Distance Learners: Library Resources   Tags: distance education, distance learners  

  is a library resource featuring more than 70,000 nonfiction ebooks from leading publishers. It spans all subjects, including business and economics; computers and information technology; education; engineering and technical fields; health and biomedical sciences; history and the humanities; life and physical sciences; social and behavioral sciences. Our library guide on this subject will give you all the information you need to locate and view ebooks. In addtion, check out this turtorial from our vendor: tutorial!

Universal Borrowing Book Request. If you live near a UW campus, this is the best way to request a book. Search other UW libraries and have books delivered in 3-5 days to the UW library nearest you. No home delivery--pick up materials at UW library closest to you.  

IMPORTANT: If you wish to place a UB requests, you will need to have your entire UWRF ID number (different than your W-number). This number is printed on your student ID card. If you do not have an ID card, you can obtain your UWRF ID number via email. Please email the Library's Circulation Desk (circulation@uwrf.edu). They will send you an email with your UWRF ID number.

Map of all 26 UW-System Schools. Use this map to determine whether you are near a UW library.

Interlibrary Loan Article/Book Request. If you DO NOT live near a UW campus, fill out this form to have your book mailed either to your local public library, or to your home. NOTE: please make sure to indicate your are a Distance Learning student in the NOTES section of the form!  

IMPORTANT: If you wish to place interlibrary loan requests, you will need to have your entire UWRF ID number (different than your W-number). This number is printed on your student ID card. If you do not have an ID card, you can obtain your UWRF ID number via email. Please send an email requesting your entire 16-digit number to the Library's Circulation Desk (circulation@uwrf.edu). They will send you an email with your UWRF ID number.

 WorldCat. A huge database of library catalogs worldwide. Use your Falcon Account information to log-on when prompted. If possible, these books will be delivered to the public or university library closest to your home.  IMPORTANT: If you wish to place interlibrary loan requests via WorldCat, you will need to have your entire UWRF ID number (different than your W-number). This number is printed on your student ID card. If you do not have an ID card, you can obtain your UWRF ID number via email. Please send an email requesting your entire 16-digit number to the Library's Circulation Desk (circulation@uwrf.edu). They will send you an email with your UWRF ID number. 

NOTE: please make sure to indicate your are a Distance Learning student in the NOTES section of the form!

 Course Reserves.  Use this link to find e-articles placed on reserve by your professor.

SuperSearch

Find scholarly jounal articles and newspaper articles using SuperSearch. What is SuperSearch? SuperSearch is a way to search up to 8 different informational resources simultaneously. For example, you can search the Library's catalog, Academic Search Premier or any of the Library's online resources all at one time. You can even create your own combinations of informational resources for searching, and you can save your research in your very own folders for future use.

IMPORTANT: If you wish to place interlibrary loan requests via SuperSearch, you will need to have your entire UWRF ID number (different than your W-number). This number is printed on your student ID card. If you do not have an ID card, you can obtain your UWRF ID number via email. Please send an email requesting your entire 16-digit number to the Library's Circulation Desk (circulation@uwrf.edu) for help.

IMPORTANT NOTE TO DISTANCE LEARNERS: If you find an article in a database that is NOT full text, but is available in the Library's paper journal collection (you can determine this via the Find It/SFX button), we understand that you may not be able to physically come to the library to copy it. We can email the article to you instead. To do this from the Find It screen, click on the Interlibrary Loan link. Complete the form. IN THE NOTES SECTION, TYPE "DISTANCE EDUCATION STUDENT." This will indicate to the librarian that you are NOT able to get to campus and retrieve the article yourself. If you forget to do this step, she will send you an email telling you to go to the library and copy the article yourself. If you indicate you are a DE student, the article will be sent electronically to your UWRF email account, usually within 5 days. If you ever have questions about email delivery, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department. The office phone number is: 715-425-4286; email: interlibraryloan@uwrf.edu.