HDFS Literature Review Tips

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Books

MadCat, the library catalog, tells you if UW Madison owns books or other materials.

Use Basic Search when:

    • You know the exact title, or the first few words
    • You wish to browse an author’s list of books

Use Guided Search when:

    • You’re looking for items about a subject or person
    • You’d like to enter keywords to find items on a topic
    • You’re not sure of the first word(s) of a title

MadCat Search Help -Guided Searching -Subject Browse | MadCat Tutorial (CLUE) (see No. 4)

Proquest Digital Dissertations
Doctoral dissertations in all subject areas completed at U.S. accredited institutions. Some masters theses and foreign language dissertations are also included. (more...)

UW System Search
While in MadCat, select the "UW System Search" button at the top of the screen to search any or all of the UW System Libraries' collections.

WorldCat
Catalog of more than 49 million books, serials, and more owned by more than 9,000 OCLC member libraries around the world, including UW-Madison and the Library of Congress.

netLibrary
Online, electronic books covering many topics.