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eBooks, eMagazines, and eAudiobooks
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Wisconsin’s Digital Library offers e-books, e-audiobooks, and e-magazines that you can borrow and download to your personal device. Your library card allows you to borrow items and place holds. The Libby app is the easiest way to get started. Libby is available for Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod touch), and Windows 10...
NoveList is a reader’s advisory database providing access to information on fiction titles as well as feature content including author read-a-likes, discussion guides, reading lists, and more.
Electronic Databases
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Educational:
Academic Search Premier is a multidisciplinary database of academic journals for scholarly research. Articles are available in full-text for over 2,000 active non-open access journals, most of which are peer-reviewed.
Universal Class offers variety of courses in business, technology, the arts, and personal enrichment. Develop a new skill or refine an old one. Get started today!
Transparent Language helps you learn a new language at the library, at home, or on the go using any Internet-connected device. Available in 110+ languages, including ESL, learn a new language anytime, anywhere.
The Wisconsin Media Lab is a free online educational video service available for Wisconsin residents. A partnership between the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and the Wisconsin DPI to provide streaming and downloadable video programs for students and teachers. Part of BadgerLink.
WISCAT is a project of Resources for Libraries and Lifelong Learning (RL&LL), Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), and contains material in all formats, including books, serial titles, videorecordings, sound recordings, and other materials located in public, academic, school and special libraries in the State of Wisconsin.
Newspapers and Magazines:
The Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers contains full-text daily and weekly Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 90 days ago, plus newspapers from the 1800s and 1900s.
BadgerLink is Wisconsin’s gateway to thousands of online magazines and newspapers. Multiple online resources are available to Wisconsin residents with a library card for free via Badgerlink.net.
ConsumerReports provides articles on health, public safety, marketplace, economics and judicial & regulatory actions that affect consumers. Part of BadgerLink.
Newspapers.com is the largest online newspaper archive. Search historical newspapers from the United States and beyond. Explore newspaper articles and clippings for help with genealogy, history, and other research.
US Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in full-text format.
Points of View Reference Source presents multiple sides of an issue to help assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues, and develop analytical thinking skills.
Geneology and Local History:
HeritageQuest Online offers genealogical information including a census search, books, and the PERSI index to over 1.6 million genealogy and local history articles.
Recollection Wisconsin provides a gateway for searching and displaying content from Wisconsin libraries’ digital image collections.
WorldCat is a worldwide catalog of library collections that includes more than 67 million bibliographic records with items in many different formats.
Do It Yourself:
ChiltonLibrary provides OEM repair, maintenance, and service information on most cars, trucks, vans, and SUVs. Provides step-by-step procedures, diagnostic and troubleshooting help, and a video library.
Hobbies and Craft Source has magazines, recipes and videos with “how-to” instructions and creative do-it-yourself ideas.
Home Improvement Source has magazines & reference books on home improvement and repair project topics.