History 455: Early America: Home

If Andersen Library does not have the item you need, the Library can usually borrow the item for you from another library. The lending service you use depends upon the resource you wish to borrow. For assistance, please contact a reference librarian.

• UW Request (available through Research@UWW)
  Use to borrow materials such as books, videos, and government documents--if not available at Andersen Library--from other UW System Libraries.
  • Cannot use to borrow non-circulating items (such as reference books) or articles from periodicals.
  • UW Request is free!
  • Items ordered generally arrive within 2-5 weekdays.

• Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
  Use to borrow articles from newspapers, journals, and magazines not available at Andersen Library. Also use to borrow books and other materials if not available at Andersen Library or through UW Request.
  • Non-circulating items cannot be borrowed.
  • Interlibrary Loan is free!
  • Approximate turnaround time is 2-4 weekdays for articles and 5-7 weekdays for most other items.
  For more information, and for instructions on use, go to the Interlibrary Loan Service web page.

Research@UWW - Find "everything" (articles, books, & more)
This discovery tool searches multiple resources simultaneously (articles from many disciplines, books, ebooks, videos, digital resources, government documents, etc.), or you can change from searching "everything" to articles only or the local catalog only, i.e., UWW's books, media, government documents, and more.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar can help you find both books and articles, but if you use Google Scholar from off campus, configure the settings to use Andersen Library's full text subscription access.

Articles & Databases by Title  
Find articles relating to your research topic from the Library's article databases.

Journals  
Search for a particular journal, magazine, or newspaper by title. The Library has access to thousands of titles, some online and some not.

Hints for keyword searching in Research@UWW:

1. 1. To search for a phrase, place your words in quotes (" ").A phrase is any two or more words next to each other.
      For example: "united states"; "Salt Lake City"

1. 1. Use the truncation symbol (*) to get alternate endings to words
      For example: imperial* = imperial, imperialism, imperialist 

1. 1. Think of synonyms or other ways to say the same thing or to convey the same or similar ideas
      For example: corruption; fraud; profiteer  

1. 1. Link the synonyms together with the word OR (this expands your search)
      For example: corruption OR profiteer*

1. 1. Try Advanced Search to limit your search by language, publication date, other UW system libraries, and more options.

1. 1. Use the  button if the article you want isn’t full text in the database you are searching. 

1. Use Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) to request an article that we don’t have online or in print from another library.