Past News - 2012
News
RefWorks is Here
Never the favorite part of any student’s research project, creating accurate and correctly formatted citations is still a critical part of scholarly communications and ethics. Fortunately, to make the process less painful, Polk Library, with funds from the Student Technology Fee program, pur... read more...
Winter 2012 Newsletter
The latest edition of the Polk Library newsletter is here. An introduction to Search@UW, Polk Library's new "discovery layer" The Area Research Center turns 50 years old RefWorks Citation Tool is Here Polk's Golden Birthday Party Photos or more... . read more...
DTIC releases "Nuclear Weapons Strike on the Moon Study."
The Department of Defense has received a lot of media attention lately for a report that has been dubbed “A Nuclear Weapons Strike on the Moon Study.” read more...
Polk helps with Iraq War Symposium
Polk Library is a proud sponsor of Saturday's Iraq War in Retrospect symposium. The event will provide citizens of Wisconsin with a unique opportunity to critically assess a war that impacted American (and Iraqi) society, politics and military families significantly over the past decade. T... read more...
Party Time: Polk Library is 50
Polk Library is celebrating its 50 th anniversary “1962-style” on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. Fifty years to the day the library was formally dedicated; the campus and community are invited to gather in Polk 205B to celebrate a half century of service with an afternoon “mocktail party.” Fr... read more...
Trial: History Videos
Polk Library is happy to announce a new trial for the American History in Video database from Alexander Street Press. This large collection of over 5000 videos, range from documentaries to primary historical resources. Sources such as PBS, WGBH Boston, The History Channel and the National Archive... read more...
Folktales from Around the World
The EMC has folktales from over 50 cultures. read more...
Spring 2012 Polk Library Newsletter Now Available
Check out the latest issue of the Polk Library Newsletter... read more...
