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Databases are authoritative online resources that provide access to magazine, newspaper, journal and encyclopedia articles as well as other information sources.
To access databases from a computer outside the West Allis Library, enter your 14-digit library card number and CountyCat PIN when prompted. When accessing BadgerLink databases from a computer outside the West Allis Library, log on by clicking Library Card Access on the BadgerLink home page and follow the on-screen directions.
Questions? Ask A Librarian 24/7 or call the Information Desk at (414) 302-8500 when the Library is open.
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Auto Repair Reference Center offers a database of repair information searchable by car model, from 1954-present. Content is taken from Chilton's Auto Repair Information, and resources available include: service manuals, repair procedures, wiring diagrams, service bulletins/recalls, and specifications.
Small Engine Repair Reference Center™ is the definitive online tool for small engine repair assistance, including: ATVs, commercial mowers, farm tractors, generators, motorcycles, marine (boats), outdoor power equipment, PWC (personal watercraft/jet ski), snowblowers, snowmobiles, tillers and other small engines.
Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information. Academic Search Permier contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 140 journals have PDF images back to 1985.
To access Academic Search, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
The African American Biographical Database is a resource of first resort when you are looking for biographical information, including photographs and illustrations, for African Americans. From the famous to the everyday person, AABD includes profiles and full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating narratives chronicling the lives of Black Americans.
Wilson Web Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.
Search and view the full text of eBooks. An account must be created in a Milwaukee County library before this resource can be used for the first time.
Magill's Literary Annual is a series that began in 1954. Each year, Magill's Literary Annual seeks to critically evaluate 200 major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. The essay reviews in the Annual provide a more academic, "reference" review of a work than is typically found in newspapers and other periodical sources.
Literary Reference Center (LRC) is a comprehensive literary reference database, which provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a comprehensive database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else. LRC contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works and is an essential resource for public, academic and high school libraries..
NoveList provides access to full text reviews, annotations, publication information, subject headings and more for more than 120,000 works of adult, teen, and children’s fiction. In addition, this database can recommend similar titles and authors, provide guides for book discussions and more.
To access NoveList, log on with your patron ID, which is your 14-digit library card number.
TeachingBooks.net is a time-saving portal to thousands of online resources you can use to explore children's and young adult books and their authors. We provide immediate access to useful materials and exciting programs (short movies, audio book readings, book discussion guides, and more) that add a multimedia dimension to reading in the classroom, library, and home. These resources are also perfect for lesson planning, author studies, and professional development to support the many ways books can be integrated into all subject areas in the K–12 curriculum.
To access TeachingBooks, click on the link from the BadgerLink list.
This business database provides full text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed business publications. The rich collection of titles in Business Source Premier provides information dating back to 1985.
To access Business Source Premier click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
A source for finding company financial information, personnel information, assets, SEC filings, and histories for more than 10,000 publicly owned companies from around the world.
With over 14 Million U.S. Businesses and 89 Million U.S. Residents, ReferenceUSA provides you the power to find and study businesses, locate people, conduct market research, find addresses and phone numbers, search the hidden job market, and much more. ReferenceUSA is updated with millions of changes monthly, so you will get the most accurate information available.
A comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to Standard & Poor’s independent research, data and commentary on stocks, bonds, funds, and industries.
EBSCO's Student Research Center makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type—magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
Click on 'Student Research Center' from the alphabetical list of EBSCO Services and Database links.
CultureGrams is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.
Kids Search a search interface designed specifically for elementary/middle school students according to their needs and search abilities. The Kids Search interface combines a state-of-the-art search engine with a child-friendly, graphically-rich design that is both powerful and fun to use.
Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. From elementary school to high school, to college and beyond, there's something for everyone. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.
Three popular elementary and middle school databases (Primary Search®, Middle Search® Plus and Book Collection: Nonfiction™) can be accessed via Searchasaurus®, EBSCO Publishing's user search experience for users in elementary or middle schools. Searchasaurus is an exciting and easy way for young researchers to experience online searching. It is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies.
The classic encyclopedia now online with current events, monthly features and multimedia.
BadgerCat is an online catalog that includes the holdings of nearly 500 Wisconsin libraries. In addition, users can expand their searching to all of WorldCat, which is a worldwide union catalog of over 93 million records created and maintained by more than 60,000 libraries.
This collection of eBooks covers history, science, medicine, and many other topics.
A free online catalog of Wisconsin library holdings helps you find what books and materials other Wisconsin libraries own.
Wisconsin Heritage Online is an expanding digital collection offered through BadgerLink, featuring documentary sources and material culture from Wisconsin libraries, archives, and museums. The collections in this exhibition project are contributed by cultural heritage organizations throughout Wisconsin.
WorldCat connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. From elementary school to high school, to college and beyond, there's something for everyone. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.
Each day, America’s Obituaries & Death Notices consolidates records from hundreds of newspapers nationwide into a single, fully searchable database. This comprehensive resource features more than 22 million listing - this is approximately 70% of all recent obituaries and death notices published in the United States.
HeritageQuest Online is an essential collection of unique material for both genealogical hobbyists and professionals, with coverage dating back to the late 1700s. HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI® Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.
This database offers over 10 million obituaries and death notices in full image format from the archives of top national newspapers including The New York Times (from 1851), Los Angeles Times (from 1881), Chicago Tribune (from 1849), Boston Globe (from 1872-1923), Washington Post (from 1877), Atlanta Constitution (from 1868-1929), Chicago Defender (from 1909-1975)
State and especially local history gives students a chance to understand the people, places and things around them with which they’re already familiar. Originally compiled and produced by publishers and subscriptions agents for area residents and patrons, the original histories are difficult-to-find materials. Included in this collection on Wisconsin are 12 cities, regions, and counties in 158 titles. These titles comprise tables and lists of vital statistics, military service records, municipal and county officers, chronologies, portraits of individuals and views of urban and rural life not found anywhere else. The atlases provide additional information on land use and settlement patterns and scarce early town and city plans.
Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information. Academic Search Premier contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 140 journals have PDF images back to 1985.
To access Academic Search, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
This collection of eBooks includes books on the environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, science, social science, and technology.
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 1,750 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, full text from 86,017 biographies, 105,786 full text primary source documents, and an Image Collection of 341,655 photos, maps and flags.
To access MasterFILE Premier, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
Reference USA contains detailed information on more than 12 million U.S. businesses; 102 million U.S. residents; 683,000 U.S. health care providers; and 1 million Canadian businesses.
The classic encyclopedia now online with current events, monthly features and multimedia.
This database focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals and reports. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Alt HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by complementary and alternative medicine. This database features indexing and abstracts going back as far as 1984, and full text going back as far as 1990
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.
This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition provides access to nearly 80 full text, consumer health magazines.
To access Health Source, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
This database provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide, which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
To access Health Source, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
Magill's Medical Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and other medical issues. It is an up-to-date and easy-to-use compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.
MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.
To access MEDLINE, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information. Academic Search Premier contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 140 journals have PDF images back to 1985.
To access Academic Search, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
The African American Biographical Database is a resource of first resort when you are looking for biographical information, including photographs and illustrations, for African Americans. From the famous to the everyday person, AABD includes profiles and full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating narratives chronicling the lives of Black Americans.
This database combines full-text primary source documents of leaders from American history with expert analysis and commentary.
This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security.
CultureGrams is a leading reference for concise and reliable cultural information on the countries of the world.
This collection of eBooks covers United States and world history.
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to 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. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 384,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 4,700 records.
Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,200 journals and 2.80 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for nearly 1,200 journals.
At once comprehensive, in-depth, and up-to-date, this monumental work offers a unique reference for anyone researching the historical and contemporary aspects of more than 170 hotly contested issues confronting American society. From Abortion and Academic Freedom to Women’s Rights and Xenophobia, extended articles present specific issues in full historical context, spelling out the competing perspectives, social implications, and prospects for the future in clear, objective detail. Each entry includes a chronology, glossary of terms, list of references, and selection of primary documents. An extensive master bibliography provides an unparalleled tool for further exploration.
SRC is designed specifically for middle and high school students and contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. Full text is also available for more than 80 thousand biographies and over 100,000 primary source documents. Additionally, this database contains more than 350 reference books an Image Collection of 235,186 photos, maps, and flags.
Wilson Web Biography Reference Bank contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.
The classic encyclopedia now online with current events, monthly features and multimedia.
Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center provides comprehensive full text content for many of the most popular hobbies, crafts and recreation activities today. Including full text for more than 740 magazines and books, as well as access to more than 720 videos and 140 hobby reports, this database offers detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast.
The Home Improvement Reference Center is designed to assist homeowners in do-it-yourself home repair. Step-by-step instructions for thousands of projects in the areas of plumbing, outdoor, woodworking, electrical, and decorating are provided in high-quality PDF files. Additionally, thousands of articles from magazines and reference books provide tips and suggestions to supplement the step-by-step project instructions.
Would you like to learn Spanish, French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Italian, or English as a second language for Spanish speakers? Mango Languages offers online language instruction with a conversational focus on several languages and English-language learning in native languages. Users can save their progress and return later by submitting an email address and password. You'll be able to access the database remotely. Mango requires javascript and Adobe Flash 9 or higher.
Academic institutions worldwide depend on this database as their core resource of scholarly information. Academic Search Premier contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study. More than 140 journals have PDF images back to 1985.
To access Academic Search, click on EBSCOHost from the BadgerLink homepage and select from the list of EBSCO databases.
Granger's is the source in English for locating a poem in anthologies on library shelves. First published in 1904, The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry is now in its 12th edition.
Magill's Literary Annual is a series that began in 1954. Each year, Magill's Literary Annual seeks to critically evaluate 200 major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during the previous calendar year. The essay reviews in the Annual provide a more academic, "reference" review of a work than is typically found in newspapers and other periodical sources.
LitFinder is a premier resource for full-text literary works, including poems, short stories, novels, essays, plays and speeches.
The Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library has a large collection of songbooks and sheet music that can be requested via the statewide WISCAT resource sharing system. The BadgerLink Songbook Database has been developed to help you easily locate songs.
Each day, America’s Obituaries & Death Notices consolidates records from hundreds of newspapers nationwide into a single, fully searchable database. This comprehensive resource features more than 22 million listing - this is approximately 70% of all recent obituaries and death notices published in the United States.
Use the Milwaukee Journal Newsbank to search full-text coverage of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from 1990 to the present.
Access NewspaperARCHIVE contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. It is your gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online.
Newspaper Source Plus includes over 1,500 full-text newspapers and newswires, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts. Nine Wisconsin newspapers are included.
This database covers a full range of topics in the exploding field of forensic science.
Titles include: Alternative Energy, Biotechnology: Changing Life Through Science, Chemical Compounds, Chemical Elements, Climate Change In Context, Environmental Science In Context, Experiment Central: Understanding Scientific Principles Through Projects, Grzimek's Student Animal Life Resource, Encyclopedia of Biomes, World of Forensic Science, and World of Sports Science.
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