For Veterans

  

 Library Databases

Military

• Military & Government Collection -Provides full text from over 300 military and general interest publications in addition to indexing and abstracts.

 Related Resources

• Academic Search Complete-Academic Search Complete contains full text, indexing and abstracts, monographs and reports from more than 13,000 publications.
• America: History and Life-America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, with indexing for 1,700 journals dating back to 1910.
• ERIC-ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to more than 1.3 million records related to education literature and resources.
• Medline with Full Text-Medline with Full Text offers indexing for over 4,800 biomedical journals, with full text for over 1,500 journals.
• PsycINFO-Provides citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and related disciplines.
• SocINDEX with Full Text-Contains over 2 million records from 1,200 core journals including full text from 700 journals.

Research Help

• Research Assistance Program
  

Requesting Materials

• Requesting Materials from Other UW Libraries (UW Request)
• Using Interlibrary Loan

Citing Sources

•  Citing Sources

• Library Hours
• Scheduling a Group Study Room
• Electronic Available for Checkout ( Laptops, Calculators, and More)
• Library Staff Directory

•  Polk Library Online Learning Page

 

 

Local

• County Veterans Services Officers of Wisconsin
• Winnebago Country-Veterans
• Fond du Lac Country-Veterans
• Outagamie County-Veterans

State

• Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
• Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs-National Guard

Federal

• U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
• U.S. House Committee on Veteran Affairs
• U.S. Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs
• Requesting Military Service Records

Government information Searching Tip

A large amount of information is produced and disseminated by government institutions at the national and state level and are often accessible from the agency’s website.

These materials including statistics, guidelines and reports can be located using a Google search.

• To search federal and state websites include site:.gov in your search.
• To search military website include site:.mil in your search.

Local Chapters

• American Legion Cook Fuller Post 70 (Oshkosh)
• American Legion 6th District Department
• AmVet Post 7
• Vietnam Veterans of American #437
• Disabled American Veterans-Wisconsin Department
• Desert Veterans of Wisconsin Fox Valley Chapter
• Vietnam Veterans of American #437
• VFW Post 1908

State

• Wisconsin Veterans Network

National

• American Legion
• Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America
• Military Order of the Purple Heart
• National Resource Directory
• Center for Women Veterans
• Center for Minority Veterans
  

National

• Post 9/11 GI Bill
• GoArmy-Education and Training
• Military Programs-American Council on Education (ACE)

State

• Wisconsin GI Bill

Scholarships

• Military Order of the Purple Heart Scholarship Program
• Pat Tillman Military Scholarships

Health Benefits and Information

• Health Benefits and Issues for Veterans
• Veterans and Military Health-Medline Plus
• MyHealtheVet
• VA Health Facilities in Wisconsin
• Women Veterans Health Care

Mental Health

• VA Mental Health ( Veterans Crisis Line)
• Women Veterans Call Center
• National Center for PTSD
  
• Mental Health America of Wisconsin