The collection is divided into Current issues, Bound volumes, newspapers, and microforms. Patrons can request retrieval of these storage items at the Periodicals Help Desk. UW-Whitewater subscribes to many electronic journals and indexes to periodical articles. For a complete listing please consult the Alphabetical listing or Subject listing . Other indexes can be found in paper format in the Reference area on the main floor.
Electronic journals are accessible on the Internet.
The Reference Collection consists of print and non-print materials to assist patrons in locating specific information of either a quick answer or a detailed research nature. The materials include basic atlases, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, gazetteers, and handbooks or expanded and specialized sources which will give more detailed information. Printed or CD-ROM indexes and abstracting services provide citations to books, government documents and journal articles available in this library or through interlibrary loan service. Remote library collections and other private, state and federal information sources are available via the Internet. Materials in the Reference Collection do not circulate, but are available for use in the library when it is open.