River Falls Public Library

Research Sources
Find databases for magazine and newspaper articles, automotive, home and small engine repairs, business, education/career and health information, reference resources for kids and general reference databases.

Business

• Corporate ResourceNet on EBSCOhost
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  Business magazines from EBSCOhost.  Provided by Badgerlink.
• Reference USA
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  A directory of address and telephone listings and much more from more than 14 million US businesses and 210 million residents.  A River Falls Public Library subscription.

Education / Careers

• Learning Express Library
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  Whatever your goal, LearningExpress Library's resources will help you succeed. Each of our Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Looking to land a job? You'll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that's right for you.
• Testing and Education Reference Center
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  Whether you're headed for college, planning for graduate school, or starting a new career, find supplemental testing resources to improve your scores or find a program.  A River Falls Public Library subscription.

Health

• Health and Medical Databases
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  Providing information on many health topics including the prescription drugs, medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health from EBSCOhost.  Provided by Badgerlink.
• MedlinePlus
  The best free health information on the internet.  Brings together authoritative information from government agencies and health-related organizations.  MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
• Well-Connected
  In depth health information with 100 comprehensive reports on the most popular health topics.

Household - Automotive, Home and Small Engine Repair

• Auto Repair Reference Center
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  Auto repair information for vehicles from 1945 to the present.  Provided by the Indianhead Federated Library System.
• Home Improvement Reference Center
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  Home improvement assistance including decorating, electrical, maintenance, outdoor projects plumbing, remodeling, woodworking and money saving ideas. Provided by the Indianhead Federated Library System. 
• Small Engine Repair
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  Repair information for all-terrain vehicles, generators, boat motors, motorcycles, out-door equipment such as lawn mowers, personal watercraft, snow mobiles, tractors and other small engines.  Provided by the Indianhead Federated Library System.

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Magazines

• EBSCOhost Web
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  Search magazine and newspaper databases from Badgerlink.  Provides access to over 20 databases of magazines, journals, newspapers, images and reference sources covering health, business, education and general news and information.  Provided by Badgerlink.

Newspapers

• Access NewspaperARCHIVE
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  Access NewspaperARCHIVE contains tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s. Pages are presented in PDF format, presenting the news as it originally appeared in print, providing an excellent resource for searching and reading historical newspapers from around the world online.

• Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)
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  Newspaper Source Plus includes over 1,500 full-text newspapers and newswires, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts, videos & podcasts. Nine Wisconsin newspapers are included.

• Regional Business News (EBSCO)
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  This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

Resources For Kids

• Kids Search EBSCO
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  Kids Search makes it easier for students to look for their subjects of interest by automatically searching across all applicable databases simultaneously. Important features and functionality of Kids Search include a visually appealing look and feel, and the ability to search by topic, subtopic, or keywords.  Provided by Badgerlink.
• LitFINDER Kids' Korner
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  Kids' Korner is a subject hierarchy that provides access to poetry by appealing categories for children. Kids' Corner primary topics are listed in a column to the right-hand side of the LitFINDER homepage.  Provided by Badgerlink.
• Searchasaurus EBSCO
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  Searchasaurus is an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages young students to develop and enhance basic search methodologies.  Databases accessible through Searchasaurus include Primary Search and Middle Search Plus as well as a basic dictionary, general encyclopedia, an encyclopedia of animals and an image database.  Provided by Badgerlink.
• Student Research Center EBSCO
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  Student Research Center provides students in secondary schools with the most appropriate research tools for easily obtaining the information that they seek from their EBSCO databases. Through the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included within their search results.  Provided by Badgerlink.
• TeachingBooks Author Programs
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  TeachingBooks author programs give every teacher, librarian, staff member, student and family a chance to see and hear directly from the creators of the very best books for children and young adults through 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.  Provided by Badgerlink.

Other Reference Databases

• Badgerlink
  A project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning.  The website that provides many of the research databases included on this webpage for Wisconsin residents.
• Foundations in Wisconsin
  This directory provides searchable profiles of active grant-making foundations in the state of Wisconsin.
• Literary Reference Center
  A comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. It has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research.
• NoveList
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  NoveList is 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.
• NovelList K-8
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  NoveList for the younger reader.
• 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.
• Wisconsin Songbook Database
  The Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library has a large collection of songbooks and sheet music that can be requested via the statewide WISCAT resource sharing system. The Badgerlink Songbook Database has been developed to help you easily locate songs.
• WISCAT
  A free online catalog of Wisconsin library holdings.  Use this if you can't find what you are looking for in the MORE catalog.  Print out what you are looking for and request it at your local MORE library.