Access to UW Madison Library Resources for UWEX Cooperative Extension    

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

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  • Top middle box links to databases Find by Name or Find by Subject.
  • (optional) Use circled (i) by database name for database coverage and link to Quick Guide of search tips.
  • Click database name to open database
  • If you can't get in, please notify CES Technology Services who will work with the Library Technology Group to get you in.

OR Go to Steenbock Library Journal Databases

  • Click database name to open database
  • YOU MUST ANSWER YES YOU ARE A UW MADISON FACULTY OR STAFF! When the UW System Authorization Hub appears, change from UW-Madison to UW-Extension. Then type your UWEX CES NetID and password.
  • If you can't get in, please notify CES Technology Services who will work with the Library Technology Group to get you in.

Research Tips and Tricks

Get Articles

From database citation

  • Check database citation for full-text html or pdf links.
  • If no Full Text link in database:
    • Click FindIt or SFX button by citation.
    • In FindIt popup window, click Full Text online link.
  • If no Full Text link in FindIt window:
    • Check to see if your campus library has it, if not:
    • Use your campus library's interlibrary loan (ILL) service to get a copy.

If known article (from bibliography, etc.)

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  • Click FindIt from here or any UW-Madison Libraries page.
  • Type citation information. If you only have a Journal Title abbreviation, change Exact Match drop down to Contains and select correct journal from results.
  • Click Full Text online link in FindIt popup window.
  • If no Full Text link in FindIt window:
    • Check to see if your campus library has it, if not:
    • Use your campus library's interlibrary loan (ILL) service to get a copy.

Get Alerts

Get Books

  • Use your campus library's catalog to see if it's available at your campus library.
  • Use your library's UW System Search/Universal Borrowing Service to request books from other UW System libraries to be delivered in a few days to your campus library for pick up.
  • OR Use your library's Interlibrary Loan Service.
  • Identify books to borrow on a topic via your campus library's catalog, Universal Borrowing/UW System Search from within your library's catalog, your library's link to WorldCat, or Google Books.

Use Subject Guides

  • Subject Guides, many developed with the help of CES teams, highlight useful licensed databases and web sites. (Formerly known as webographies).

Get Grants

  • Visit one of the WI 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 web sites below.

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