*Use EBSCOhost for general Magazine articles

"The world's most comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information." Use the Online SEARCH feature to locate information quickly. Access the latest Technical Service Bulletins with the NEW TSBs feature. Print wiring diagrams on 8 1/2" x 11" paper."  ($-APL)

Ancestry.com is the largest family history site online with over 4 billion names in worldwide historical records, family tree services and genealogy learning materials.  ($-OWLSnet)

The journals of the American Physical Society embody the mission "to advance and diffuse the knowledge of Physics." They strive to produce journals of the highest quality, and at the same time, to keep journals accessible to researchers and students at institutions of all types and sizes, everywhere in the world.  ($-APL)

Source for information on associations and professional societies that contains more than 152,000 detailed listings for organizations all over the world, with a scope that covers everything from a local Chamber of Commerce to the American Medical Association and beyond. In addition, IRS information on over 300,000 nonprofit organizations has been added to Associations Unlimited, making it the world's largest, most detailed and searchable database available on nonprofit information. To access this outside of the library you will be asked to provide your library card number.   (Gale Cengage Database; $-APL & OWLSnet)

Contains information on most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles, with repair information for most vintage makes starting as far back as 1945.   (BadgerLink; Bundled with EBSCOhost)

The Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library has a large collection of songbooks and sheet music that can be requested via the statewide Wiscat system. The BadgerLink Songbook Database has been developed to help you easily locate songs.  Appleton Public Library has a similar Songbook Index for songbooks in non-fiction and a Children's Songbook Index for those in the children's collection.   (BadgerLink)

Provides content covering all areas of health and wellness from mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.   (BadgerLink; Bundled with EBSCOhost)

Formerly NetLibrary, eBook Collection by EBSCOhost gives you online access to select titles. However, unlike NetLibrary, titles can be downloaded and moved to an eReader; the collection also includes audiobooks (similar to Overdrive).   ($-OWLSnet)

Provides indexing to a large collection of academic and popular publications in various databases (think of it like a mall -- it houses various databases but isn't one itself in the same way that a mall isn't technically a single store itself). Subjects include business, health, education, general interest periodicals and more! Includes the full-text of over 2000 magazines and journals, including some newspapers and reference resources. Use BadgerLink's search box to search through all the databases they fund. (Library card login; BadgerLink)

The Educational Communications Board serves as a resource for the Wisconsin education community by providing educational media, classroom resources, and professional development training opportunities in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the University of Wisconsin Extension. As an agency of the State of Wisconsin, the mission of the ECB is to provide a statewide telecommunications system and assistance in the diffusion of advanced technologies in support of education. Includes the Soundzabound royalty-free music library.   (BadgerLink)

The Britannica Online School Edition K12 offers encyclopedias, dictionary, thesaurus, illustrations, maps, biographies, educational activities, exercises, study guides, and related material for students and teachers (Kindergarten through 12th grade).

• Encyclopædia Britannica School Edition
  • Learning Zone - activities and games for young children
  • Elementary School Edition
  • Middle School Edition
  • High School Edition
  • Learning Materials - study guides, activities, and exercises that make learning more fun for high school students.
• Spanish Reference Center
  • Enciclopedia Juvenil - a Spanish language student encyclopedia with articles, images, videos, and learning materials specifically designed for students.
  • Enciclopedia Universal en Español - for high school ages and up.

  (BadgerLink; Bundled with EBSCOhost)

A collaborative project bringing local history resources to the web. The Fox Valley Memory web site includes the full-text of Ryan's History of Outagamie County and a collection of over 400 historic photographs. Go to APL's Local History page for more options. (created/maintained by APL in collaboration with the Outagamie County Historical Society)

Online access to Grzimek's (pronounced Chím-ex) acclaimed 17-volume Animal Life Encyclopedia - the print standard for conventional animal reference collections. This image-rich online version contains constantly updated facts, figures, news and views.   (Gale Cengage Database; $-APL)

Resource for genealogy data. Take a look at Wisconsin DPI's YouTube channel for a video on using HeritageQuest to find Census Records.   ($-OWLSnet)

Partial index to photos from books in the Wisconsin Collection, generally scenes from Appleton history. The photos may be viewed in the library or requested as photocopies. Photos are not available online. Other historic photos are in Fox Valley Memory. (Created & maintained by APL)

Full text from more than 2,500 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for nearly 170 leading history periodicals, more than 112,000 historical documents, 113,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 112,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.   (BadgerLink)

An online collection of practice tests and study aides on a variety of topics. Also includes basic reading, writing, and math skills improvement for school children and adults. You will need your library card number.  ($-OWLSnet)

A wide selection of state-specific (and multi-state) legal forms across the most popular legal areas (real estate contracts, wills, pre-marital agreements, bankruptcy, divorce, landlord tenant and many others). Also included is a comprehensive attorney state directory and a dictionary of legal definitions explained in laymen's language.   (Gale Cengage Database; $-OWLSnet)

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.   (BadgerLink; Bundled with EBSCOhost)

International in scope, covers all time periods, and contains primary literature content including poem citations and excerpts, as well as full-text poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays. Also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.   (BadgerLink; Gale Cengage Database)

Research authors and their works, literary movements and genres. Search across several major Literature databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information and overviews.   (Gale Cengage Database; &-OWLSnet)

Helps you find which City Department to call for certain issues. This database includes all the City of Appleton Departments as well as other selected government agencies and community organizations. (Created & maintained by APL)

Provides fast and easy access to Morningstar Mutual Funds in a PDF format. Download the latest issue under Most Recent Issue, select an entire group of funds to review under Download Reports by Category, or find a specific fund under Search.   ($-APL)

Formerly NetLibrary, eBook Collection by EBSCOhost gives you online access to select titles. However, unlike NetLibrary, titles can be downloaded and moved to an eReader; the collection also includes audiobooks (similar to Overdrive).   ($-OWLSnet)

Contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. A gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online. Dates of coverage for Appleton newspapers includes 1853 – 1863, 1920-1932, 1937-1940, and 1958-1976.   (BadgerLink)

(this week's selections) Simply enter your zip code and then create/enter your login and password to discuss books with other people, build online book shelves, share your favorite books, see who's reading a specific book (and what else they've read), and get suggestions on what to read next.

You can also join the Online Book Club "Chapter-a-Day". Monday through Friday you will be emailed a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you'll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday a new book starts. Sign up and start reading.

Learn more about Next Good Book   ($-APL)

A fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Feature Articles. For school media specialists and teachers there are Standards-Based Thematic Units and Picture Book Extenders, as well as specific teaching guides for using fiction in the classroom.   (BadgerLink; Bundled with EBSCOhost)

Designed especially for elementary and middle school students, an online database with fiction and nonfiction titles chosen specifically to support the school curriculum as well as the pleasure reading needs of students.   (BadgerLink; Bundled with EBSCOhost)

A partial index to obituaries and death notices from Appleton newspapers. This index is a work in progress. (Created & maintained by APL)

This information can now be accessed in the InfoSoup Library Catalog. You can search InfoSoup to find which magazines are electronically available in our online database subscriptions simply by selecting "eMagazines" in the drop-down box.   (You may also search by "Magazine" to find both print and/or electronic magazine titles.)

A database covering social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism. Opposing Viewpoints in Context 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 1,800 reviewed and subject-indexed web sites.   (Gale Cengage Database; $-APL)

Browse and search for hundreds of downloadable Audio Books, Music, and Videos as well as E-Books. A total of 6 items may be checked out.  ($-WI Public Library Consortium & OWLSnet)

Lists magazines and newspapers available at the library. (Created & maintained by APL)

Name index to four plat books for Outagamie County: Platbook of Outagamie County, WI (1889), Platbook of Outagamie, WI (ca. 1910) Standard Atlas of Outagamie County (1917) and Atlas of Outagamie County (1942). The originals are shelved in the Wisconsin Collection at the Appleton Public Library. This index is a work in progress. (Created & maintained by APL)

Lists headlines on local events from the The Post-Crescent newspaper, with some entries dating to the 1850s. The library owns microfilm for most Appleton newspapers going back to 1853. (Created & maintained by APL)

(1999 - current) - Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Appleton Public Library cardholders can access this from home.  ($-APL)

"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."

  * If you are asked for a login and password rather than just a library card number, on that very same page please click on "Help" in the upper-right corner and look at the second-last topic in the Help screen regarding this issue. If adjusting the anti-virus settings still does not resolve the problem, please read the fourth-last topic "Why can't I log in to ReferenceUSA?" If you still cannot connect, Reference USA asks that you contact their 1-800 number for trouble-shooting assistance.   ($-APL)

Comprehensive research database that provides easy access to a multitude of full text science-oriented content. This 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. (BadgerLink)

Searchable index to approximately 850 songbooks owned by the Appleton Public Library. Only song titles are included in the index, but these may be searched by either phrase or keyword. You may also search by the title of the songbook. (Created & maintained by APL)

Royalty free music library that meets all the licensing and technology requirements needed for education. Offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects for grades K -12 and universities that ensures your copyright safety. Perfect for podcasts, PowerPoint™, videos, news shows, video yearbooks, digital storytelling, presentations, TV broadcasts, web design and more! Part of the ECB.  (BadgerLink)

Original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio excerpts of professional book readings, guides to thousands of titles, and a wealth of multimedia resources on children's and young adult literature.   (BadgerLink)

Animated, talking picture books that have been created from existing picture books from well-known publishers and authors and converted to the TumbleBook format.
* NOTE: TumbleBooks and TumbleQuizzes are created in Flash animation and require the Flash plug-in to view and hear the animation. The great majority of computers and operating systems are already preloaded with Flash, however, if you are unable to view the books you can download the Flash plug-in for free from Adobe.   ($-OWLSnet)

Selected local history resources, including four historical Outagamie County plat maps, five city directories from the late 1800s, two historic building surveys and two compilations of early pioneer biographies. There are also two historical overviews, one from Appleton's 75th Anniversary celebration in 1932, and one marking the 100 year period of 1857 - 1957. You can also access a partial index of the plat maps.   ($-UW Digital Collections & APL)

This database contains information on over 500 Fox River area deceased veterans from the War of 1812 to World War I. (Created & maintained by APL)

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Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Because each library creates its own eBook collection, the content you see may vary if you use the database at different libraries (your school, your public library, or your office).   (Gale Cengage Database; $-APL)

Legal research. Includes forms, case law, and much more.   ($-APL)

The Wisconsin Catalog is the statewide bibliographic database. It contains 5.2 million bibliographic records with local holdings statements for 1116 libraries of all types throughout Wisconsin.   (BadgerLink)

(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.   (Wisconsin Document Depository Program)

An expanding digital collection 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.

Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site is a service of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. It provides access to the daily and weekly newspapers in Wisconsin, starting in 2005 to the present, with an embargo delay of 60 days. The BadgerLink team has worked with the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA) to improve Wisconsin newspapers in BadgerLink. Through this new partnership, WNA’s Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site will provide access to its 235 daily and weekly member-newspapers. Each addition is covered cover to cover in a PDF, searchable format. This service is available onsite in libraries of all types (except for corporate libraries) and through entry of a library card number. It is not available statewide through IP address authentication as are other BadgerLink resources.

By their request, this database does not include Gannett newspaper publications, which includes The Post-Crescent in Appleton, The Reporter in Fond du Lac, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Herald Times Reporter in Manitowoc, Marshfield News-Herald, Oshkosh Northwestern, Sheboygan Press, Stevens Point Journal, Wausau Daily Herald, and The Daily Tribune in Wisconsin Rapids.   (BadgerLink)

(formerly listed as Badgercat) Books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, maps and other items owned by libraries throughout the U.S. and more than 80 countries.

Access thousands of full-text magazine, newspaper and reference articles along with special indexes created and maintained by the Library's Reference Section.

Some of these databases are restricted to Appleton Public Library or OWLSnet library card holders.

Call the Reference Desk at (920) 832-6173 with questions.

APL's Custom Databases

Created and maintained by the Appleton Public Library Reference staff.

Fox Valley Memory
Historic Photos Index
Local Services Directory
Obituary Index
Periodical Index
Platbook Index
Post-Crescent Index
Songbook Index
Songbook Index, Children's
Veterans' Grave Registration

BadgerLink Databases provide increased access to information for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's library community.

BadgerLink is supported and funded through the Department of Public Instruction's Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning. Funding is provided through the Universal Service Fund.

Subscribers to some Internet Service Providers may need to use their Appleton or OWLSnet library card to gain access. (Learn more about BadgerLink)

Take a look at Wisconsin DPI's YouTube channel for videos on using selected resources provided through BadgerLink.

Gale Cengage Databases are available to Appleton and OWLSnet library card holders.

To access these databases from home you will need to enter your library card number.

Access to InfoTrac is made possible by a combined effort of Appleton Public Library, Outagamie Waupaca Library System and Nicolet Federated Library System.