
Indexes information in all aspects of agriculture. |
GEO
REF
Indexes information in the areas of geology and earth sciences.
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AIDS-CANCER
Index of cancer and AIDS research gathered from worldwide
scientific literature. |
INDEX
TO LEGAL PERIODICALS
Indexes periodicals and law books, covers recent court decisions,
legislation and legal scholarship. |
ACXIOM
DIRECTORIES-BIZ*
Yellow pages for all of the U.S. |
LIBRARY
LIT
Indexes periodicals and books in the field of library and
information sciences. |
ACXIOM
DIRECTORIES-HOME*
White pages for all of the U.S. |
MICROCOMPUTER
ABSTRACTS
Index of popular and professional periodicals on computers
in the home, business, industry and education. |
BOOK
REVIEW DIGEST
Covers over 7000 adult and children, fiction and nonfiction
books. |
NETFIRST
Index of Internet accessible resources including web pages
and listserves. |
BUSINESS
DATALINE*
450+ business sources, many regional and local. |
PAIS
INTERNATIONAL
Includes citations to articles, books and government documents
in the area of public affairs. |
BUSINESS
& INDUSTRY*
Facts, figures and key events for companies, industries, products
and markets. |
PAPERSFIRST
Papers from every congress, conference and workshop received
at the British Library. |
BUSINESS
ORGS*
Directory information and brief description of over 25.000
organizations worldwide. |
PERIODICAL
ABSTRACTS*
General and academic journals covering all subjects. Contains
some full-text. |
CONSUMER
INDEX
Provides consumer information. Includes articles, evaluations,
and Internet links. |
PERIODICAL
CONTENTS INDEX
Index of the tables of contents of older humanities and social
sciences periodicals. 1961-91. |
CONTENTS
1ST
Complete tables of contents, pages and holding information
for journals in many fields. |
PROCEEDINGS
Citations to every congress, conference, workshop, etc. received
at the British Library. |
DISCLOSURE*
Complete descriptions of over 11,000 publicly held U.S. companies. |
RILM
ABSTRACTS OF MUSIC LIT
Contains citations to international music. |
DISSERTATION
ABSTRACTS
Index of dissertations accepted at accredited institutions
in all academic subjects. |
SOCIOLOGICAL
ABSTRACTS
Indexes periodicals in sociology, social work and the social
sciences. |
ECON
LIT
Index of economic journals, books, dissertations, and work
papers. |
WORLDCAT
Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. |
ENVIRONMENT
A multidisciplinary database covering the areas of environmental
sciences. |
WORLDSCOPE*
Contains descriptions of business's selective financials,
key ratios and officers. |
GEOBASE
Index of worldwide information in the areas of geology geography
and ecology. |
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GENDER
WATCH*
Covers a wide range of issues in the area of gender and women's
issues. Contains some full-text. |
J-STOR*
Provides assess to back issues of 117 core journals in humanities,
social sciences and the sciences. |
LEXIS-NEXIS
ACADEMIC
UNIVERSE
A full-text database, which includes current news, articles,
transcripts, law reviews and state and federal codes and case
law. |
STATISTICAL
UNIVERSE
Provides full-text statistical information and searches the
Statistical Abstract of the United States. |
MATHSCI
NET
A searchable web database providing access to mathematical
reviews and current mathematical publications. |
POLK
CATALOG
Searchable catalog of materials available at Forrest R. Polk
Library. |
NET
LIBRARY
Provides a wide range of scholarly, reference and professional
titles. |
PROJECT
MUSE*
More than 40 journals in the humanities, social sciences and
mathematics, some full-text. |
PROQUEST
Available off-campus with password.
ABI
INFORM GLOBAL*
Indexes citations from popular, trade and academic periodicals
in the field of business. |
WISCONSIN
NEWSSTAND*
Covers the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Wisconsin State
Journal and the Capitol Times, plus some state and regional
papers. |
NATIONAL
NEWSPAPERS*
Covers major U.S. papers including the New York Times. Also
included are some international and regional papers. |
STAR
TRIBUNE*
Locates articles from this Minneapolis/St. Paul paper. |
STAT-USA
Available only in Polk Library Government economic information. |
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WEB
OF SCIENCE
ARTS
& HUMANITIES CITATION ABSTRACTS
Provides access to bibliographic information and cited references
in more than 1,140 arts and humanities journals. |
SOCIAL
SCIENCE CITATION ABSTRACTS
Provides bibliographic information and cited references, from
over 1,700 social sciences journals. |
SCIENCE
CITATION ABSTRACTS
Provides access to bibliographic information and cited references
from approximately 3,500 scholarly journals. |
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WEBSPIRS
Available off-campus with password.
PSYCINFO
Indexes information in the field of psychology (formerly Psyclit). |
BIOSIS
Indexes materials in the life sciences. |
WILSON
JOURNAL INDEXES Available off-campus with password.
APPLIED
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ABSTRACTS
Indexes professional and trade publications. |
HUMANITIES
ABSTRACTS*
Indexes humanities journals including history, literature
and religion. |
ART
ABSTRACTS
Indexes periodicals, yearbooks and museum bulletins. |
READER'S
GUIDE*
Indexes 240 popular periodicals, 120 full-text. |
BIOLOGICAL
AND AGRICULTURAL INDEX
Indexes popular and professional periodicals. |
SOCIAL
SCIENCES ABSTRACTS*
Indexes journals covering a wide range of social science topics
including social work and criminal justice. |
EDUCATION
INDEX*
Indexes education periodicals and yearbooks. |
WILSON
BUSINESS ABSTRACTS*
Indexes business, trade and research journals. |
GENERAL
SCIENCE ABSTRACTS*
Indexes science journals. |
WILSON
BIOGRAPHIES PLUS
Contains full-text information on 40,000 individuals from
over 100 reference sources. |
WISCAT
Searches the library collections of most of the libraries
in Wisconsin. |
VALUE
LINE
Online version of the popular reference source for investments. |
WOMEN'S
RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL
Citation index to records drawn from women studies databases.
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CD-ROM
Available only in Polk Library.
COMPACT
DISCLOSURE*
Complete descriptions of over 11,000 publicly held U.S. companies. |
MLA
Indexes mainly articles, books and book chapters in the field
of language, literature and linguistics. |
ERIC
Largest database of information on education. |
UNITED
NATIONS INDEX
Index of publications produced by the United Nations. |
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Polk
Library News is a publication of Forrest
R. Polk Library, University
of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Patrick
Wilkinson, Editor
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