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The UW-Stout Library Home Page - http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/
Here you'll find links to numerous resources, including textbooks, databases, research guides, journals, the catalog, and much more — including helpful librarians.
Search@UW Tutorial – http://youtu.be/LRwBfa2t5p8
Librarian Jessy Polzer gives you a short (3 minutes) orientation to Search@UW, a discovery interface which integrates results from most library databases and catalogs from all of the University of Wisconsin schools and some digital depositories.
What is a Research Guide? (Video) - http://www.screencast.com/t/gYYxljyuAltH
What is a research guide? Well, it's like having a graduate assistant who has already done a pile of research on a wide variety of topics. Follow the directions to see if there are already some great sources available on your topic. These will include databases and both print and online periodicals.
How to search for and find journal articles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl6ZOS0j0PA&feature=youtu.be
This video gives you some suggestions on how to find specific materials faster and more efficiently, using very specific parameters for your search.
APA Citing Resources - http://libguides.uwstout.edu/citing
The UW-Stout Graduate Schools requires that all citations in course projects and papers use the APA formatting requirements outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Bookmark this link for quick access as you are writing your assignments.