Government, Legal, & Military

  1. Wisconsin Digital Archives

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    yes

    (Government documents, mostly born-digital.)  State government provides a wealth of information about all aspects of life in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Digital Archives is a growing collection of electronic state documents that are intended to provide public perspective on state government programs

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    Wisconsin Document Depository Program
    Created by: 
    Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
    Database Funded by: 
    $-Wisconsin Document Depository Program
    Database Subjects: 
    Government, Legal, & Military

  2. Military & Government Collection

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    yes
    Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites. The Military & Government Collection provides cover-to-cover full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for nearly 400 titles.
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    BadgerLink
    Created by: 
    EBSCO
    Database Funded by: 
    $-BadgerLink
    Database Subjects: 
    Government, Legal, & Military

  3. Westlaw Legal Research

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    no

    Legal research. Includes forms, case law, and much more. 

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    APL
    Created by: 
    Westlaw
    Database Funded by: 
    $-APL
    Database Subjects: 
    Government, Legal, & Military

  4. Veterans' Grave Registration

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    Information on over 500 Fox River area deceased veterans from the War of 1812 to World War I.

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    APL
    Created by: 
    APL
    Database Funded by: 
    $-APL (created by)
    Database Subjects: 
    Genealogy
    Government, Legal, & Military
    History
    Local Information

  5. Veterans History Project

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    "The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war."

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    free online resource
    Created by: 
    Library of Congress
    Database Funded by: 
    $-free online resource
    Database Subjects: 
    Audio Files
    Government, Legal, & Military
    History

  6. Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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    yes

    Covers social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered
    Species, and Terrorism. Consists of 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 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites.

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    APL
    Created by: 
    Gale Cengage
    Database Funded by: 
    $-APL
    Database Subjects: 
    APL Kids
    Government, Legal, & Military
    Health & Medicine
    Multidisciplinary
    Reference
    Student's Research: Middle School
    Student's Research: Teens

  7. Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition

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    yes

    A rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 3,089 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, history, science, women, civics and more.

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    BadgerLink
    Created by: 
    EBSCO
    Database Funded by: 
    $-BadgerLink
    Database Subjects: 
    APL Kids
    Biography
    Book Excerpts
    Government, Legal, & Military
    Health & Medicine
    History
    Science & Technology
    Student's Research: Middle School

  8. Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition

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    yes

    A rich research database for school and public libraries. It contains informative abstracts and searchable full text for 2,448 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more.

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    BadgerLink
    Created by: 
    EBSCO
    Database Funded by: 
    $-BadgerLink
    Database Subjects: 
    Biography
    Book Excerpts
    Government, Legal, & Military
    Health & Medicine
    History
    Science & Technology
    Student's Research: Teens

  9. Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition

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    yes

    A rich research 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, Native Americans, United States, Canada, biographies, civics and more.

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    BadgerLink
    Created by: 
    EBSCO
    Database Funded by: 
    $-BadgerLink
    Database Subjects: 
    APL Kids
    Biography
    Book Excerpts
    Government, Legal, & Military
    Health & Medicine
    History
    Science & Technology
    Student's Research: Kids

  10. GreenFILE

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    yes

    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.

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    BadgerLink
    Created by: 
    EBSCO
    Database Funded by: 
    $-BadgerLink
    Database Subjects: 
    Multidisciplinary
    Academic
    Government, Legal, & Military
    Science & Technology
    Student's Research: Teens

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