Access to UW Madison Library Resources for UWEX Cooperative Extension    

Services for Dane. Co., Specialists & Classified Staff (at UW-Madison)

UW-Madison Libraries provides UW-Extension Cooperative Extension library services for work-related research and programming. Library resources (articles, search results, books, etc.) should not be passed on to others due to copyright and licensing restrictions.

Search UW-Madison Licensed Databases

Go to UW-Madison Libraries Home Page (www.library.wisc.edu)

  • Use Databases Tab.
  • (optional) Use circled (i) by database name/title for subject scope and dates covered.
  • Click database name to open database.
  • If on campus, database will open.
  • Note: If off campus, YOU MUST ANSWER YES YOU ARE UW-MADISON FACULTY OR STAFF! If you have a UW-Madison NetID and Password, use it. If not, when the UW System Authentication Hub appears, change from UW-Madison to UW-Extension, then type your UWEX CES Active Directory Username and Password.

OR Go to Steenbock Library Journal Databases

  • Click database name to open database.
  • If on campus, database will open.
  • Note: If off campus, YOU MUST ANSWER YES YOU ARE UW-MADISON FACULTY OR STAFF! If you have a UW-Madison NetID and Password, use it. If not, when the UW System Authentication Hub appears, change from UW-Madison to UW-Extension, then type your UWEX CES Active Directory Username and Password.

Research Tips and Tricks

 

Get Articles

From citation record in database:

  • Look for links to full-text html or pdf files.
  • If there is not a full-text link within the database, then:
    • Click FindIt by citation record.
    • From the FindIt window, click the link to "Get Full Text Online".
    • If there is not a "Get Full Text Online" link, click the link to "Request a Copy"--located in the upper right "More Options" box.
      • Log in to Interlibrary Loan (11 digit ID and last name in lower case)
      • The request form should have citation information automatically entered.
      • You will receive an email message when the article is available. Log in to Interlibrary Loan, "View Electronically Received Articles" to access.
      • Save or print your article as the article will be deleted from your Interlibrary Loan account within a few weeks.

As known article (from bibliography, etc.):

  • Use the Journals Tab or theform.
  • Enter journal source information. If you only have a Journal Title abbreviation, change the Exact Match drop-down menu to Contains and select correct journal from results.
    • Click the link to "Get Full Text Online".
    • If there is not a "Get Full Text Online" link, click the link to "Request a Copy"--located in the upper right "More Options" box.
      • Log in to Interlibrary Loan (11 digit ID and last name in lower case
      • The request form should have citation information automatically entered.
      • You will receive an email message when the article is available. Log in to Interlibrary Loan, "View Electronically Received Articles" to access.
      • Save or print your article as the article will be deleted from your Interlibrary Loan account within a few weeks.
  • OR, follow the link to "Look in MadCat" to see if a campus library has a print copy of the journal. If journal owned (check holdings for volume/year):
      • Go to the library to get the article. (Many campus libraries have copiers that function as scanners to send PDF files directly from the copier for free).
  • OR, Go directly to Interlibrary Loan to fill out request form.

Get Alerts

Get Books

  • Search MadCat and use MadCat's Place Request link to have books delivered to a library close to you for pick-up.

  • In MadCat, click UW-System Search, run search, then use the Place Request link to have a book from another UW System school delivered to a library close to you on the Madison campus. (Tip: This is generally a speedier service option for books than placing the traditional Interlibrary Loan request).
  • Search WorldCat and follow the link to "Get through Interlibrary Loan" to have the book delivered to a library close to you for pick up.
  • Search Google Books, then use MadCat or Interlibrary Loan to request the book.
  • OR Fill out an Interlibrary Loan request form.
    • If the book is not at UW-Madison, an Interlibrary Loan request will be placed for you and delivered to a pickup library you designated for Interlibrary Loan.
    • If the book is at UW-Madison, the request will be cancelled with an email supplying you with the call number and library location.

Use Research Guides

  • Research Guides
    Some Research Guides have been developed with help from CES teams and highlight useful databases and websites.

Get Grants

    Visit one of the Wisconsin Centers/Collections to search the Foundations Directory or to see their most current non-circulating books on grants. Contact information, grants guides and some databases are available from the websites below.

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