Reference Services

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Contact us by phone, chat, dropping in or by appointment whether at our place or yours - whichever is most convenient for you.

Phone: 608-262-2020

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Reference assistance by librarians is normally available from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

Graduate Assistants will help you from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

We serve the UW-Madison faculty, staff and students as well as community health professionals and Wisconsin residents.

Our librarians are ready to help with your questions and research. We answer thousands of questions each year from straightforward, factual questions to performing complex literature reviews.

We can also consult with you on how to navigate the world of information as well as determine how best to manage the information you collect.

Selected service examples:

  • Determine impact factors
  • Consult on citation managers such as EndNote, Mendeley, etc.
  • Set up Current Awareness services with RSS, etc.
  • Help access information on mobile devices
  • Create publication inventories
  • Verify citations
  • Look up factual and statistical questions
  • Perform literature searches
  • Perform or aid with systematic reviews
  • Assist with grants research
  • Answer clinical questions

Information obtained from Ebling Library is not intended as a replacement for meaningful communication with your health care professional team. We do not offer medical advice.

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About

  • These guides are created and maintained by Ebling health sciences librarians.
  • For non-health sciences guides see Research Guides.

HOURS: Monday-Thursday: 7:30 AM-11:30 PM; Friday: 7:30 AM-5:45 PM; Saturday: 10:00 AM-5:45 PM; Sunday: 10:00 AM-11:30 PM
LOCATION: The Ebling Library is located on the 2nd Floor of the Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705
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Do you have this article?

If you are confident that you have a correct citation, Find It can tell you if we have it online or in print, and will lead you to Article & Book Delivery where you can request the article. If you have a partial, incomplete, or uncertain citation, try PubMed Single Citation Matcher and use the FindIt link in the citation.

Do you have a lost and found?

Yes, we do. Stop by our service desk, or call us at (608) 262-2020. Valuable items are stored in a safe and are generally not retrievable after 4:30 PM and on weekends.

Can I reserve a group study room?

Yes. Seven of our group study rooms can be reserved. Find available rooms and place a reservation

How do I cite this?

See Citation Management & Style Guides for style manuals online, in print and more.

How do I find Journal Impact Factors?

Use Journal Citation Reports. For alternatives and more information, see our Journal Impact Factor Guide.

How do I make a donation?

Contact Micaela Sullivan-Fowler at 262-2402 or msullivan at library.wisc.edu. While we appreciate the thought, typically we cannot use journal back issues.

How do I submit / access course reserves?

To submit reserves, use our Reserves Requests Form. To access course reserves, use My UW. For more information, see Course Reserves

How do I get to electronic resources?

Use links from a UW-Madison library page (or the remote access bookmarklet). If you are off-campus you will be prompted to log in with your UW NetID [activate now] and password. See Off-campus Online Access for more information.

Can I renew the books I have checked out?

Usually you can use your MadCat account to check on and renew books you have checked out, as well as find out the status of recalls, and fine or fee information and more. Log in at the My Library Catalog Account page with your 11 digit UW-Madison ID.

Do you have color printing and scanning?

Yes. Color printing is $.50 per page and requires a debit card (vending units in copy centers). Print jobs are sent to the color print queue which is handled from the Service Desk. All copy centers have scanners which can send color scans to e-mail. More information is available at Print/Copy/Scan.

Can the general public use the library?

Yes. We are open to and serve the public.

You don't have this article. How can I get it?

Use Article & Book Delivery.

Do you have this book / journal / video / etc.?

Check the Library Catalog to find resources from UW Madison campus libraries. Use the Library Catalog UW System search to check all UW libraries.

You don't have this book / journal / video / etc. How can I get it?

Use the campus libraries' Article & Book Delivery service.

How do I get into the library for Study Hall?

Students with HSLC entry permissions on their WisCard or badge may enter the library using the library's front door badge reader. See the Study Hall Hours FAQ for more details about access and eligibility.

Do you proctor exams?

No, we do not proctor exams. UW Learning Innovations proctors exams for free at their office on Rosa Road, and they also have a proctor who may be able to supervise exams at the Lowell Center on campus. Students can call 877-895-3276 to get information about these services or to set up an appointment. Testing and Evaluation Services (373 Educational Sciences building) will also proctor exams for $15 per hour, and they can be reached by phone at 608-262-5863.

How do I register a complaint?

Please fill out this form to share your complaint with Ebling Library administration.

Tutorials

Guides for using the library catalog, journal databases, bibliographic citation management, current awareness alerts, and more. All tutorials will open in a new browser window. Unless otherwise specified, all Flash movies are 5 minutes or less.

Resource-based

CINAHL

Citation Managers: EndNote

Citation Managers: RefWorks

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

JSTOR

Library Catalog

Micromedex

PsycINFO

Pain Management

PubMed

PubMed: MyNCBI

Research Tools: Zotero

SciFinder Scholar

Web of Knowledge

WorldCat

What is Current Awareness?

Current Awareness is any tool that helps you stay on top of your specialty, profession or any topic in which you have interest.  Table of content services, automatically emailed alerts from databases and RSS feeds are all Current Awareness tools.

How can this Current Awareness Service help me?

Whether you are starting from scratch or you want to give your current tools a tune up, Ebling librarians can help build and tailor an effective system.  Having an organized and easy to use way to browse through the literature will surely save you time and frustration.  And you can do so from your work or home computer using a variety of familiar options such as email or your web browser.

Can I access the online full text of articles through a Current Awareness Service?

In most cases, yes.  When we speak with you, we'll determine what we might need to tailor so that you get the most online full text possible.

Can I still have traditional table of contents sent to my email?

Although the age of routing paper table of contents is gone, many publishers offer to send table of contents from current issues to your email. We can help you determine whether email is the best method for you to receive table of contents.  Alternatively, we may be able to introduce you to new methods that would work even better for you.

Where can I read more about RSS as a Current Awareness tool and look at the journals I can access?

Take a look at our RSS pages for more information (http://ebling.library.wisc.edu/rss/index.php).  Read about what RSS technology is and browse through the 3000+ biomedical and health science journals that we've gathered.

Who can use this service?

This Current Awareness Service is intended for the UW-Madison community whether working and living in Madison or not. However, we are happy to speak to anyone about options available to you and connect you to others that can help.

Contact Us for Help

We can help you set up your own current awareness system or improve the one you have.  Please complete this short form and we will get back to you about the next step.

Delivery Examples

The array of current awareness options can be quite dizzying.  The following screenshots are only a small subset of all the possible options. Please contact us to request individual help selecting which of the following would be best for you.


Requests are checked daily and we will reply to your request within 24 hours, except when the library is closed (see hours). Some answers may require longer response times.

If you need immediate assistance or have difficulty with this form, call us at (608) 262-2020.

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Our experienced librarians are at the ready to help you.  Pick one based upon their liaison assignments to disciplines or subject areas or choose one below.

Ann Combs

Ann
263-4414

Mary Hitchcock

Mary
263-9332

Christopher Hooper-Lane

Chris
263-9324

Steve Johnson

Steve
262-8255

 

Rhonda Sager

Rhonda
262-2372

Michael Venner

Michael
263-9047

heidi marleau

Heidi
262-1174

Contact us by phone, chat, dropping in or by appointment whether at our place or yours - whichever is most convenient for you.

Page last updated: December 11, 2012 Questions or Suggestions? Contact Heidi Marleau