Consisting of just under 17 million articles, 19th Century U. S. Newspapers from the Thomson Gale Company is a genealogy or history buff's dream come true. Fully searchable by keyword, this database includes papers from across the U.S., and is particularly strong on the Midwest. Newspapers with significant runs include the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin State Register, Chicago Evening Journal, Hartford Courant, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Frederick Douglass' Paper, to name just a few. Library subscription.
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Academic Search Premier from EBSCO is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary database containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection. Information is offered in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more. Academic Search Premier is an enormous collection of the most valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources unique to this database. Examples of titles include: American Historical Review, American Libraries, American Sociologist, Contemporary Literature, Family Relations, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism, Journal of Counseling & Development, Journal of Education, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of International Affairs, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Journal of Marriage & Family, Journal of Politics, Journal of Psychology, Sociological Review, Theological Studies, Women's Studies, and many more. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for another 1,000 titles. The majority of full text titles are available in searchable PDF, or scanned-in-color. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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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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Among the 28 magazines NewsBank has indexed and linked to full-text here are news weeklies such as Time and Newsweek, lifestyle publications In Style and Real Simple, financially focused titles Money and Fortune and net-only Slate. Library subscription.
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If you are trying to find information on someone who has passed away, this may be the place where you will find what you need. Containing over 180 U.S. newspapers, most of which date back to the late 1990's (some before), America's Obituaries & Death Notices includes everything from front page news articles to paid death announcements. Both large and small newspapers are represented, with California, Florida, and Massachusetts having the most listings. Prominent newspapers include the Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Denver Post, Detroit Free Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Washington Times, and, of course, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Library subscription.
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For articles on subjects including: Advertising Art, Antiques, Archaeology, Architecture and Architectural History, Art History, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Graphic Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Museology, Non-Western Art, Painting, Photography, Pottery, Sculpture, Television, Textiles, and Video, choose Art Full Text from the WilsonWeb menu. Coverage of Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art, new artists, contemporary art, exhibition reviews and feminist criticism has been expanded. This partially full-text database indexes and abstracts articles from periodicals published throughout the world. Full-text coverage begins in 1997. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. In addition to articles, reproductions of works of art are indexed. More information is available if you click here for the HW Wilson database descriptions page. NOTE: For citations from periodicals published between 1929 and 1984 search Art Index Retrospective. Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. Library subscription.
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This product cumulates citations to the HW Wilson Art Index volumes 1-32 of the printed index published between 1929 and 1984. Search more than 400,000 records, citing articles and reproductions from 600 publications. More information is available if you click here for the HW Wilson database descriptions page. NOTE: Use the Art Full Text product to search for newer or full-text articles. Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. Library subscription.
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Contains information for approximately 460,000 international and U.S. national, regional, state, and local nonprofit membership organizations in all fields, and now includes IRS data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations. The database can be searched by organization name, location, subject or keyword, and is the electronic equivalent of the well-known print source, the Encyclopedia of Associations. Library subscription.
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This powerful product (from EBSCO) pulls together all the electronic magazines and newspapers included in the databases to which the Milwaukee Public Library subscribes, presenting them in a single alphabetical run. If you want access to the online version of anything from American Demographics to Entertainment Weekly to Ranger Rick, find it here. To quickly jump to a title, use the "Find" box on the upper right side or use the " Search" tab. To search across databases for broad topics, try the " Subjects" tab. Library subscription.
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EBSCO has partnered with Point 5 Technologies (under license from Nichols Publishing) to create the Auto Repair Reference Center. All content has been created by ASE Certified auto technicians. The database contains information on most major domestic and imported vehicles, with some makes going back to 1945. Content includes more than 31,000 vehicle specifications, over 205,000 drawings and step-by-step photographs, 130,000 electrical wiring diagrams, 75,000 technical service bulletins and recall notices, a labor time estimator, quick tips, and AutoIQ, a multimedia guide to the basic inner workings of cars. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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BadgerLink is a program funded by the state of Wisconsin to bring library resources to all state residents. Included in this program are: magazines and journals through EBSCOhost and newspapers from across the U.S. and around the world provided by ProQuest. Both links lead to full articles you can read on your computer screen. Also available through BadgerLink are: the African-American Biographical Database, which is excellent for finding information on a wide range of people; LitFinder, a full-text poetry, short story and essay database; WISCAT, a listing of material held in libraries throughout Wisconsin; and TeachingBooks, a multimedia introduction to the world of children's literature for teachers, parents, and librarians alike. To access TeachingBooks, please follow the account creation instructions, beginning with "Sign In" on the upper righthand corner of their homepage. If you have difficulty accessing BadgerLink remotely, check the BadgerLink FAQ or call BadgerLink's support line for remote use at 1-888-542-5543.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index (not full-text articles) to over 15 million biographical sketches on nearly 5 million people in more than 1,000 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures, living or dead, throughout the world. [For a full description of this database, go to Gale Group's Product Fact Sheets to link to a PDF format file. The Acrobat Reader plug-in is loaded on the MPL PCs.] Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. Library subscription.
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For biographical information on people from antiquity to the present, use this database of more than 46,000 in-depth profiles, 26,000 images (photographic portraits or artists' renderings), links to related full-text articles, article abstracts, and index citations from over 4,000 periodicals from sources such as Current Biography. Searching can be done by keywords, date of birth, profession, place of origin, gender, ethnic background or any combination. More information is available if you click here for the HW Wilson database descriptions page. Library subscription.
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Use this Gale database to find biographies and periodical articles on over 1 million people using search criteria such as name, birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender. This database combines more than 300,000 biographies on 200,000 people from: Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Newsmakers, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, Writers Directory, and more, with nearly one million biographies from The Complete Marquis Who's Who®. The database also includes full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals. [For a full description of this database, go to Gale Group's Product Fact Sheets to link to a PDF format file. The Acrobat Reader plug-in is loaded on the MPL PCs.] Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. Library subscription.
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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: High School Edition is an EBSCO database for school and public libraries, which provides content including popular series from top book publishers. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 2,448 popular grades 9-12 nonfiction books, including high interest titles on careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, disabilities, adventure, sports, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more. This database includes 1,464 books which are part of the Accelerated Reader program. Search a topic of interest to find full-text books on the subject. 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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The Business and Company Resource Center, published by the Gale Group, is a fully integrated resource bringing together company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. Search this database to find detailed company and industry news and information. Covers 1980 to the present year. Library subscription.
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Providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications, Business Source Premier is EBSCO's top of the line business database, offering full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. Topics include all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. Journals such as Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Marketing Management, and Journal of International Marketing are covered as well as many more. The database also includes other sources of full text information such as country economic reports from the EIU, Global Insight, ICON Group and CountryWatch, SWOT analyses, and detailed company profiles for the world's 10,000 largest companies. Business Source Premier provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 key scholarly journals including Academy of Management Journal (1958-present), Accounting Review (1926-present), Administrative Science Quarterly (1956-present), California Management Review (1958-present), Industrial & Labor Relations Review (1947-present), Journal of Accounting Research (1963-present), Journal of Finance (1946-present), Journal of Marketing (1936-present), Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) (1964-present), Management Science (1954-present), Operations Research (1956-present), and others. This database is updated daily. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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This database from EBSCO (also known as the COIN Career Library) is arranged into 4 major areas. The Exploration Center contains videos on various occupations, information on colleges, and a how-to all about financial aid. The Planning Center has checklists for college and career progress steps, as well as a resume builder. The Resource Center has a collection of links out to state data, articles, organizational websites, and a section called "Cool Jobs." Finally, the Activity Center takes users to quizzes to help in preparing for the GED and SAT/ACT, plus other useful tools. Library subscription.
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CollegeSource Online features over 34,500 college catalogs in complete cover-to-cover, original page format representing 2-year, 4-year, graduate, professional and international schools. It covers both U.S. and non-U.S. schools. Tables of contents and indexes are fully hyperlinked. Library subscription.
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The Conference Board provides a searchable collection of full-text, in-depth reports on the latest issues in business management and U.S. and global economics topics. Proprietary, nonbiased research includes studies of Fortune 500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, human resources, productivity, customer relationship management and more. Includes the contents of their well-known StraightTalk magazine, written by their Chief Economist and selections from another publication, Across the Board. Full-text coverage of other reports dates from 1998 onward, with selected relevant reports pre-dating even that. To see the latest economic data and additional information, some of which requires purchase, click on the link in the left-hand column to the Conference Board Web site. Printing uses Adobe Acrobat Reader software.
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Consumer Health Complete is an all-in-one health resource collection from EBSCO. The database includes health encyclopedias and reference books, pamphlets from organizations such as the American Red Cross and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health news from over 560 consumer health periodicals, thousands of full text evidence-based health reports for the layperson, and videos, images and diagrams to illustrate the information throughout. It also completely contains two other specialized EBSCO databases, the Lexi-PALS Drug Guide and Alt HealthWatch. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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The goal of this web site is to "Eradicate Conflict by Building Cultural Awareness" by supplying the user with country reports from around the world. With over 26,000 pages of content, it's a great resource for business, tourists, students and teachers. Library subscription.
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If it's going on in government find out more with the CQ Public Affairs Collection. The CQ Public Affairs Collection brings together Congressional Quarterly's unmatched storehouse of current affairs content in a single, easy-to-use, and fully integrated reference tool. Organized by 22 key public affairs subject headings like Advocacy and Public Service, Education, Energy, the Environment, Health, and Transportation, the CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas. Ideal for researchers and students of public affairs and public policy, social work, government, political science, journalism, and communications, the CQ Public Affairs Collection is also an essential one-stop reference tool for lobbyists, government and nonprofit policy organizations, and informed citizens everywhere. Library subscription.
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Writing a report on a hot topic? Want to know the story behind a headline in the news? Need Pro and Con views for debate? CQ Researcher is the place to start. Find titles of additional books and articles for follow up information or locate organizations to contact. Most CQ Researcher reports include an abstract,
full report, overview, chronology of the issue, background, current situation, outlook and special focus. Content is footnoted and full bibliographies are provided. Reports can be printed or e-mailed.
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Dun & Bradstreet database combining features of Dun's Million Dollar Database Premier and Selectory, their small business product. This hybrid includes over 14 million records. The Corporate Family Linkage option lets you identify relationships by linking corporate headquarters locations with their branches, divisions and subsidiaries. Some information comes from Harris InfoSource, which publishes the well-known manufacturer's directories. Advanced searching provides options for creating downloadable, rankable, customized lists using various criteria on companies, location, industry, size and contacts. Generously sponsored in part by a grant from Rockwell Automation. Library subscription.
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Find in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. This database contains indexing, abstracts, full articles or sections of books and photos that deal with the nature and habitat of familiar animals, birds, fish and insects. Clicking on the Milwaukee Public Library button will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Click on the EBSCOhost Web button, scroll down the list of databases, and click on the box next to the database you want to use. The list includes: MasterFile Full Text Premier, Health Source Plus, Business Source Elite, EBSCO Animals, MAS FullTEXT Elite, Primary Search, Middle Search Plus, ERIC, Complete MEDLINE w/ MeSH, and Academic Search Full Text Elite databases. Title lists and more info on the databases are links within the database descriptions on the EBSCOhost database selection page. This product was made possible through federal funding via a statewide contract. Clicking on the Home Library button will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. 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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Search ERIC to find and retrieve 1) EJ (ERIC Journal)citations of articles from over 1,000 professional journals in education and related disciplines dating back to 1969, and 2) ED(ERIC Document) citations to a collection of documents such as research reports, curriculum guides, handbooks, conference papers, that are available on microfiche at some local college libraries dating back to 1966. (The Central Library of the Milwaukee Public Library owns some of the documents and journals cited in ERIC). [For further description on ERIC, click here: U.S. Department of Education ERIC site.] Clicking on the Milwaukee Public Library button will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. Click here to view requirements and tips for remote access to library databases. 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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Providing one-stop keystroke access to a reference treasury, Gale's Ready Reference Shelf uses the power of electronic searching to create an integrated resource that incorporates 14 of the Gales most popular general reference databases. More than 330,000 entries for associations, research centers, publishers, publications (ranging from newspapers and newsletters to periodicals and directories), databases, television and radio stations are available 24 hours a day. Sources include: Directories in Print, Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers, Encyclopedia of American Religions, Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S., Encyclopedia of Associations: International Organizations, Encyclopedia of Associations: Regional, State and Local Organizations, Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations, Gale Directory of Databases, Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, Newsletters in Print, Publishers Directory, Research Centers Directory, International Research Centers Directory, and Government Research Centers Directory. Click for a full description of this database. Library subscription.
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Use this Gale Group InfoTrac Web database to find over 47 million articles dating back to 1980 on general business topics, including: finance, acquisitions and mergers, international trade, money management, new technologies and products, local and regional business trends, investments and banking. Search results may be printed or e-mailed. For a pdf description of this database, click here.
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GreenFILE (from EBSCO) offers broadly based information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. Color photos are included when available. Printing, e-mailing and saving are all options. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Use this database to search and retrieve abstracts and indexing for over 500 consumer health, nutrition and professional periodicals, full text articles from over 255 journals, and information from 23 health books and over 1,065 health pamphlets, plus the content formerly found in Clinical Reference Systems. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Click on the EBSCOhost Web button, scroll down the list of databases, and click on the box next to the Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition database to search nearly 550 scholarly and full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also featured are abstracts and indexing for over 850 journals. In addition, this database offers USP Pharmacopoeia DI: Volume II Advice for the Lay Patient and Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Also users have access to terminology of genetics, oncology, pediatrics, pulmonology, emergency medicine, bacteriology, and laboratory medicine. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong, including full text from Clinical Nursing Research, Creative Nursing, Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Family Nursing, Journal of Holistic Nursing, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Journal of Nursing Management, Journal of Society of Pediatric Nurses, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Nursing Diagnosis, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, Nursing Management, Patient Care for the Nurse Practitioner, RN, Western Journal of Nursing Research and many more. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Searching for your roots in other states and faraway places? A treasure-trove of family and place histories (over 20,000) awaits within HeritageQuest. Another feature of the site is U.S. Census schedules going back to 1790. Other major resources found here include the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) and the Revolutionary War Era Pension Records. The Milwaukee Public Library is grateful to the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society for their sponsorship of this database. Library subscription.
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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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This international Web site links to information on almost 1.9 million companies in 74 countries, 23 million products and services in 54,300 categories, 3.8 million executives' names, and over 842,000 trade and brand names. Basic searching can be done by product, service, company, trade, or brand name. Advanced searching has an additional 16 access points, including location, sales, or year established. Downloading of records is not available, but printing can be done using Adobe Acrobat's free Reader software, which creates a clean portable document format (pdf) output. Home users should be aware that Kompass requires them to accept cookies to access their site. For best results, Internet Explorer version 5+ or Netscape 7+ should be used. Library subscription.
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Be ready for school or career tests. Some of the practice tests available are: ASVAB, AP, SAT 2005, ACT, GRE, civil service, GED, U.S. citizenship, firefighting and law enforcement. Many others are included, plus tests for sharpening basic skills. Free registration provides you with a personal account to monitor your progress. This database was formerly called Learn a Test. Library subscription.
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The Lexi-PALS Drug Guide is an EBSCO database of patient advisory leaflets from Lexi-Comp, Inc. (an Ohio-based provider of drug information for the healthcare industry) that provides education on medications for patients. The approach for each pamphlet is to present each medication in an easy to follow and understand question-and-answer format. Over 1,450 medication and natural product leaflets, with an additional 600 Spanish language leaflets representing the most commonly used medications are included. Both brand and generic drug names are searchable. Information is updated monthly and may be printed, e-mailed or saved. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Provided by EBSCO Information Services, this database indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings worldwide in the field of library science, as far back as the mid-1960's. The database contains some full articles, and abstracts many others.
Searching for just the right words? Lit Finder can connect you with them fast! Using the tabs along the top of the page, choose from Poem Finder (100,000 full-text poems/800,000 poetry citations and excerpts), Story Finder (thousands of full short stories online), or Essay/Speech/Play Finder (easily searchable by topic or type of work, with biographical information about the author). From ancient times to the present day, there's a way to express it in Lit Finder. 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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This Gale product is a complete literature reference database providing online access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis for more than 140,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers and their works. Other features in the Literature Resource Center include over 5,000 explications and overviews of prominent literary works; links to 5,100 websites focusing on major authors and their works; over 6,500 timeline events to help place literature in its historical and social context, 2,300 author portraits; a guide to writing a Modern Language Association-style research paper; and more. Searching may be done by Author Name, Title, Genre, Literary Movement or Literary Themes. The database includes: Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Literature from 1400-1800. [For a full description of this database, go to Gale's About the Literature Resource Center.] Library subscription.
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Check out MAS Ultra - School Edition (formerly MAS Online Plus) to search the full text of over 600 general interest magazines, 268 reference books, and 500 pamphlets used in high school and junior college libraries. Some titles include the Sporting News, Herizons, Hispanic and Scholastic Math. The Image Collection contains more than 100,000 items, such as photos, maps and flags. Also included are Essential Documents in American History, the Christian Science Monitor, and the CIA World Factbook. The database is updated daily. Clicking on the Milwaukee Public Library logo button will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Search and retrieve citations and abstracts from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) MEDLINE (via EBSCO) database which covers over 3800 medical journals from 1966 to the present. Studies, method comparisons, and reviews of current subjects are included. Clicking on the MPL Icon button will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 150 popular magazines (such as Teen People, Weekly Reader - Senior, and Game Now) for middle and junior high school research, plus indexing and abstracting for over 200 additional magazines. The database also contains the text of thousands of biographies, historical essays and student pamphlets. Additionally, Middle Search Plus contains Essential Documents in American History, the World Almanac & Book of Facts and the World Almanac of the U.S.A. and other important information resources such as an image collection of 116,000 photos, maps and flags, 96,600 biographies, and 76,000 primary source documents. Middle Search Plus is updated daily. Clicking on the Milwaukee Public Library logo button will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military, this database includes a collection of periodicals, academic journals and other content which meets those interests. The Military & Government Collection from EBSCOhost provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 400 publications, full text for 245 pamphlets, and indexing and summaries for an additional 500 titles. Some of the titles featured in this database include Air Force Comptroller, Army Reserve Magazine, Defence Studies, Global Security Review, JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Military Technology, National Review, Combat Edge, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Foreign Affairs, and Naval Forces. Provided as part of Wisconsin's BadgerLink program. Library subscription.
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This NewsBank product provides full-text coverage of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and is an excellent online source for researching local articles from 1990 to the present. Death Notices since June 16, 1995 are included. For more recent articles or paid advertisements, use the newspaper's own JSOnline. Or try a competitor's database Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (ProQuest Direct via web) which covers the newspaper from 1995 to the present. Library subscription.
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Investors who depended on Morningstar Mutual Fund publications for unbiased analyses can now turn to the Morningstar Investment Research Center. This easy to use site offers in-depth analysis of stocks, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Most reports, excluding the interactive graphs, may be printed. Analysts' research, key ratios, SEC filings, financial statements, dividend and returns info, market segment comparisons, and company snapshots are all available. Library subscription.
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Standard and Poor'sNetAdvantage puts the power of many familiar S & P publications to work for you! Included are the Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Mutual Fund Reports, Bond Reports, Corporation Records, The Outlook, and the familiar Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives. News items and market snapshots are also found on NetAdvantage. To fully explore the site, take the guided tour in the lower right hand corner of the page. Information may be printed as an html or pdf page or exported to a spreadsheet. Archival data for many of the publications can also be found on the site. Library subscription.
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Through the netLibrary Web site, MPL is offering non-fiction electronic books which can be searched and read on a computer with Internet access and a browser. The netLibrary collection includes over 8,000 electronic books. Accounts must be created in a library or through remote authentication via this link. More information from MPL can be found on the page: E-Books at the Library. Paid for by the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. Library subscription.
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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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A subset of NewspaperARCHIVE.com's full content, Access NewspaperARCHIVE offers coverage for over 2,000 newspaper titles, with articles dating from the 1700's to the present. The database contains tens of millions fully searchable pages representing the U.S., Canada, Jamaica, Germany, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, in .pdf format. More than 700 Wisconsin newspapers are included, and Milwaukee is represented by the Milwaukee Sentinel, the Milwaukee Daily American, the Wisconsin Banner and approximately 40 others. HINT: Try all versions of a newspaper's name. For example, the Milwaukee Sentinel appears under multiple listings, such as the Daily Sentinel and Gazette, Milwaukie Sentinel, and the longest span appears as the Milwaukee Daily Sentinel. 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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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center offers in-depth coverage of social issues, and debate topics, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. The database brings together viewpoint articles, contextual topic overviews, government and organizational statistics, biographies of social activists, court cases, profiles of government agencies and special interest groups, newspaper and magazines articles, as well as links to more than 1,400 reviewed and subject-indexed Web sites. It takes its name from the well-known print series published by Greenhaven Press, an imprint of the Gale Group, but also contains material from the Information Plus statistical series. Also included are tools on citing sources, writing thesis statements and conclusions, building arguments for debates, and judging opinionated material. Library subscription.
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The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with online access to the finest reference resources in African American studies. At its core, AASC features the new, three-volume Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895; the three-volume Black Women in America, Second Edition; and the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American experience. The Center also includes content from the African American National Biography project and the Encyclopedia of African American Art. In addition to these major reference works, AASC offers other key resources from Oxford's reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature and selected articles from other works. Nice features include: bibliographies, interactive timelines and maps, thematic photo essays and image collections, key primary source documents, and editorially selected links to Internet resources. Library subscription.
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Sams PHOTOFACT® repair manuals have long been the standard in the repair industry related to Consumer Electronics devices such as TVs, VCRs, Radios, etc. Since 1946, Sams has produced manuals for electronics repair. Today, the database of manuals covers almost 200,000 models of consumer electronics devices. The Central Library has a print library of photofacts to 1990. To obtain a list of models arranged by manufacturer, open this document. Library subscription.
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Search and retrieve the full text of over 50 magazines and pamphlets for young readers, such as Children's Digest, Sports Illustrated For Kids, Ranger Rick, and Junior Scholastic. Find abstracts and indexing for 135 other publications. Primary Search also contains pictures of world and state flags, maps, and photos of people, places, historic events and natural science topics. The full text of the World Almanac for Kids and the World Almanac of the U.S.A. can be found here. Clicking on the Milwaukee Public Library logo will return you to the MPL Reference Resources page. 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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The PropertyLink(SM) Library Edition database can help you find real estate property owners, view property assessment and tax values, research property features, view property sales history and more. The service provides an easy to use query function with the ability to search and link properties using over 60 different search criteria. Search access points vary depending upon how a county's assessor collects assessment information. The database contains over 2 million real property records, including commercial, residential and vacant land data from 40 of Wisconsin's 72 counties. Information found is printable. Library subscription.
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The ReferenceUSA database contains detailed information on over 14 million U.S. businesses and 120 million U.S. households. For residential listings, name, address, phone and general demographic information on the neighborhood are provided. For business listings, company information, such as address, phone & fax number, URL, size, lines of business, and executive names, is provided. Additionally, articles related to larger companies are also linked. Searching can be done by business name or type of business, limited by company size or geography, etc. Resulting lists can be printed. Library subscription.
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Interested in news with a business focus? Looking for a local take on companies or business conditions around the country? Want to see newswire releases? Regional Business News from EBSCO is your source. 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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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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Magazines, newsletters, serials, annuals, databases. Find them all in Ulrichsweb.com, the online version of the well-known Ulrichs Periodicals Directory. Coverage is international in scope, and historical information on ceased publications is provided. Details in each listing usually include publisher name and contact data, frequency of publication, format, indexing available, and circulation figures. Library subscription.
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For research on stocks you can trust, turn to Value Line. All the features of the print version, plus easy access and navigation. As an added bonus, under the "Education" tab, check out Value Line University to learn how to maximize your investments through short tutorials. Library subscription.
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The WISCareers Web site is a fun and easy tool to help you explore your career development options. Through WISCareers (formerly Career Visions), you can investigate more than 700 occupations and 4,000 schools of interest through taking on-line assessments and inventories, find financial aid, scholarship, and budgeting information, or research potential employers or apprenticeships throughout Wisconsin and the U.S. Over 8,000 external links are featured, including America's Job Bank. To assist the job seeker, a sample job application and cover letter can be found on the site. Library subscription.
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WorldCat via First Search opens up data on bibliographic information and ownership of printed books, magazines and media belonging to member libraries of the OCLC worldwide cooperative. Searching can also be limited to just Wisconsin libraries. Paid for by the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. Library subscription.
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