Reference Service

Resource Hungry Questions

Sometimes reference staff encounter questions that require specialized tools for the answers; questions beyond their library's resources, such as:
— Where would I find the location of a town in Germany that is not on current maps?
— What is the impact factor for the Journal of Botanical Sciences?
— It doesn't appear that there are local resources in my area of research. Could you recommend any helpful sources on the UW-Madison campus?
— Would you verify that this citation is correct?
— Can you search to see if there is information on Marshall McLuhan?

Expand Your Resources

Reference librarians can rely on WiLS Reference Service to provide assistance. WiLS reference staff has access to a number of resources that some libraries may find cost-prohibitive. We can search the reference sources you suggest or find other sources for you.

WiLS reference resources in the Humanities and Social Sciences include:

6000+ E-journals
British Parliamentary Papers
Dictionary of American Regional English
Encyclopedia of Psychology
Journal Citation Reports
Mills Music Library
Ravenschtein Atlas
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture
Web of Science ...and many more.

How to Participate

Submit a Reference Request Form by Web, e-mail, phone, FAX or mail. Reference is an enhanced (free) service for level-1 members, all non-level ones pay or deduct $18.00 from their WiLS deposit account.

What could be easier?

Problems?

Contact: Bob Shaw (reshaw at wils.wisc.edu)
Phone: 608.263.4981 Fax: 608.263.3684