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BadgerCat: Basic or Advanced Search
Find the materials you need - in nearly 500 Wisconsin libraries.
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WorldCat: Basic or Advanced Search
Catalog of materials owned by more than 9,000 worldwide member libraries.
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NewspaperARCHIVE
Search over 14.4 million newspaper pages dating back as far as the 1700s for over 400 cities and towns to research genealogy, history, culture, or any newsworthy event.
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This resource is made available to you as part of BadgerLink, which is a project of the Department of Public Instruction’s Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning for the citizens of Wisconsin.  Funding is provided through the Public Service Commission Universal Service Fund.

MasterFILE Premier
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for more than 1,700 general reference publications with full text information dating as far back as 1975. Covering virtually every subject area of general interest, MasterFILE Premier also includes nearly 500 full text reference books, 84,774 biographies, 100,554 primary source documents, and an image collection of 202,164 photos, maps and flags. Updated daily.
This resource is made available to you as part of BadgerLink, which is a project of the Department of Public Instruction’s Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning for the citizens of Wisconsin.  Funding is provided through the Public Service Commission Universal Service Fund.

Auto Repair Reference Center
Auto repair information for cars and trucks beginning in 1954. Includes wiring diagrams.
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This resource is paid for by Winnefox Library System with funding from Wisconsin library system aids.

Digital Audio Books from Overdrive
Choose from over 2300 audio books, 160 videos and nearly 100 music selections to download to your PC and listen to them on your computer, transfer them to a compatible digital audio player, PDA, or other portable device, or burn them to a CD. Available anytime day or night!
Help available for this resource: online tutorial, compatible device listing, incompatible device listing and frequently asked questions
Access to Overdrive Digital Audio Books is made possible by funding from the Winnefox Library System and the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium.

Proquest Newspapers
Indexes 556 newspapers, includes many articles in full text. Includes major newspapers as well as Wisconsin papers Corporate Report Wisconsin, Madison Capital Times, and Wisconsin State Journal.
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This resource is made available to you as part of BadgerLink, which is a project of the Department of Public Instruction’s Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning for the citizens of Wisconsin.  Funding is provided through the Public Service Commission Universal Service Fund.

 

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