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Do you know you have a library liaison? The subject-specialist librarians of Memorial Library serve as principal liaisons for many departments and research centers in the humanities and social sciences. Find your Memorial Library liaison.
These librarians have in-depth knowledge and expertise in specific fields, languages, geographic areas, historical periods, or types of materials.
They can provide assistance in the following areas:
- Library services, collections, and policies
- Research consultations
- Customized instructional sessions
- Library Course Pages (web pages for your students)
- Citation verifications
- Purchase requests
- Recommendations of alert services
- Managing citations
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The Writing Center staffs a satellite help center in the West Corridor of Memorial Library. The hours of operation are Sunday-Wednesday from 7pm-10pm. Service is based on first-come, first-served.
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Featured Resources
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The William J. Meuer Photoart Collection is an outstanding visual history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its surrounding community, and contains some really fun images. The Meuer Photoart House opened on State Street in 1916. Dating from 1888 to 1935, 25 large bound albums contain nearly 27,000 individual prints. 8 volumes are currently available, and we are in the process of digitizing the rest. |
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The Sixties: The diaries, letters, autobiographies, memoirs, oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary from the Sixties era. Materials are included from a variety of subject areas, including the arts, civil and gay/lesbian rights, environment, law and government, media, political movements, science and technology, student activism, Vietnam War, and the women's movement. |
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Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A complete overview of German-American relations, spanning five centuries of the influence and encounters of German-speaking people with South and North America. |
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APA Style Guide to Electronic References This guide offers up-to-date information on formatting electronic references in APA style. It outlines the key elements to include in references to electronic sources, with numerous examples. |
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State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Monarch. The papers feature the office archives and correspondence of the secretaries of state serving the Monarch as facsimile manuscript documents accessed directly or via the fully searchable Calendar entries (abstracts or transcriptions). |
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Alt-Press Watch A full text database of newspapers and periodicals from the alternative and independent press focusing on politics, government, art, the environment, labor, and religion. Includes full text of Madison's Isthmus weekly newspaper from 2005 forward. |
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Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947): World War I Pictorials Lucien Hector Jonas (1880-1947) was a French soldier-artist and illustrator of World War I. During the war he traveled along the front lines and created thousands of drawings, oil paintings, charcoals,sketches and illustrations, which were reproduced and published in magazines and books worldwide. |
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Stereoviews of the French Second Empire, ca. 1855-1870 From 1848-1870 the French government was headed by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, first as President of the Republic and then as the Emperor Napoleon III. The rebuilding of Paris is one of the major projects mirrored in these images. |
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MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing. 3rd ed. 2008. New features include citation formation for electronic sources and guidelines for preparing electronic files. |
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Appointments: Want to meet with one of our librarians for help on your research? Fill out this form and we'll connect you to a library specialist (here or at another campus library) in that subject. |
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Hindi Punch Paralleling the British satirical magazine, Hindi Punch provides a glimpse into the social and political world of colonial India though text, cartoons and advertisements. Our new microfilm set covers the years 1907-1931 and contains material in English and in Gujarati. |
Featured Staff Member: Lee Konrad
What do you do at the library?
I serve as the Director of Memorial Library. I focus primarily in the area of research services which connect people, places, and resources. I also have administrative responsibilities for the arts, humanities, and social sciences libraries of the General Library System.
What is your specialty?
My specialty is in administration and management. Through my career, I have worked in a variety of public service settings, focusing heavily on using technology to move these types of services forward. At present, my responsibilities pertain broadly to research services which includes reference and instruction, access services, and building services and learning environments.
What brought you to your job at Memorial Library?
My story begins with what brought me to Madison which was my undergraduate career. I went to school here, fell in love with Madison, and decided this was where I wanted to live. After my undergraduate studies, I worked for a few years with the Office of International Studies and Programs here on campus. Following that, I went to library school and was fortunate enough to be hired into a half-time professional position at College Library where I worked for several years. Following that, I served as the first head of the Digital Content Group which has now grown significantly in the UW Digital Collections Center. While I really enjoyed seeing the digital collections grow, I realized I was missing public services, so, when the Head of Public Services position at Memorial came open, I applied and was fortunate to land the job. Administrative shifts in the libraries led me to my current position and responsibilities.
What library resource or service would you like to recommend?
I would say the staff. For all the inroads we have made with respect to resource discovery and unmediated searching, staff experts continue to provide the most sophisticated level of service with respect to accessing our print and electronic collections. I can't help but recommend a trip to Special Collections—both for the resources and the view! In terms of personal favorites, the E-Resource Gateway is mind-bogglingly (is that a word?) deep and rich in terms of interesting material. I spend a fair amount of time using Lexis Nexis Academic, International Index to Music Periodicals, and, of course, Library Literature. As for a place in Memorial, I really like the Periodicals Reading Room; it's sunny and inviting and has an old-school feel.
What is something about you that few people know?
I am a songwriter in folk and rock genres—no famous songs out there so don't bother with Google! I'm an active musician and play a variety of instruments though I am primarily a guitarist. I also love to play baseball and have recently become hooked on Madden Football for the Wii.
Featured Resources Archive
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PIO: Periodicals Index Online contains citations from more than 3,500 social science and humanities journals published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France and Germany from the late 18th century up to the present, except for a rolling horizon of the most recent eight years. |
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports, 1974–1996 Full-text of media reports from around the world, translated into English from more than 50 languages by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Reports include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary. |
Memorial Library Archved Exhibits
- [EXHIBIT] Wind Chill Factor
The exhibit Wind Chill Factor wass both a physical exhibit in Memorial Library's lobby and a Web-based version. The overarching idea of the project was to have UW-Madison graduate students from around the world writing in their own languages about their experiences of winter in Madison.