About Quick Guides
Quick Guides provide basic instructions for many online databases available to UW-Madison students, staff, and faculty.
The chart below is organized by vendor interface. To locate a guide for a specific database,
go to the E-Resource Gateway. Links to guides are available from the
Resource Details window for each database.
For a chart of search commands (Boolean operators, truncation, wildcards, etc.) listed by vendor, see Compare Search Features.
| Quick Guides by Vendor Interface | Sample Databases Covered | Maintained By | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIDA | AIDA (Articoli Italiani di Periodici Accademici) | Memorial | 12/09 |
| AND CompLex for Windows | Masterplots Complete | College | 8/08 |
| ARTstor | ARTstor | Memorial | 12/09 |
| Beilstein/Gmelin CrossFire | Beilstein | Chemistry | 6/08 |
| Bowker Web | Books in Print | Memorial | 12/09 |
| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) vendor help | Ecology Abstracts Technology Research Database Collection |
Wendt | 7/10 |
| CASSI on CD | CASSI (Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index) | Chemistry | 8/08 |
| CEEOL | CEEOL (Central and Eastern European Online Library) | Memorial | 3/08 |
| Chadwyck Healey | International Index to Music Periodicals MLA International Bibliography |
Memorial | 6/08 |
| China Academic Journals | China Academic Journals | Memorial | 12/06 |
| Congressional Quarterly | CQ Researcher | College | 8/08 |
| CRC Press (vendor help) | ENGnetBASE | Wendt | 7/10 |
| Dyabola | Dyabola (web version) | Memorial | 7/08 |
| EBSCOhost vendor help | Academic Search Elite, Historical Abstracts, PsycINFO, SocIndex, Social Works Abstracts |
Steenbock | 7/10 |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | Encyclopedia Britannica Online | College | 10/08 |
| Engineering Village vendor help | Compendex (Engineering Index) Inspec |
Wendt | 11/08 |
| Esp@cenet | Esp@cenet International Patents | Wendt | 7/1- |
| Quick Guides by Vendor Interface | Sample Databases Covered | Maintained By | Last Updated |
| Facts on File News Services | Facts.com | College | 10/08 |
| First Search | WorldCat | Memorial | 4/09 |
| Gale | Health & WellnessResourceCenter Opposing ViewpointsResourceCenter |
Steenbock | 7/10 |
| Google Scholar vendor help | Google Scholar | Steenbock | 7/10 |
| IEEE vendor help | IEEE Xplore | Wendt | 7/10 |
| IHS Standards Expert vendor help | IHS Standards Expert | Wendt | 7/10 |
| Inorganic Crystal Structure Database | ICSD | Chemistry | 3/10 |
| ISI (Web of Science) vendor help | Web of Science | Steenbock | 7/10 |
| JSTOR vendor help | JSTOR | Steenbock | 7/10 |
| Knovel vendor help | Wendt | 7/10 | |
| LexisNexis | LexisNexis Academic Universe | College | 8/08 |
| MadCat | |||
| NetLibrary vendor help | NetLibrary | Wendt | 7/10 |
| Newsbank | Global Newsbank | College | 1/07 |
| NIST Critically Selected Stability Constants of Metal Complexes | NIST Critically Selected Stability Constants of Metal Complexes | Chemistry | 6/08 |
| Quick Guides by Vendor Interface | Sample Databases Covered | Maintained By | Last Updated |
| OvidSP vendor help | Biotechnology Abstract , Health and Psychosocial Instruments, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts | Steenbock | 7/10 |
| Oxford English Dictionary | OED Online | Memorial | 7/08 |
| Project MUSE | Project MUSE | Memorial | 7/08 |
| ProQuest vendor help | ABI/INFORM Global ProQuest Research Library |
Steenbock | 7/10 |
| PubMed / NCBI vendor help | PubMed (includes Medline) | Steenbock | 7/10 |
| RDS (Responsive Database Services) | Contemporary Women's Issues | Memorial | 7/08 |
| SAE Digital Library (vendor help) | SAE Digital Library | Wendt | 7/10 |
| Safari (vendor help) | Safari | Chemistry | 1/10 |
| SciFinder Scholar | Chemical Abstracts | Chemistry | 1/08 |
| SSP | American Poetry Database | Memorial | 8/08 |
| Times (London) Digital Archive | Times (London) Digital Archive | Memorial | 8/08 |
| U.S. Patent & Trademark Office | U.S. PTO Full Text and Image Database | Wendt | 7/10 |
| U.S. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) | U.S. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) | Wendt | 7/10 |
| WebCSD | Web Cambridge Structure Database | Chemistry | 3/10 |
| Wiley Interscience Encyclopedias | Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology | Chemistry | 10/08 |
| WilsonWeb | Education Full-Text Readers' Guide Full-Text |
College | 7/10 |