What a consultation does
A subject librarian who knows the databases and the literature of your field sits down with your actual assignment: which databases to search, the search terms that will and won't work, how to tell a solid source from a weak one, and how to keep track of what you find. Far faster than another afternoon of trial and error.
When to book one
Early — when the topic is still forming, not the night before it's due. Students who come at the start consistently say it changed the shape of the project.
In and around Porter Falls
Online and Extended Learning works out of the second level of Halvorsen Library and supports learners across Wesconsin who rarely come to Porter Falls in person.
The practical details
Book: Through the library site, in person or online. Length: 30 to 60 minutes. Best for: A thesis or capstone, a lit review, a project where the first ten searches turned up nothing useful. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Online & Extended Learning (Halvorsen Library, Level 2). Call (715) 555–0128 or email online@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.