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Alphabetical List Subject List Trials Citation Linker Proxy Server

Alphabetical List of Resources

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FindIt! Button If you see this icon in your search results, click on it to either be taken to the full-text of the article you are looking for, or to fill out an interlibrary loan request for the article.

Citation Linker

If you have a journal or book citation and would like to see if the full-text for it is available online, select Citation Linker and enter the information you have.  If it is available, you will be presented with a menu of full-text options.  If it is not available online, you will be given options to either find it in the UW Colleges library catalog or request it on interlibrary loan via ILLiad.


Accessing Licensed Electronic Resources From Off-Campus Via the Proxy Server

Most of the databases listed below have been purchased by UW System or UW Colleges and therefore are legally bound by software licenses, copyright restrictions and other contractual agreements which require access to them to be restricted to UW Colleges students, faculty and staff. Please contact your UW Colleges campus library for further information regarding accessing these resources via proxy server or for instruction on how to use these databases.


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Occupational Outlook Handbook Description: Searchable career information for assisting individuals in making decisions about their future work lives. Includes what workers do on the job, working conditions, training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects for a wide range of occupations.
Coverage: Revised every two years.
Full-text: Yes
Online guide or tutorial: An FAQ is available.
Remote access: Yes, via link to left.
OCLC WorldCat -- See WorldCat 
OCLC WorldCat.Org -- See WorldCat.Org 
Oconto County Reporter via WISinfo Description: Online version of this Oconto County newspaper.
Coverage: Current articles only.
Full-text: Selected articles only.
Online guide or tutorial: No
Remote access: Yes, via link to left.
OmniFile Full Text Mega via WilsonWeb Description: Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition provides electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 1,750 publications and article abstracts and indexing from over 3,500 publications. OmniFile contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full text) that is contained in these six Wilson databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
Coverage: 1982-present
Full-text: Yes
Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.
Remote access: Yes, via proxy server.
On-Line Picasso Project via Sam Houston State and Texas A&M Universities Description: A comprehensive illustrated catalog of thousands of cataloged artworks, artwork notes and commentaries, listed collections, biographies and commentaries, selected references, and archived articles by and about Pablo Picasso.
Coverage: 1881-1973
Full-text: Yes.
Online guide or tutorial: No.
Remote access: Yes, via link to left.
Open J-Gate Description: Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain. Launched in 2006, Open J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online. Open J-Gate is also a database of journal literature, indexed from nearly 4,000 open access journals, with links to full text at publisher sites. Searches can be limited to peer-reviewed and professional and industry journals. Journals are available in the broad subject areas Agriculture & Biological Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Basic Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Engineering & Technology (JET), Library & Information Sciences, and Social & Management Sciences.
Coverage: Varies by title.
Full-text: Yes
Online guide or tutorial: No
Remote access: Yes, via link to left.
Open Patent Services via European Patent Office Description: Raw patent information from the European Patent Office.
Coverage: N/A
Full-text: N/A
Online guide or tutorial: No
Remote access: Yes, via link to left.
Oshkosh Northwestern Description: Online version of the daily Oshkosh newspaper.
Coverage: Current day's articles only.
Full-text: Selected articles only.
Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.
Remote access: Yes, via link to left.
Oxford English Dictionary Description: The online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, the world's leading authority on the history and development of the English language since 1150.
Coverage: N/A
Full-text: Yes
Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available. PowerPoint tutorial available for download from http://dictionary.oed.com/services/tutorial.html.
Remote access: Yes, via proxy server.
Oxford Music Online Description: Oxford Music Online includes The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Coverage: N/A
Full-text: Yes
Online guide or tutorial: Online help is available.
Remote access: Yes, via proxy server.
Ozaukee-Washington Daily News via GMTODAY.com Description: Online version of the Ozaukee and Washington County newspapers the News Graphic and Times Press.
Coverage: Current articles only on main pages. Searchable archives.
Full-text: Selected articles only.
Online guide or tutorial: No
Remote access: Yes, via link to left.

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Last updated 11/3/2008. Comments to
Mary Rieder.

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