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Jobs
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Movies
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Native Americans
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Telephone & Zip Codes
Television & Radio
Travel
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Wisconsin
Encyclopedias & Reference Sources

Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia (BadgerLink resource)
Features over 25,000 encyclopedia entries.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (Need OPL card)
Database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Kids Search (BadgerLink resource)
Designed especially for youth in grades K-5, magazines & newspaper articles, biographies, primary source material and photos on various subjects.

Searchasaurus (BadgerLink resource)
Search Searchasaurus for kids magazine articles, fun facts, an animal encyclopedia, and a general encyclopedia.

Student Research Center (BadgerLink resource)
Designed especially for youth in grades 6-12, magazines & newspaper articles, reference works, country reports, photos, maps & flags on various subjects.

Magazine Articles

Magazine Articles (BadgerLink resource)
Find magazine articles on almost any subject. Search across multiple EBSCOHost Research Databases at once.

Masterfile Premier (BadgerLink resource)
Full-text articles from popular general interest and current events magazines.

Academic Search Premier (BadgerLink resource)
Full-text articles covering academic and school-related topics.

Humanities International Complete  (BadgerLink resource)
Full text articles from journals, books and other published sources from around the world.  Includes all data from the Humanities International Index.

Kids Search (BadgerLink resource)
Designed especially for youth in grades K-5, magazines & newspaper articles, biographies, primary source material and photos on various subjects.

MAS Ultra - School Edition (BadgerLink resource)
Designed specifically for high school students; contains full-text articles from popular, high school magazines, reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an image collection.

Middle Search Plus (BadgerLink resource)
Full-text articles from popular, middle school magazines.  Includes thousands of biographies, historical essays, student pamphlets and primary source documents.

Searchasaurus (BadgerLink resource)
Search Searchasaurus for kids magazine articles, fun facts, an animal encyclopedia, and a general encyclopedia.

Student Research Center (BadgerLink resource)
Designed especially for youth in grades 6-12, magazines & newspaper articles, reference works, country reports, photos, maps & flags on various subjects.

Newspapers

The Oshkosh Northwestern (Need OPL card)
Indexing and full-text articles of The Oshkosh Northwestern from June 2002 - current.

Newspaper Source Plus (BadgerLink resource)
Includes full-text newspaper articles featuring television and radio news transcripts, videos and podcasts.

NewspaperArchive.com (BadgerLink resource)
Full-page & searchable historic newspapers from many U.S. & Wisconsin cities. Includes Oshkosh Northwestern; 1881 - 1975 (some years & months not available) and additional Oshkosh newspapers dating as far back as 1849 with sporadic coverage.

Wisconsin Newspaper Digital Research Site (BadgerLink resource)
A service of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Provides access to the 235 daily and weekly newspapers in Wisconsin, starting in 2005 to present (60 days delay time).  Notice: Access to Gannett newspapers has been discontinued due to a contract with Proquest.

Download Audiobooks & eBooks

eBooks on Ebscohost (funded by the Winnefox Library System)
Check out Oshkosh Public Library's E-book collection available through Ebscohost! Ebooks can be viewed online from any computer connected to the Internet.

OverDrive: Audiobooks & Ebooks
Audiobooks, ebooks, music and video for your PC, Mac or compatible portable device, available anytime day or night.  Now compatible with Kindles.  Funded by the Winnefox Library System & the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium.

OneClickdigital (from Recorded Books) (Need OPL card)
Download audiobooks to your PC, Mac or listening device available from Recorded Books.

Career & Education Resources

LearningExpress Library  (need OPL card)
Resources you need to achieve the results you want in school, at work, or in life including practice tests, exercises, & skill-building courses.  Easy registration required to use this database.  Username & password only to set up your account.

Mango Languages (need OPL card)
An online language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication. Through fun and engaging interactive lessons, Mango makes learning a new language fast, easy and incredibly effective.  Includes Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin), German, Italian, Korean and Arabic.

Winnefox Job Information Center
Local and national job listings, resume and interview tips, & career advice. This service is provided by the Winnefox Library Service and is funded by a LSCA grant from the WI Dept. of Education.

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