Research/Online Tools (Databases)

Academic Search Premier - Provided by BadgerLink

Full text journal, magazine, and peer reviewed articles on a variety of academic topics.

Access World News Research Collection

Explore and stay informed on local, national, and international topics, people, and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world to around the corner. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Advanced Placement Source - Provided by Badgerlink

Full-text journals and magazines for high school students enrolled in various Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses.

AHFS Consumer Medication Information - Provided by BadgerLink

Patient Advisory Leaflets, including in Spanish, providing vital education on the most prescribed and commonly used medications. 

Alt HealthWatch - Provided by BadgerLink

In-depth coverage across the spectrum pf complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. 

Ancestry Library Edition

Includes U.S. federal census images and indexes from 1790 to 1940; historical maps; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage; The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England; Social Security Death Index; WWI Draft Registration Cards; Federal Slave Narratives; Civil War collection (Inside library use only) 

Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers - Provided by BadgerLink

Full-text daily and weekly Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 90 days ago, plus newspapers from the 1800s and 1900s. For student and adult researchers.

Auto Repair Resource- Provided by BadgerLink

Authoritative and up-to-date service and repair information for thousands of domestic and imported vehicles

Powered by EBSCO
 

From the automotive experts at MOTOR
All content comes from the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)
Includes: service and repair procedures, wiring diagrams, technical service bulletins and recalls, maintenance schedules, specifications, diagnostic trouble codes, labor estimates, parts pricing, and component locations

 

BadgerLink

BadgerLink contracts with two vendors (EBSCO and ProQuest) to provide access to articles from thousands of newspaper and periodical titles, image files, and other reference materials.

 

BadgerLink Research Guide - Provided by BadgerLink

A step by step guide to learn about the research process, developed for grades 5-12.

BadgerLink Super 3 Research Guide - Provided by BadgerLink

A step by step guide to learn about the research process, developed for grades K-5.

Book Connections- Teaching Books- Provided by Badgerlink

Focusing on enriching everyone's connection to children's and young adult books

Brainfuse HelpNow

HelpNow offers one-to-one homework help from live, online tutors who are professional instructors. They have experience and knowledge to guide students and follow state-aligned, skill-building lessons to help students master key academic areas. There are Writing Lab specialists available to help students produce better letters, term papers and reports. There are tutoring services available for Spanish speakers.

Brainfuse JobNow

Live, anytime, anywhere job assistance and coaching, including up-to-date nation-wide and local job search engines, professional resume critique and proven interview techniques. Experience personalized career center seamlessly integrated with advanced virtual technology to help job seekers of diverse backgrounds and needs.

Britannica Fundamentals - Provided by Badgerlink

Innovative early learning resource for students in grade levels kindergarten through second grade

Britannica Library- Provided by Badgerlink

Comprehensive reference and learning resource for children and adults.  This resource is ideal for public library patrons and does not replace Britannica School.

Britannica Moderna- Provided by Badgerlink

Enciclopedia española para estudiantes mayores y educadores

Britannica School Atlas- Elementary - Provided by BadgerLink

Interactive world atlas designed especially for younger students

Britannica School Atlas- High - Provided by BadgerLink

Brittanica's atlas, geared towards high school students. View an interactive map of the world with country and state-level data, including square mileage, population and more.
 

Britannica School Atlas- Middle - Provided by BadgerLink

Interactive world atlas designed especially for middle school students

Britannica School Edition K-12 - Provided by BadgerLink

Standard reference text for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade for all general research needs and interests. Provided through BadgerLink.

Britannica School Elementary- Provided by Badgerlink

Encyclopedia articles with images, maps, games, and other learning materials for elementary school students and educators

Britannica School High- Provided by Badgerlink

Encyclopedia articles with images, maps, games, and other learning materials for high school students and educators

Britannica School Images and Video- Elementary- Provided by Badgerlink

Browse Britannica's images and videos for elementary school students

Britannica School Images and Video- High- Provided by Badgerlink

Browse Britannica's images and videos for high school students

Britannica School Images and Video- Middle

Browse Britannica's images and video for middle school students

Britannica School Middle- Provided by Badgerlink

Encyclopedia articles with images, maps, games, and other learning materials for middle school students and educators

Britannica Spanish Reference Center (Juvenil & Enciclopedia Universal en Español) - Provided by BadgerLink

Brittanica's Spanish language reference text for students or researchers of any age.

Business Source Premier - Provided by BadgerLink

Full text journal and peer reviewed articles covering all disciplines of business and dating back to 1886 .

Computers and Applied Sciences Complete Provided by Badgerlink

Full-text database covering computing, technology and engineering disciplines.

Consumer Health Complete - Provided by BadgerLink

Consumer-oriented health content, covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. 

Consumer Reports - Provided by BadgerLink

Presents articles on health, public safety, marketplace economics and the judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers.

EBSCO Business Resources - Provided by BadgerLink

Search across all EBSCO's Business resources at once.

EBSCO Children's Core Collection

Reliable guides to help librarians with collection development and maintenance, curriculum support, readers' advisory and general reference.

EBSCO Core Collections Complete

Interface search for Children's, Middle & Junior High, and Senior High Core Collections that includes reliable guides for collection development and maintenance, curriculum support, readers' advisory and general reference.

EBSCO Education Research Complete- Provided by Badgerlink

Research covering all levels of education from early childhood to higher education. For college-level and adult researchers.

EBSCO Educational Administration Abstracts

Citations covering areas related to educational administration

EBSCO ERIC

Citations and links to full-text articles related to education

EBSCO Español - Provided by BadgerLink

Offers a wide variety of information resources with images, animations, full-text magazines, newspapers, books, and academic journals.

EBSCO Health Resources - Provided by BadgerLink

Search across all EBSCO's health resources at once

EBSCO History Reference Center

Full-text history reference resource for college-level and adult researchers.

EBSCO Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text- Provided by Badgerlink

Database providing cover-to-cover indexing, abstracting and full-text for key library and information science periodicals

EBSCO Middle & Junior High Core Collection

Reliable guides to help librarians with collection development and maintenance, curriculum support, readers' advisory and general reference.

EBSCO Open Dissertations

Full text and bibliographic records for 800,000+ theses and dissertations from more than 26 colleges worldwide.

EBSCO Professional Development Collection

A collection of education journals

EBSCO Senior High Core Collection

Reliable guides to help librarians with collection development and maintenance, curriculum support, readers' advisory and general reference.

EBSCO Teacher Reference Center

Research database for teachers providing indexing and abstracts for more than 220 peer-reviewed journals.

EBSCOhost - All Resource List - Provided by BadgerLink

List of all EBSCO resources.

European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 - Provided by BadgerLink

A valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. 

Explora Educator's Edition

Lesson plans, curriculum standards, and other professional development resources for educators.

Explora for Elementary Schools - Provided by BadgerLink

Database designed especially for elementary school students to research topics like Animals, Arts & Music, Biographies, Geography, Language Arts, Math, Science & Health, and Social Studies.

Explora for Everyone - Provided by BadgerLink

General research database designed for easy browsing & research in subjects such as Arts & Literature, Biography, Business & Careers, Current Events, Geography & Culture, Health, History & Social Science, and Science & Math.

Explora for Middle & High Schools - Provided by BadgerLink

Database designed specifically for middle & high school students and teachers to browse and research topics such as Arts & Literature, Biography, Business & Government, Current Issues, Geography, Health, History, and Science & Math. 

Funk & Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia - Provided by BadgerLink

Encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas for students and adults alike.

Gale Courses

Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online.

GreenFILE - Provided by BadgerLink

Collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles covering human impact on the environment. 

Health Source: Consumer Edition - Provided by BadgerLink

Collection of consumer health information, including full text, from consumer health magazines on medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, to childcare, sports medicine and general health.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Provided by BadgerLink

Provides scholarly journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Most articles are full-text.

HeritageQuest Online - Provided by BadgerLink

Comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources including U.S. Federal Census records, full text family and local histories, Revolutionary War records, Freedman's Bank records and more.

 

Humanities International Complete - Provided by BadgerLink

Full text journals, books and other published sources from around the world. 

LearningExpress Adult Core Skills - Provided by BadgerLink

A collection of web-based test preparation tools for the GED® and  U.S. citizenship tests as well as skill-building materials for adults, covering subjects like math, reading, writing, and public speaking.

LearningExpress Career Preparation - Provided by BadgerLink

Make your work goals a reality - start a new career or advance in your current field.

LearningExpress College Admissions Test Preparation

Prepare for important exams like the ACT, SAT, AP Tests, and more.

LearningExpress College Students - Provided by BadgerLink

Achieve your undergrad goals and prepare for future success.

LearningExpress High School Equivalency Center - Provided by BadgerLink

A collection of web-based test preparation tools for the GED, HiSET, and TASC tests as well as skill-building materials, covering subjects like math, reading, and writing.

LearningExpress Library - Provided by BadgerLink

A collection of web-based test preparation tools and skill-building materials for children, teens, and adults.

LearningExpress Recursos para Hispanohablantes - Provided by BadgerLink

Recursos para mejorar sus habilidades escritas, matemáticas, de leer, de ser ciudadano estadounidense, y más.

LearningExpress School Center - Provided by BadgerLink

A collection of web-based skill-building materials for K-12 students, including how to prepare for tests, boost current skills, and learn new ones.

Literary Reference Center Plus - Provided by Badgerlink

The Literary Reference Center Plus provides a collection of literary criticism and reference works for the general public as well as for high school and higher ed students along with educators. The primary goal of LRC is to assist high school and undergraduate English and Humanities students with homework and research assignments of a literary nature.

MAS Complete- Provided by Badgerlink

This resource provides a collection of popular magazines, books, and multimedia that addresses a wide range of subject areas important for the schooling of middle and high school students.

MasterFILE Complete - Provided by BadgerLink

Full text general reference publications, periodicals, reference books, primary source documents covering virtually every subject area of general interest; includes photos, maps and flags. 

MEDLINE - Provided by BadgerLink

Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. 

Merriam-Webster Dictionary - Provided by BadgerLink

The largest, most comprehensive American dictionary currently available in print or online.

Middle Search Plus - Provided by BadgerLink

Full text magazines, biographies, primary source documents, and historical essays along with an image collection designed for middle school students. Includes Lexile scores. 

Military & Government Collection - Provided by BadgerLink

Current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, through a collection of periodicals and academic journals.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Collection (from Newsbank)

Explore Milwaukee history through local news, events, and people with this collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Newspaper Source Plus - Provided by BadgerLink

Full text newspapers, television and radio news transcripts.

Newspapers.com World Collection

Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.

Newswires - Provided by BadgerLink

Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news.

 

 

 

NoveList - Provided by BadgerLink

Readers' advisory service, with information on fiction titles as well as feature content including author read-alikes, book discussion guides, reading lists and more.

NoveList K-8

Fiction database designed especially for elementary and middle school users, with easy-to-use subject access to fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population. Includes reading lists, author and book read-a-likes and genre overviews.

PBS Wisconsin Education - Provided by BadgerLink

High-quality, educational videos, images, and animations covering subject areas from math to art.

Poetry and Short Story Reference Center - Provided by Badgerlink

This database provides the full text to classic and contemporary poems, short stories, biographies, and essays along with lesson plans and learning guides.

Primary Search - Provided by BadgerLink

Designed for elementary school level research, with access to full text magazines. Includes Lexile scores.

PubMed - Provided by BadgerLink

Aggregates more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

Regional Business News - Provided by BadgerLink

Full text coverage for regional business publications. 

Science Reference Center - Provided by BadgerLink

Easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented encyclopedias, reference books and periodicals covering all areas of science.

Small Engine Repair Reference Center - Provided by Badgerlink

This database gives detailed, user-friendly repair guides for all manner of small engines.

TeachingBooks.net - Provided by BadgerLink

Thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment to encourage the integration of multimedia author and book materials into reading activities.

Transparent Language

Transparent Language Online provides a fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.

U.S, Newsstream from Proquest- Provided by Badgerlink

Current and archival to 1980s U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune as well as over 80 Gannett titles.

Udemy Business from Gale

Udemy Business offers 10,000+ online video courses.  Each course consists of on-demand video with support articles. Prior to starting, there is a list of topics covered and in most cases, you are able to preview the course before enrolling. Learners will receive a certificate of completion when the video course is finished.

Weiss Financial Ratings

Find independent, unbiased financial information on banks, credit unions, and insurance companies. Access buy-hold-sell ratings of thousands of stocks, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds. Use Weiss Financial Ratings to research Medicare supplement insurance--which plan to choose, how much it will cost, and compare rates and plan benefits. 

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