Faculty & Staff Resources

To find resources from UW-Whitewater and all UW System libraries, use Research@UWW, which is the center search box on the libraries' homepage. To only find physical materials at the UW-Whitewater campuses, choose the "Books, Media & more (UW Whitewater)" option then run your search. You will need to collect and use the call number and location to find items.

To find more details about borrowing borrowing from either UWW campus' library, look on this webpage:

If the UWW library you use does not have the item you need currently available in physical format or online, current UWW faculty, staff, and students can request to get it from another library for free. The process is very similar whether you are looking for a book/entire physical item or a PDF of an article/book chapter. Items requested through Interlibrary Loan generally arrive within 3 weekdays.

The easiest way to request an item not immediately available is through Research@UWW. Most article databases link to it when needed, but you can also access it right on the library homepage. Start by searching for the item you want, select its title, log in, and then make your request.

For more information, and for instructions on use, go to our How to Borrow From Other Libraries online guide.

• Request Physical Items - free
  Use to borrow entire items such as books, DVDs, and government documents--if not available at your UWW library--from other UW libraries or other libraries in our greater consortium. It cannot be used to borrow non-circulating items (such as reference books, entire periodicals, or items on reserve).
• Request a PDF Copy - free
  Request scanned copies of articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers, or chapters from books.
  This is a great option if you only need one entry from an encyclopedia, one definition from a dictionary, one chapter (or less!) from a book.

For assistance, please contact a reference librarian.

This video provides the basics for using Research@UWW to search all UW campus libraries' catalogs simultaneously and place requests to have books, videos, or government documents sent to Andersen Library's Circulation Desk or Lenox Library's service desk. Requested materials typically arrive in 3 weekdays. You must be signed in (with your UWW Net-ID) to place requests. Free service is available for all current UWW students, faculty, and staff.

This service is available to faculty, graduate students and distance education students. Upon request we retrieve journal articles from within the Libraries’ physical collections, scan them, and then load the PDFs in the requester’s online ILLiad account. For more information, see the Document Delivery tab of the How to Borrow from Other Libraries guide.

To find out about borrowing materials from outside Andersen  and Lenox libraries, see the Borrow from Other Libraries tab.