What is "CDE Information Services?"

CDE Information Services was formed to help CDE researchers locate and use demographic information more effectively. The Print Library collection is catalogued and available via MadCat. Further information about the staff, collections, and services of CDE Information Services can be found by utilizing the links at the top of this page.

Where is CDE Information Services and when is it open?  Can I have access after hours?

CDE Information Services is located in Room 4471 Sewell Social Sciences Building (1180 Observatory Drive). For the Summer 2011 semester, it is open Wedneday 12:30 - 4:30, Thursday 8:00 - 4:30, and Friday, 8:00 - 4:30. Staff are available for consultation from 12:30 - 4:30 on Wednesday and 8:30 - 4:30 on Thursday and 8:30 - 4:30 on Friday across the hall in room 4470. Keys are available for overnight or weekend checkout to CDE faculty, staff, dissertators, postdocs, and students studying for prelims.

Who can use the services of CDE Information Services?

Library materials may be used within the Library by anyone. Full circulation of print materials is limited to faculty, staff, and graduate students affiliated with the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Center for Demography of Health and Aging. Circulation privileges are also granted to faculty, staff, and graduate students in the following departments and research institutes: Sociology, Community & Environmental Sociology, Social Work, Anthropology, Economics, Human Ecology, the Institute for Research on Poverty, the Institute on Aging and Adult Life, and Population Health Sciences. All users must provide information for a registration database.

How do I check out materials and when are they due?

Most books and software manuals have a check out card in the back that require an email address and date of checkout. For items without a card use the yellow slips located at the Circulation Desk. Place checkout cards or completely filled out slips in the tray on the desk. Most items may be checked out for as long as they are needed. Reference items circulate for two hours, or overnight if checked out after 4 p.m. (reference items are marked with a yellow R on the spine and have a yellow check out card). Software manuals can be checked out for one week. To return items, place them in the book return or leave the item(s) at the Circulation Desk. Items are subject to recall after two weeks. Faculty, staff, and students must return or renew materials at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters. If an item is not on the shelf, please ask staff for assistance in finding or recalling the item.

How do I find out what Library owns a book or journal including campus and other population libraries?

All materials owned by CDE Information Services (print, and electronic) and other selected Internet resources are cataloged and searchable over the Internet. Print Library materials are in MadCat. For materials held in other UW-Madison libraries, search MadCat. Use Worldcat to search the holdings of libraries worldwide.

In addition, catalogs of libraries at other Population Research Institutes are available online:

The Library does not own an item I am interested in. How can I obtain it?

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests may easily be submitted online. CDE faculty may also place Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests through the CDE Library in person or via email to jcarlson@ssc.wisc.edu.

Requests for purchase can be given in person or emailed to jcarlson@ssc.wisc.edu.  The person requesting the item will be notified when it comes in.  Requests for purchase for other campus libraries can be made using this form.

What databases can I search from my office or home?

This can be confusing, but is getting easier as more resources are available over the Internet. The UW-Madison General Library system offers access to databases, reference and full text resources via the Libraries Home Page. Many of these databases are available to users from their home or office. CDE Information Services staff have created an Indexing and Abstracting Resources page with links to many of the databases of most interest to CDE researchers that are available over the Internet. Most of these are restricted to affiliates of UW-Madison. See http://www.library.wisc.edu/help/remote/remote-restrict.html for more information on remote access to electronic resources.

Is there a way to find the tables of contents of journals as soon as they come out?

There are a couple of ways to accomplish this.

Publisher Email Alerting Services: Some journal publishers email tables of contents for their journals at the time of publication. Publishers currently offering this service include Taylor & Francis, Elsevier Science (Sign up at ScienceDirect by clicking on the Alerts tab), and Sage (Sign up by clicking on the email alerts tab). For other publishers, use the Publishers Catalogs' Homepage or search Google, Yahoo, or Altavista to see if they offer this service.

Publisher Table of Contents pages: Many journal publishers mount tables of contents, sometimes with abstracts and/or full text on their web sites. If you do not know the web site of the publisher, see the Publishers Catalogs' Homepage or search Google, Yahoo, or Altavista to see if they offer this service.

How do I cite Internet resources in a bibliography?

The UW-Madison Memorial Library has provided links to a variety of Internet Citation Guides.

What kind of Library or Internet Training is available to me?

Internet and database search training is offered to SSCC members through SSCC training sessions by SSCC and Library staff. The UW-Madison General Library system also offers a variety of Workshops, Classes and Tours

Can you recommend a Bibliographic Database Management System?

CDE Information Services staff have limited experience with Bibliographic Database Management Systems. SSCC supports Endnote and Procite. Other options are available for installation on a PC. See Bibliographic Database Management Systems: Resources for Further Information.

John Carlson, jcarlson@ssc.wisc.edu
Senior Special Librarian, CDE Information Services