System-wide Resources
- Available to individuals who live in the South Central Library System service area and have a library card issued by a South Central Library System member library.*
| OverDrive - Wisconsin's Digital Library Patrons who live outside the SCLS service area cannot have access through their SCLS member library card and must access this resource through a library in their home county. |
| WorldCat FirstSearch and WorldCat.org Records describing books and other library materials from around the world. Find items you are unable to find in your library's catalog. |
BadgerLink Selected Resources
- BadgerLink provides Wisconsin residents with licensed trustworthy content not available from free search engines.
- Contact BadgerLink or your local library for assistance or information about these databases.
- More databases are available from BadgerLink.
| Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers Full-text daily and weekly Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 90 days ago, plus newspapers from the 1800s and 1900s. | Newspapers |
| Britannica Library and Britannica Escolar Online Reference and learning resource for children and adults. Britannica Library Full Details & Training | Encyclopedia |
| Reliable guides to help librarians with collection development and maintenance, curriculum support, readers' advisory and general reference. | Books & Authors |
| Article databases on general, business, health topics and more. | Magazine & News Articles |
| American genealogical sources. | Genealogy |
| Literary Reference Center Plus Literary criticism and reference works. | Books & Authors |
| Full-text coverage of today's major newspapers. | Newspapers |
| Newspapers.com Library Edition Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s - 2000s containing regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries. Newspapers.com Library Edition - World Collection Full Details & Training | Newspapers |
| NoveList and Novelist K-8 Fiction recommendation resource with read-alikes, discussion guides, reading lists, and more. | Books & Authors |
| Multimedia on K-12 fiction and non-fiction books. | Books & Authors |
| U.S. Newsstream Current and archival to 1980s U.S. news featuring key national and regional sources including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Newsday, and Chicago Tribune as well as over 80 Gannett titles. | Newspapers |
| Can't find the right resource? Visit BadgerLink to find more resources on a variety of topics. |
Additional Resources
Individual libraries may provide additional locally-subscribed resources.
* Online resources are supported by funding from South Central Library System, its member libraries, BadgerLink, and LSTA grants made available through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).