Polk
Library Catalog -- Search here to find out what books, videos, journals,
etc. Polk Library owns.
**Search suggestion for finding literary criticism in the catalog: Go
to the "Guided Keyword Search" option and search for the author's
first and last name ("all of these") in the "Subject".
Universal
Borrowing -- Use Universal Borrowing to borrow books from other UW campuses.
Items take 2-3 days to arrive at Polk.
**See our Universal Borrowing
Tips for details on how to place a request.
WorldCat -- Contains the catalog holdings of hundreds of libraries across the country and around the world. If you find a book here that is not available in a UW library, you can request it via interlibrary loan (ILL) (ILL books usually take at least 10 days to arrive at Polk).
MLA Bibliography
(link from English databases page) -- The largest database for researching
literary topics. Includes a variety of citations, including journal articles,
book chapters, conference papers, and dissertations.
**Remember to click the "Logout" button when you're done!
Humanities Full Text (link from English databases page) -- Another database for finding scholarly information on literary topics. Some articles are full text.
Contemporary Authors (link from English databases page) -- Includes biographical information about authors. At the end of each biography are citations to further biographical information and book reviews.
Women's Resources
International (link from Women's Studies databases page) -- Includes
citations for books, journal and magazine articles, conference papers, and dissertations
in women's studies areas.
**Remember to click the "Logout" button when you're done!
Gender Watch (link from Women's Studies databases page) -- This database includes journal, magazine, newspaper, and newsletter articles on topics related to women's and gender issues. Articles in this database are full text.
Search Tips for Online Databases |
Four Places to Find the Text of an Article |
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1. Break up your topic into main keywords and combine with AND. 2. Put phrases in quotation marks. 3. Think of other terms, or look in subject headings for terms, and add with OR. 4. Put OR words in parentheses. 5. Use truncation (? or *) to find variations of words. EXAMPLE: (hysteri* or "mental illness") and literature |
1. Look for a link to the full-text of the article right in the database you're searching. 2. Check the Online Journal List A-Z to see if the journal is available online (and if so, what database you can find it in). 3. Search for the journal in the Polk Library Catalog to see if the library has the print copy. 4. If not available online or in print, request the article through interlibrary loan (takes 10-15 days). |
Questions? Contact Renee Sengele, reference librarian, at sengele@uwosh.edu
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