News
Computer Availabilty App!
The Polk Library “labs” are at it again. Polk’s new computer availability app ( http://www.uwosh.edu/library/ca ) is like having X-ray vision glasses. Developed by STEP intern, Brian Gallops, the application lets you “see” into the library and discover how many co... read more...
Polk Library Books Sale Coming Soon
The Polk Library Annual Book Sale will be held April 16 & 17. The annual event attracts book-hungry shoppers from around the area. Polk Library deaccessions and books donated especially for the sale will cost a dollar each. Additional specially-priced items will be on sale as well. Be sure to ma... 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...
2013 Caldecott Awards
Creepy Carrots! , illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds. Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett. Green, illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. One Cool Friend, illustrated by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo. Sleep Like a ... read more...
Newbery Awards Announced
The information about the Newbery winners comes from the American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal 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...
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...
