News - Headline News
U.S. Supreme Court Copyright decision affects Libraries
Supreme Court Decision affirms "first sale" doctrine read more...
Kindergarten article highlights archives, university history
Polk Library congratulates Dr. Wendy Strauch-Nelson, associate professor of art education, for her article in the Spring 2013 issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History. The article details a fascinating chapter in the history of UW Oshkosh: the creation of the first kindergarten at a... read more...
New Psych Lit Trials
This week, Polk Library activated two new databases as trials that go beyond typical psychology literature. PsycCRITIQUES® is a full-text database with of book and film reviews from 1956 to present written from a psychological perspective. PsycEXTRA® is a unique database of professi... read more...
Assembly Bill 40--Wisconsin Budget Bill
On February 20 Governor Walker released the Budget Bill (Assembly Bill 40) for the forthcoming biennium. read more...
White House releases Gun Violence Prevention Plan
The Obama administration posted the outline of his recent gun control proposals read more...
Kent State Gives Old Photographs
The University Archives recently received a small, but wonderful, gift from Kent State University: three board mounted photographs of Oshkosh Normal School basketball and football teams from 1910 and 1911. While the Kent State Archives did not have records on the provenance of the histor... 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...
New War History DB
Polk Library has added a new trial to its database collection: The First World War - Personal Experiences. It consists largely of primary source material (letters, diaries, etc) of men and women who experienced the "Great War" firsthand. The trial will last until 12/28/12. Con... 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...
New Archives Exhibits
Over the last week, UW Oshkosh has been host to a number of events focusing on the lives of veterans. As part of that series, the University Archives is happy to announce the release of two new UW Oshkosh history exhibits that highlight UW Oshkosh’s role with veterans and the... read more...
