Search Research@UWW's "Books, Media & more (UW Whitewater)" to find books, ebooks, government documents, videos, etc. on a topic, or to find a specific title or author. Results will be online or physical items in Andersen or Lenox (Rock campus) library collections.
Search Research@UWW's "Books, Media & more (UW System)" if UW-Whitewater's libraries do not have enough material, or if titles you want are checked out from Andersen/Rock libraries. UW-Whitewater students and staff may request materials from other UW campus libraries via the free UW Request service; items should arrive in 2-5 weekdays unless they are not loanable, e.g., non-circulating reference or course reserve items.
Search Google Books for a title to see if there is a preview that shows its table of contents or allows a search for words or phrases within the text. This might show you whether the book has useful information for you. For some titles, all or some of the full text may be readable online.
Most likely you should start with keyword searches:
Put phrases in quotation marks " " and use commands like AND, OR, NOT in uppercase and between search terms.
Using the Advanced Search you can change "Any field" to "Subject" to find your search words in subject headings, which can help focus results. However, you won't see titles where your search words only appear in a table of contents or the title, rather than in the subject headings. Usually subject headings are found by looking at items found with keyword searches. Click on a title and look at the subject headings in the "Details" about it. You can click on them, or incorporate them into a revised search. Some suggestions are below:
Law-related subject headings include names of legal systems, specific legal topics, and government bodies, such as:
"criminal law" contracts "constitutional law" "environmental law" jurisdiction "public policy" "science and law"
"judicial process" legislation "legal ethics" "legal research" "judicial review" "legislative hearings" "supreme court"
law (used for general works on law, and may be combined with geography, e.g., "law AND wisconsin")
Some useful subject heading segments you can use as phrases in keyword searches in combination with other search words:
"law and legislation" (used with topics, e.g., harassment AND "law and legislation")
"legal status" (used with groups of people, e.g., teachers AND "legal status")
"government policy" "Trials, litigation, etc." "psychological aspects" "political aspects" "religious aspects"
Results from keyword searches are sorted by relevance, but you can use "Sort by" on the left to change that, or use limiters on the left to limit results to a date range, language, etc. Under Resource Type on the left there may be material other than books, in which case click on Books.
Some titles found through Research@UWW's "Books, Media & more (UW Whitewater)" are electronic books (ebooks), which means they can be read online. Many government documents are available online also. Here's an example of an ebook:
The law of affirmative action twenty-five years of Supreme Court decisions on race and remedies
Click either the title or "Online Access", and then click the link in the "View Online" area to get to the book's full text online.
Use this search box to find UW-Whitewater libraries' books, ebooks, government publications, videos, and more.
Library of Congress call numbers on most Library materials are intended to group materials by topics so that shelves are browsable. Additional letters and number ranges are assigned to further subdivide topics.
K Law in general. Comparative law. Jurisprudence.
KB Religious law in general. Comparative religious law. Jurisprudence.
KD United Kingdom and Ireland
KE Canada
KF U.S.
KFW2401-2999 Wisconsin
KG Latin America - Mexico and Central America - West Indies. Caribbean area
KH South America
KJ-KK Europe
KL-KW Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, Antarctica
KZ Law of nations
Library of Congress Subject Headings may be browsed online. Select a letter and use Cttrl-F to search for a word or phrase. These files will suggest narrower terms (NT), broader terms (BT), and other terms that should be used instead.
