ACCESS is a quick and easy way for people in Wisconsin to get answers to questions about health and nutrition programs. Once you log in to your ACCESS account, you will be able to check your benefits, report your changes, ask for a replacement ForwardHealth card, and ask for an explanation of medical benefits.
A searchable database of over 900 literary agents. Search by agent's name, book titles, or genre represented. A one-stop writer's resource about literary agents and publishing.
Putting a focus on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness is the goal of Alt HealthWatch, from EBSCO. It offers full text articles from more than 180 international journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Full text titles include American Journal of Chinese Medicine, American Journal of Homeopathic Medicine, California Journal of Oriental Medicine, European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and many others. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas, such as aromatherapy, homeopathy, and acupuncture, covered by complementary and alternative medicine. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Use this database from the Better Business Bureau for evaluating financial and other information about charities and non-profits. Includes the former giving.org database.
Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition is an EBSCO database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 1,290 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on animals, weather, holidays, adventure, sports, Native Americans, the United States, Canada, biographies, nature, civics and more. Award winning titles are an integral part of this database and Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition features 300 books that have received highly acclaimed reviews from School Library Journal, BookList, or Publishers Weekly. Search the database by entering a topic you want to learn more about. It is particularly useful for assignments when a whole class must find material on similar topics. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition is designed by EBSCO for school and public libraries to provide content representing a wide spectrum of works, including popular series from top book publishers. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 3,089 popular nonfiction books. Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition provides an interesting variety of high interest books on careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, disabilities, adventure, sports, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more. To see specific titles, click on the "Books" link on the EBSCO toolbar. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Perfect for kids aged 6-12. Topic searches are broken down into subcategories, for example: Eagles - behavior, physical characteristics, reproduction,etc. - so children can easily find the information they are looking for. Also included: daily news items from StudentNews.net, an Activity of the Day, quick access to facts and figures through Discover America, Discover Canada, and Discover Mexico, a Featured Spotlight, and the Animal of the Day. Other learning tools found here include the Merriam Webster Student Dictionary (which pronounces words aloud for users!), the Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia World Atlas, a sliding interactive timeline, a fun multimedia learning area for preK-2 (led by Newton the dog), and many, many video resources. Articles can be translated into Spanish. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Just like the Elementary School version, Britannica Online Middle School Edition contains a World Atlas, StudentNews.net, and the Merriam Webster Student Dictionary with the sound feature for pronouncing words. In addition, the Middle School Edition also includes topic sections geared to typical middle school classes, multiple timelines for tracking the history of such disciplines as Literature, Medicine, Daily Life and others, and a day calendar to keep up with what events occurred on this day in history. All articles can be translated into Spanish. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Need to conduct research in the field of education? Try EBSCO's Education Research Complete. This product offers a large and complete collection of full text education journals covering scholarly research and information relating to many diverse areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. Education Research Complete also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,870 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,060 journals. In addition, full text for 133 books and monographs and full text for numerous education-related conference papers are included. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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From EBSCO, Educational Administration Abstracts includes bibliographic records covering areas related to educational administration, including educational leadership, educational management, educational research, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. The index contains 60,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline, such as: Educational Administration Quarterly, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Educational Administration and more. EBSCO has digitized the full archive of this index, taking the coverage back to 1966. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database from EBSCO indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics. Full text for each article may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the brief display. The database contains various images, and offers brief biographies as well as information on a variety of subject areas. HINT: To find main biographical articles, enter the person's name as "last name, first name." The encyclopedia is updated annually. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Index to the Wisconsin Business Annual Reports Collection in print. This collection spans six decades and concentrates on Wisconsin-based companies. With a few exceptions, the index lists publically traded companies that were either headquartered in Wisconsin or were subsidiaries of other out-of-state companies.
History Reference Center from EBSCO is a full text history database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. It features content from more than 2,500 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books from history publishers and full text for nearly 170 periodicals including American Heritage, American Historical Review, American History, Archaeology, Aviation History, Chinese America: History & Perspectives, Civil War Times, German History, History Today (back to January 1975), Journal of American History, Military History, Naval History, Virginia Magazine of History & Biography, Wild West, Wisconsin Magazine of History, and World War II, in addition to other titles. Further, the database contains more than 112,000 historical documents (such as landmark legal decisions); more than 113,000 biographies of historical and current figures; over 112,000 historical photos and maps; and 80+ hours of historical video. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by an imprint of EBSCO Publishing, this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,100 titles and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases, plus full text for more than 890 journals. Humanities International Complete is useful for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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The Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive database which provides users with a broad spectrum of information on literature from antiquity to the present day. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. In addition, it includes reference books such as the Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, hundreds of literary journals, author interviews, a timeline of literature, a literary glossary, and guide to various citation formats, such as MLA, APA and Chicago. This EBSCO database can be searched by author or title, and some works, such as The Canterbury Tales, Hamlet and approximately 1,000 others are conveniently contained in full here as e-books. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Student Learning Community is a student-focused online learning platform to extend, enhance and supplement MPS students' educational experience with 21st Century teaching and learning technologies. Students will be exposed to working in a virtual environment for supplemental course work, group projects and community collaboration.
Newspaper Source Plus from EBSCO includes 1,570 newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. The database contains comprehensive full text for major newspapers such as The New York Times (from January 1985 to present), The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Mail (UK), The San Francisco Chronicle, The Times of London, The Toronto Star, USA Today, The Washington Post, and others. All staff articles are also included from many newspapers, including: The Baltimore Sun, The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Seattle Times, etc. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is represented from September 1997-present, but prior to March 2005, only bylined business articles are included. Selective full-text inclusion of additional bylined articles increases as the index continues. For comprehensive current coverage of Milwaukee news, see the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's own site, JSOnline. Some Wisconsin publications include: The Appleton Post-Crescent, The Daily Reporter, The Janesville Gazette, and The Wisconsin State Journal. Indexing depth varies for those. In addition, Newspaper Source Plus features more than 583,000 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts, including: ABC News (American Broadcasting Company), ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), CBS News, CNBC,CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, National Public Radio, PBS, and more. The database is updated daily. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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An entire suite of readers' advisory products, NoveList contains not only a core of 150,000 fiction titles, but 4,000 articles and lists, book talks, and book discussion guides (great for book groups!). Many genres, from graphic novels to Christian fiction are included here. An EBSCO product, NoveList also offers avid booklovers author read-alikes, readers' advisory training content and a variety of other reader and staff materials. With books for all ages, lists of award winning titles, a guide to books in series, attractive cover images, and a colorful design, NoveList has something to appeal to every reader! Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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A subset of the full NoveList database, NoveList K-8 is specially designed for children and teen readers. Produced by EBSCO, this database includes author biographies, recommended titles, books in series, and book cover art images. Teachers & parents can subscribe to two special newsletters found here: NoveList School News and NoveList RA News. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Designed for professional educators, EBSCO'sProfessional Development Collection provides a highly specialized array of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. In addition to full text, indexing and abstracts are provided for over 700 journals. Examples of titles included are: Curriculum Administrator, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Phi Delta Kappan, Reading Teacher, and many others. The majority of full text titles included in the database are available in native (searchable) PDF, or scanned-in-color. Full text information in the Professional Development Collection dates as far back as 1965. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Using a different kind of learning method, Research Starters - Business (from EBSCO) are study and research guides designed specifically for advanced high school students and college students. They consist of comprehensive, yet concise topic summary articles of about 3,000 words in length written by researchers, scholars and other subject matter experts. The topics parallel course offerings at major colleges and universities in the subject areas covered, for example, marketing, management, understanding business ratios, etc. These articles are designed to be starting points for students, providing them with topic overviews, definitions of relevant terms and concepts, detailed bibliographies, and links to top supplementary articles from relevant EBSCO databases. Research Starters supports student textbooks and other materials with current and focused topic overviews, helping students to undertake their assignments and research successfully. Use the left sidebar to limit results to only Research Starters - Business records. Library subscription.
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Education made easier! Research Starters - Education from EBSCO are introductory study and research guides designed specifically for advanced high school students, college students and selected graduate students. They consist of comprehensive, yet concise topic summary articles of about 3,000 words in length written by researchers, scholars and other subject matter experts. Topics include early childhood education, teaching reading, special education, the No Child Left Behind act and others. These articles are designed to be starting points for students, providing them with topic overviews, definitions of relevant terms and concepts, detailed bibliographies, and links to relevant articles from EBSCO databases. Research Starters supplements students' existing tools with current and focused topic overviews, helping them begin their assignments and research successfully. Library subscription.
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SafeLink Wireless offers qualifying customers FREE cellular service. You qualify for Lifeline Service if you already participate in one of the following assistance programs:
Badger Care, Food Stamps, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP),
Medical Assistance (MA), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), WI HomesteadTax Credit (Schedule H), or WisconsinWorks (W2).
From EBSCO, Science Reference Center is a comprehensive database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. Designed to meet every student's science research needs, the database contains full text for nearly 640 science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, etc. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine, history of science, life science, physics, science & society, science as inquiry, scientists, technology and wildlife. Science Reference Center also satisfies the demand for standards-based content by providing teachers and librarians with articles correlated to state and national curriculum standards. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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TeachingBooks is a multimedia resource center that generates enthusiasm for books and reading by providing easy access to authors, illustrators and other book resources all in one place. Included are original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, book guides with activities for the library and classroom, audio excerpts of book readings for grades PreK-12, pronunciation of author names by the authors themselves and links to author websites. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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This collection of more than 1500 plays in German dates from 1865 to 1936 and was used by the German Theater stock company in Milwaukee. Named in honor of Albert O. Trostel, they were donated to the Milwaukee Public Library by his widow, Clara Uihlein Trostel.
This collection of more than 1500 plays in German dates from 1865 to 1936 and was used by the German Theater stock company in Milwaukee. Named in honor of Albert O. Trostel, they were donated to the Milwaukee Public Library by his widow, Clara Uihlein Trostel.
