Reference Services
Randy Hoelzen, Reference Librarian - hoelzen.rand@uwlax.edu - 608 785-8398
Professional Librarians at the Reference Desk offer you personal, expert services. Open over 50 hours a week. Come visit us!
Reference Services
Ask-A-Librarian. Students, faculty, and staff may ask a question via email.
Telephone Reference. Contact the Murphy Library Reference desk at 608 785-8508 or toll-free at 800-881-4454.
Individual Research Consultations. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to make individual appointments with librarians for research assistance.
Reference Databases
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Funk & Wagnalls New
World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost):
 Includes over 25,000 encyclopedic entries
geared to undergraduate students and lower levels. Coverage: current. Updated: annually.
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 Oxford English Dictionary
(Oxford University Press): The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over
the last millennium covering the meaning, history,
and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and
past. Coverage: 1150 A.D. to present. Updated: quarterly.
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