Start with a simple keyword search.
Example: a search for Wisconsin forest history will retrieve materials that include all keywords.
Examine your results. Narrow or expand your search as necessary.
Use quotation marks to search exact phrases.
Example: "Title IX"
Searching a person's name will retrieve information BY and ABOUT the person.
Example: Joy Harjo
Connector words (AND, OR, NOT), also referred to as Boolean operators, must be CAPITALIZED.
Example: cloning AND ethics will retrieve materials that mention both keywords.
Example: "death penalty" OR "capital punishment" will retrieve materials that mention either keyword.
Use an asterisk (*) for truncation searching.
Example: organic farm* will retrieve: organic farm, organic farms, organic farmers, organic farming, etc.
Finding Peer Reviewed Articles
From your list of search results, click on the Peer-Reviewed Journals link.
Advanced Searching
To search for a particular title, author, subject, or to limit by publication date, use the Advanced Search link on the results page.
By default, Search@UW searches Everything - one search for all of the categories listed below. You can also use the drop-down menu to switch to one of these specific sets of search results:
Articles: access to articles, images, streaming audio/video, and other materials from most of UWSP's Library databases.
Books & Media (UWSP): books & media available from UWSP (however, you will see items from other UW Libraries if they own the same item as UWSP)
UW Digital Collections: digitized materials from the UW System, including some dissertations/theses, presentations, images, audio/video recordings, and more.
If you did not find enough resources you can expand your search to retrieve more results.
Books & Media (UW System): books & media available from UW System Libraries. You can have physical materials sent to you here at UWSP for free.
Expand My Results: retrieve additional articles that the UWSP library does not subscribe to. You can request that digital copies be emailed to you for free using Interlibrary Loan.