Alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Stout have access to many library services after graduation. If you have a question or comment about anything the library can do for your research, let us know using our Ask a Librarian form.
Research Support
Access to Databases
- Subscription Library Databases: The University Library subscribes to over 150 licensed databases. Alumni have on-campus access to these. View an alphabetical list of licensed databases.
- Databases Available Free to the Public: Some databases are available free on the web; however, many do not include the coverage or full-text that is available in the library databases.
- Wisconsin Residents: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction provides access through BadgerLink for Wisconsin residents to state's public, school, academic, and special libraries and Internet Service Providers. Also, The DPI currently contracts with two vendors (EBSCO and ProQuest) to provide access to articles from thousands of newspaper and periodical titles, image files, and other reference materials.
- Minnesota Residents: MnLINK, funded in part by the State of Minnesota, includes the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, Minnesota's public library systems, state agency, private college, K-12 school, and special libraries.
Library Catalogs
- Stout Library C atalog can be searched to identify books and audiovisual materials at the UW-Stout University Library.
- WisCat can be searched to identify books and audiovisual materials at university, school, and public libraries in Wisconsin (for WI residents only).
Online Research Guides
The Reference Librarians have developed numerous Subject and Reference Guides which contain web links to various selective resources in UW-Stout's programs. Please contact us if you'd like a research guide created on a topic of interest to you.
Training on Library Resources
Reference librarians are available to provide personalized instruction to alumni in the use of library tools, databases, and other resources. This instruction can be at your convenience.
Library Information and Services
Borrowing Privileges
Alumni of UW-Stout may apply for a community card in order to check out material from the library. There is a limit of 15 items; videos and a number of other items are not available for checkout to alumni. Contact the Circulation Desk (715-232-1215) for information on obtaining a community card and restrictions for checkout.
Interlibrary Loan
Alumni with a community card can check out materials from the library. Other alumni should request Stout library materials through their local public library or, if associated with a university, through that university library's loan service.
Additional Resources
Free Online Databases
- Databases for Alumni and other CSULB Visitors The University Library at California State University, Long Beach developed an extensive list of free online databases and arranged in topical order
- Other Free Databases:
- BioMed Central BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. All original research articles published by BioMed Central are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. BioMed Central's portfolio of 179 journals includes general titles alongside specialist journals (e.g. BMC Bioinformatics) that focus on particular disciplines.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) The DOAJ aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use a quality control system to guarantee the content. All subject areas and languages are covered. Currently 833 journals are searchable at article level and 141,107 full text articles are included in the DOAJ service.
- ERIC ERIC provides free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials and, if available, includes links to full text. ERIC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
- FindArticles.com An archive of published articles that can be searched for free. Constantly updated, it contains articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals. Articles are on a range of topics, including business, health, society, entertainment, sports and more.
- Free Library The Free Library includes a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications covering Business and Industry, Communications, Entertainment, Health, Humanities, Law, Government, Politics, Recreation and Leisure, Science and Technology, and Social Sciences. This collection includes millions of articles dating back to 1984 as well as newly-published articles that are added to the site daily.
- Highwire Press A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1056 journals. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,698,805 articles free. Topic areas covered are the biological sciences, humanities, medical sciences, physical sciences and social sciences.
- MagPortal Accesses free individual magazine articles on the Web. Subjects include business computers electronics, education, entertainment, leisure, finance, health, pets, animals, science, technology, politics, culture, society, sports, and recreation.
- Public Library of Science (PloS One) An international, full text, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication. Everything is immediately available online without cost to anyone, anywhere—to read, download, redistribute, include in databases, and otherwise use—subject only to the condition that the original authorship is properly attributed. Coverage focus is on medical and scientific research.
- ScienceResearch.com Free, publicly available web portal allowing access to numerous scientific journals and public science databases, some full text articles are available. Topical areas covered include Astronomy, Biology, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Medical Sciences, Psychology and Social Sciences.
- UW-Stout Thesis Theses submitted from 1998 on are available full-text on the web. This link is to the instructions for searching the Stout Library Catalog for theses.
- University Publications Index Search the Stoutonia and other UW-Stout publications. Other local area databases are available at the Area Research Center and University Archives page under Searchable Indexes .
Free Online Full-Text Journal Articles
- Several journals related to UW-Stout programs are listed on the Subject and Reference Guides. Look for the section titled PERIODICALS on each guide.
Purchase Textbooks/Resources Available at Instructional Resources Service
- The Instructional Resources Service (IRS) is Stout's textbook rental service. Anyone has the option to purchase used or withdrawn books.
See Also
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