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Research Tools > Research Databases


ancestry   Ancestry Library Edition - In Library Use ONLY
Ancestry Library Edition is a comprehensive online source of information for conducting genealogical and local history research.

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  Auto Repair Reference Center - Home Use

Auto Repair Reference Center contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945. Database content includes more than 33,800 vehicles, drawings and step-by-step photographs, technical service bulletins & recalls , enhanced wiring diagrams, specifications & maintenance schedules, Labor Time Guide & Estimator.

  Auto Repair Reference Center - Library Use

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Britannica Online - Elementary - Home Use

  Britannica Online - Elementary - Library Use

Level-Appropriate Reference Articles, Journals and Magazines, the Web's Best Sites, Multimedia, and Curriculum Content.


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Britannica Online - High School - Home Use

Britannica Online - High School - Library Use

Level-Appropriate Reference Articles, Journals and Magazines, the Web's Best Sites, Multimedia, and Curriculum Content.


d   Britannica Online - Middle School - Home Use
  Britannica Online - Middle School - Library Use

Level-Appropriate Reference Articles, Journals and Magazines, the Web's Best Sites, Multimedia, and Curriculum Content.


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Business Source Premier - Home Use

Business Source Premier - Library Use


d   Consumer Health Complete

Consumer Health Complete provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine. This full text database covers topic

  Consumer Health Complete : Home Use

d   Contemporary Authors & Literary Criticism Select - Home Use

Contemporary Authors & Literary Criticism Select provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.

d   Contemporary Authors & Literary Criticism Select - In Library Use

Contemporary Authors & Literary Criticism Select provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.


d   EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus - In Library Use

Newspaper Source Plus includes 1,570 full-text newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts.

EBSCO Newspaper Source Plus - In Library Use

Newspaper Source Plus includes 1,570 full-text newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts.


d   EBSCOhost - Home Use

Magazines, journals, newspapers, images and reference resources covering education, health, business, science, history and general areas of interest.  Student resources found in Kids Search and Student Resource Center.

  EBSCOhost - Library Use

d   Ebsco Ebooks (formerly called netLibrary) is an electronic book collection of nonfiction titles.  Titles can be checked-out and downloaded, and read on your computer when you are not connected to the Internet, or can be transfered to your Adobe Digital Editions-compatible eBook Reader device..

  Heritage Quest - Home Use
d   Heritage Quest Online - In Library Use

Heritage Quest Online offers U.S. federal census information, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and more. 


history   History Reference Center - Home Use
  History Reference Center - In LIbrary Use

The History Reference Center offers full text from reference books, encyclopedias, periodicals, and non-fiction books. Also includes historical documents; biographies of historical figures; historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video library link.


d   Kids Search - Home Use

Kids Search is a search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students and includes general topics as well as history and science.


  Learning Express - Home Use
d   Learning Express - In Library Use

Learning Express offers practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information needed to achieve results—at school, at work, or in life. The Computer Skills Learning Center includes interactive courses on MicroSoft Access, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, and Word. Looking to land a job? An entire Learning Center is dedicated to help job seekers.  Practice tests include SAT and ACT.


d   Literary Reference Center - In Home Use
  Literary Reference Center - In Library Use

Literary Reference Center contains full text of plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles/essays of literary criticism, author biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, author interviews, and much more.


d   LitFinder - Home Use
  LitFinder - In Library Use

LitFinder is primary literature content, including citations and full text of hundreds of thousands of poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays.


  Mango Languages - Home Use
d   Mango Languages - In Library Use

Mango Languages is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian and more.  Also has English courses.


d   Morningstar - Library Use ONLY

Use Morningstar to find stocks or mutual funds, research current of prospective holdings.


d   NewsBank

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, coverage January 22, 1990 to current.


d   Newspaper Archive - Home Use
  Newspaper Archive - In Library Use

Newspaper Archive offers millions of searchable historical newspaper pages from the 1700s.  PDF format of original content.


d   Newspaper Source Plus - Home Use
  Newspaper Source Plus - In Library Use

Includes 1,570 full-text newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts.


  NoveList K-8 - Home Use
d   Novelist K-8 NoveList K-8 - In Library Use

NoveList K-8 contains enhanced subject access for over 60,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8 population.


  NovelistPlus - Home Use
d   NovelistPlus - In Library Use

NovelistPlus includes over 200,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles, plus lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, Book Talks, Recommended Reads and more.


  Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - Home Use
d   Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center - In Library Use

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center brings together all the information that’s needed to fully understand an issue: pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, and newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, multimedia, including images and podcasts, links to hand-selected web sites, and more


overdrive   OverDrive Media Console - Home & Library Use
We offer fiction and nonfiction classics and bestsellers, as well as a new digital video collection.Download the OverDrive Media Console and enjoy ebooks, digital audio and video on your own PC or Mac, Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, or Windows Mobile device. It’s easy! OverDrive explains the process and provides free Windows software for downloading

d   Reference USA - Home Use
  Reference USA - Library Use

Information on U.S. companies & consumers.


d   Science Reference Center - In Library Use

Science Reference Center contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.


engine repair   Small Engine Repair Reference - Home Use
  Small Engine Repair Reference - In Library Use

Provided by Badger Link Center provides reference and instructional information about small engine machinery maintenance and repair. Engines types include: motorcycles, ATVs, personal water craft, snowmobiles, lawn mowers, tractors, snow blowers, generators, and more.


d   Student Research Center

The Student Research Center is a search interface designed specifically for secondary school students and includes general topics as well as history and science.


d   TeachingBooks.net - Home Use
  TeachingBooks.net - In Library Use

TeachingBooks.net offers in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of book readings, guides to thousands of titles and multimedia resources on children’s and young adult literature.


d   The Wisconsin Newspapers - In Library Use

The Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site allows access 235 daily and weekly Wisconsin newspapers.  Content is available from April 2005 through 60 days ago.  Includes Waukesha Freeman, Milwaukee Journal, Kettle Moraine Index, Lake Country Reporter, Sussex Sun, Oconomowoc Focus, Mukwonago Chief, Brookfield News, Elm Grove Elm Leaves, Menomonee Falls News, Muskego Sun, New Berlin Citizen, Oconomowoc Enterprise, Palmyra Enterprise