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Search@UW includes millions of global and regional e-resources, such as journal articles and e-books, across a wide range of topics and academic disciplines. What is Search@UW ? Search@UW is a new way of searching for items you may not have known about. It is a search engine and resource discovery tool that provides credible, relevance ranked results from e-resources, databases, indexes, Google Scholar, and other article resources. In your search results, facets appear on the left-hand side of the searchscreen and can help you refine your results.   Search@UW is not intended to entirely replace other search tools, and you can still access the native interface of databases and indexes, but we hope that it will be a much-valued addition to your research needs.   Some databases and journals allow full-text searching, others include only citation information (e.g., title, author, abstract, etc.), but may be accessible from Search@UW via SFX links.   In the near future, Search@

New titles from Films Media Group have been added to the following Films On Demand streaming video collections which you can access from our homepage : •   Health & Medicine Collection •   Humanities & Social Sciences Collection •   Science & Mathematics Collection •   Business & Economics Collection Including... Club Drugs: When the Party Is Over Subject: Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities Rett: There Is Hope—Case Studies, Family Portraits, and the Search for a Cure Subject: Diseases, Disorders & Disabilities, Health Care & Treatment Cures: Quirky Science Subject: Health Care & Treatment TEDTalks: Iain Hutchison—Saving Faces Subject: Health Care & Treatment And more!

The Shadow Scholar:  How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat By Dave Tomar Call Number:  LB 3609 .T65 2012 Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education Publisher's Description:  Last fall, a writer using the pseudonym Ed Dante wrote an explosive article in The Chronicle of Higher Education , confessing to writing term papers for a living. Technically, they are "study guides," and the companies that sell them-there are quite a few-are completely legal and easily found with Google. For about $10-20 a page, Dante's former employers will give you a custom essay, written to your specifications. During Dante's career, he wrote made-to-order papers for everything from introductory college courses to Ph.D. dissertations. There was never a shortage of demand. The Shadow Scholar is Dante's account of this dubious but all-too-relevant career. In stories embarrassing, absurd, hilarious, and ultimately sobering, he explores not merely his own m

The Library is getting a virtual makeover    Now is your chance to preview the new site and tell us what you think!   The intent of the new website is to provide users with better search options to make looking for information simple and easy.  The new website incorporates campus-wide web design and branding to be consistent with the UWSP web experience.  It is also designed to be responsive to any mobile device you are using, so the site is easily readable whether you’re using a desktop computer, tablet, or smartphone. Please take a moment to review the new site and tell us what you think by using the “feedback” icon located on the new homepage.  Also remember this site is still under development and not all pages have been completed at this time.

The Flavor of Wisconsin for Kids By Terese Allen and Bobbie Malone Call Number:  TX 715 .A44275 2012 (located in the IMC on the 3rd floor) Wisconsin Historical Society Description:   What are some food favorites in Wisconsin, and why are they special to us? How have our landscape and the people who have inhabited it contributed to our food heritage? This unique blend of history book and cookbook gives kids a real taste for hands-on history by showing them how to create and sample foods that link us to the resources found in our state and the heritage of those who produce them. Designed for kids and adults to use together, “The Flavor of Wisconsin for Kids” draws upon the same source material that makes “The Flavor of Wisconsin” by Harva Hachten and Terese Allen a fascinating and authoritative document of the history and traditions of food in our state, and presents it in a colorful, kid-friendly format that’s both instructional and fun. Mindful of the importance of teaching k

bx Hot Articles App: Use Your Mobile Device to Discover Popular Scholarly Articles bx Hot Articles places the 10 “hottest” scholarly articles in a variety of fields on your mobile device.    Hot Articles is based on usage data from millions of researchers across journals, publishers and platforms. Mark your favorites, email individual articles and, if you sign in using your UWSP account, connect to the full-text of articles to which the UWSP library subscribes or request those that we do not have access to via Interlibrary Loan.    You can download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play store .  Click here to learn more about the app…