Wisconsin and Local Resources
Recommended Databases
- Badgercat
Description: Find books in other Wisconsin libraries. More up to date than WISCAT and has the same easy to user interface as Worldcat.
- Badgerlink
Description: BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Its goal is to provide access to quality online information resources for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's public, school, academic, and special libraries and Internet Service Providers.
- Belgian - American Collection
Description: One of the country's largest concentrations of Walloon-speaking Belgians is found in northeastern Wisconsin, resulting in a unique cultural and social flavor. The 1890 U.S. census shows that 81% of Belgians in the state lived in the northeastern counties of Brown, Kewaunee, and Door. The collection includes photographs, oral histories, and selected documents from the Belgian-American Resource Collection.
- Brown, Door, Kewaunee, and Shawano Counties:Historical Atlases, Directories, and Plat Maps
Decription:This historical collection focuses on northeastern Wisconsin and provides information on changing names and neighborhoods.
Recommended WEB SITES
- Brown County
http://www.co.brown.wi.us/
- City of Green Bay
http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/
- Dictionary of Wisconsin History
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/
- On Wisconsin
http://www.onwisconsin.com/
- State of Wisconsin
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/home/
- Travel Wisconsin
http://www.travelwisconsin.com/
- Wisconsin Blue Book
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/
- Wisconsin Cities Towns and Villages http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_cities_towns_and_villages.html
- Wisconsin Counties
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/wisconsin_counties.html
- Wisconsin County Maps
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/county.htm
- Wisconsin History
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/
UW Digital Collections:
- Antiquities of Wisconsin
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Antiquities
- Arts Collection
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Arts
- Ecology and Natural Resources Collection http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/EcoNatRes
- Great Lakes Maritime History Project
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/GreatLakes
- Mills Music Library Special Collections
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/MillsSpColl
- Milwaukee Neighborhoods
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/Milwaukee/index.html
- Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History http://www.uwm.edu/Library/digilib/milrep/index.htm
- State of Wisconsin Collection
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI
- Wisconsin Electronic Reader
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WIReader
- Wisconsin Historical Society Finding Aids
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/whsead
- Wisconsin Pioneer Experience
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wipionexp
- Wisconsin Public Land Survey Records http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/SurveyNotes
rev. 30 Dec 2008