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 | 3/08 |
| AND CompLex for Windows | Masterplots Complete | College | 8/08 |
| ARTstor | ARTstor | Memorial | 7/08 |
| Beilstein/Gmelin CrossFire | Beilstein | Chemistry | 6/08 |
| BiblioLine | Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide | Steenbock | 04/08 |
| Bowker Web | Books in Print | Memorial | 3/08 |
| Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) | Ecology Abstracts Technology Research Database Collection |
Wendt | 10/07 |
| 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 | ENGnetBASE | Wendt | 1/03 |
| Dialog @ Site | Nuclear Science Abstracts | Wendt | 9/08 |
| Dyabola | Dyabola (web version) | Memorial | 7/08 |
| EBSCOhost | Academic Search Elite, Historical Abstracts, PsycINFO |
Steenbock | 7/08 |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | Encyclopedia Britannica Online | College | 10/08 |
| Engineering Village | Compendex (Engineering Index) Inspec |
Wendt | 7/07 |
| Esp@cenet | Esp@cenet International Patents | Wendt | 12/06 |
| 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 | 7/08 |
| Gale InfoTrac / Thomson | Health & WellnessResourceCenter Opposing ViewpointsResourceCenter |
College | 12/06 |
| Google Scholar | Google Scholar | College | 8/08 |
| IEEE | IEEE Xplore | Wendt | 4/08 |
| IHS Standards Expert | IHS Standards Expert | Wendt | 1/08 |
| ISI (Web of Knowledge) | Web of Science | Steenbock | 06/08 |
| JSTOR | JSTOR | Steenbock | 04/08 |
| Knovel | Knovel Engineering and Scientific References | Wendt | 4/08 |
| LexisNexis | LexisNexis Academic Universe | College | 8/08 |
| MadCat | |||
| NetLibrary | NetLibrary | Wendt | 8/06 |
| Newsbank | Global Newsbank | College | 12/06 |
| 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 |
| Ovid | Health and Psychosocial Instruments International Pharmaceutical Abstracts |
Steenbock | 04/08 |
| Oxford English Dictionary | OED Online | Memorial | 7/08 |
| Project MUSE | Project MUSE | Memorial | 7/08 |
| ProQuest | ABI/INFORM Global ProQuest Research Library |
College | 8/08 |
| PubMed / NCBI | PubMed (includes Medline) | Steenbock | 04/08 |
| RDS (Responsive Database Services) | Contemporary Women's Issues | Memorial | 7/08 |
| Safari | Safari | Chemistry | 10/08 |
| 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 | 7/07 |
| U.S. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) | U.S. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) | Wendt | 7/07 |
| WebSPIRS | CAB Food Science & Technology Abstracts |
Steenbock | 04/08 |
| Wiley Interscience Encyclopedias | Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology | Chemistry | 10/08 |
| WilsonWeb | Education Full-Text Readers' Guide Full-Text |
College | 9/07 |