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General Reference
Dictionaries / Quotations
- Acronym Finder
- The Columbia World of Quotations
- Merriam-Webster Online
- The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Encyclopedias
Facts
Government
Language
- UW Writing Center's Writer's Handbook
- The Elements of Style
SEE ALSO General Reference resources in the library's physical collection
Higher Education
Accreditation
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation
- US Department of Education College Accreditation in the US
Directories
- University Source
- Universities Worldwide
- World of Learning (includes people search)
- AcademicInfo
News
SEE News subsection below for higher education news.
Rankings
- Princeton Review Rankings
- US News and World Report Rankings
- TheCenter Top American Research Universities
- Academic Ranking of World Universities (project by Shangai Jiao Tong University)
- Ranking Resources (courtesy of Shangai Jiao Tong University)
Research
Statistics
- UW Academic Planning & Analysis (including Data Digest)
- UW Madison Almanac
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Report Card on Higher Education
- National Science Foundation Statistics
SEE ALSO Higher Education resources in the library's physical collection.
Media Resources
- Media Post Advertising & Media Directory
- CASE Communications & Marketing Page
- Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
SEE ALSO Media resources in the library's physical collection.
News
- LexisNexis Academic Search
- Proquest Newspapers
- Google News
- Inside Higher Ed
- College Times
- CASE E-Headlines
- Library of Congress News Resources on the Web
- AltaVista News
- UW Libraries Newspapers Research Guide
SEE ALSO Newspapers in the library's physical collection
University and Wisconsin History
Wisconsin Historical Society
University of Wisconsin Digital Collection
- Badger Chemist, 1953-2003
- Badger Yearbooks, 1885-1977
- The Challenge of Constantly Changing Times: From Home Economics to Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1903-2003
- The Cultural Landscape of the UW Madison Campus (photo gallery)
- The History of Women at the University of Wisconsin (selection of texts)
- Images from University Archives
- More Images from UW Archives
- The University of Wisconsin: A History (Curti & Carstensen work)
- The University of Wisconsin Alumni Directory, 1849-1919
- The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, 1899-1990
- Wisconsin Engineer, 1896-2005
Wisconsin Electronic Reader
- History of the University of Wisconsin, Reuben Gold Thwaites, 1900
- Madison, Past and Present, Wisconsin State Journal, 1902
- The Wisconsin Idea, Charles McCarthy, 1912
- The World and the University, John Muir, 1913
- Sifting and Winnowing, Theodore Herfurth, 1949
University of Wisconsin Oral History Project
- List of Interviews (alphabetical, by department, and by series)
Other Resources...
SEE ALSO UW and Wisconsin history resources in the library's physical collection.