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African American Biographical Database …biographical information, including photographs and illustrations, from the famous to the everyday person. Includes profiles and full-text sketches providing both biographical detail and illuminating narratives chronicling the lives of Black Americans. (Badgerlink) to top

ALLDATA Car Repair … comprehensive resource for automotive diagnostic and repair information. Accessible only at APL (courtesy of APL) to top

Ancestry Library Edition …genealogical resource. Accessible only at APL (courtesy of APL) to top

APL Digitized Historical Resources (in the University of WI Digital Collections) …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. Click here for a partial index of the plat maps. (UW Digital Collections) to top

Associations Unlimited …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. (InfoTrac: OWLS) to top

BadgerCat …lists the books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, maps and other items owned by nearly 500 Wisconsin libraries. It also offers access to the WorldCat database, which lists the millions of items owned by libraries throughout the U.S. and more than 80 countries. (WILS) to top

BadgerLink Songbook Database …The Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library has a large collection of songbooks and sheet music that can be requested. The Badgerlink Songbook Database has been developed to help you easily locate songs. (Badgerlink) to top

Biography Resource Center …biographical information on over 200,000 people throughout history and from around the world. Search by name, or use the custom search to find people by nationality, ethnicity, birth place, and gender. Records contain basic biographical information and often link to related magazine or newspaper articles. Includes Contemporary Authors. (InfoTrac: OWLS) to top

Children's Songbook Index …This database is an index to over 150 songbooks owned by the Children's Services Section at the Appleton Public Library. To search for a particular song, use "search for song titles." To search for the title of a particular songbook, use "search for songbooks." This index will help you find a book that contains the words and music to a song, not a recording. On the results page, clicking on the book title will open a new window and connect you to the library catalog to tell you if the book is checked in or out. Please call the Family Readers' Advisory Desk at 832-6187 if you have questions about the Children's Songbook index or need help finding a song. (APL database) to top

EBSCOhost …contains multiple, distinct databases with indexing to a large collection of academic, general interest, health, and business periodicals, including the full-text of over 2000 magazines and journals. Some Internet Service Providers such as America Online, Prodigy, Microsoft Network, and Web TV can not provide direct access to EBSCOhost. Trouble connecting? Login with your Library Card. (Badgerlink) to top

Fox Valley Memory …digital library of local history. Contains text and images, as well as links to other local history resources. (managed by APL and the Outagamie County Historical Society) to top

Heritage Quest …resource for genealogy data. (ProQuest: OWLS) to top

Historic Photos Index …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. (APL database) to top

Learn-a-Test …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. (OWLS) to top

Legal Forms …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. (InfoTrac: APL) to top

LitFinder …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) to top

Literature Resource Center …biographical and critical articles on a wide range of literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more. Includes "Contemporary Authors." (InfoTrac: OWLS) to top

Local Services Directory …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. (APL database) to top

Morning Star …Morningstar® Mutual FundsT Online 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. Accessible only at APL (courtesy of APL) to top

NetLibrary …virtual library of eBooks that are accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Operates like a physical library with a catalog that can be searched and browsed by author, title or subject. To check out books, each user signs up for an account while first visiting the netLibrary page. To sign up, click on create account on the top of the netLibrary home page. Using that account, an eBook can be checked out for 24 hours. At the end of 24 hours, the eBook is automatically returned to the collection. Users may also choose to browse a book for 15 minutes to find a specific piece of information without checking it out. (OWLSnet) to top

Newspaper Archive …tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. A gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online. (Badgerlink) to top

(this week's selections) Next Good Book …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 with the book discovery tools. You can also join an online book club: every morning you will receive a portion of a book in your email. After you've read two or three chapters from a book, you will receive a new book. It's free and you can read at more than one club. Learn More! (courtesy of APL) to top

Obituary Index …partial index to obituaries and death notices from Appleton newspapers. This index is a work in progress. (APL database) to top

Online Periodicals Index …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.) to top

Opposing Viewpoints …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. (InfoTrac: OWLS) to top

Overdrive Audiobooks …browse and search for hundreds ofdownloadable Audio Books and Videos. A total of 4 items may be checked out, any combination of audio books or videos. (WI Public Library Consortium) to top

Periodical Index …magazines and newspapers available at the Library. (APL database) to top

Platbook Index …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. (APL database) to top

Post-Crescent Index …citations to articles 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. (APL database) to top

Post-Crescent Index via NewsBank …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. (NewsBank: OWLS) to top

ProQuest Newspapers …indexing and full-text to hundreds of Newspapers, including the New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and 11 Wisconsin newspapers. (Badgerlink) to top

Reference USA …business and residential data compiled from public sources. To access this outside of the Library you will be asked to provide your Library card number.

* 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. (courtesy of APL) to top

Science Online …presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments. (courtesy of APL) to top

Searchasaurus …a collection of resources designed for kids of all ages, including an encyclopedia of animals, a general encyclopedia, and two magazine databases, Middle Search Plus and Primary Search. (A kids' search interface for selected EBSCOhost databases.) (Badgerlink) to top

Songbook Index …index to approximately 600 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. (APL database) to top

Teaching Books …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) to top

Tell Me More - Online Language Learning. This comprehensive program is suitable for both beginning and advanced language learners and includes separate courses for everyday language and business language. Languages include Spanish, English, French, German, Italian and Dutch. Access to this language program is made possible in 2008 by an grant awarded to the Outagamie Waupaca Library System and the Nicolet Federated Library System. (Auralog: OWLSnet) to top

Veterans' Grave Registration …information on over 500 Fox River area deceased veterans from the War of 1812 to World War I. (APL database) to top

Virtual Reference Library …encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. (InfoTrac: APL) to top

WISCAT …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) to top

Wisconsin Heritage Online …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. to top

World of Poetry (Columbia Granger's) …This premiere poetry on-line resource contains 250,000 full text poems and 450,000 citations, as well as poetry commentary, poets' biographies, and literary glossary terms Accessible only at APL (courtesy of APL) to top

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