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Encyclopedias & Reference Sources
Funk and Wagnall's New World Encyclopedia Features over 25,000 encyclopedia entries.	Home Use
Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Reference sources include: Countries and Their Cultures Encyclopedia of Science and Religion Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans Social Trends and Indicators USA Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever Writers Directory 2005	Home Use for OPL Only.
Kids Search Designed especially for youth in grades K-5, magazines & newspaper articles, biographies, primary source material and photos on various subjects.	Home Use
Student Research Center Designed especially for youth in grades 6-12, magazines & newspaper articles, reference works, country reports, photos, maps & flags on various subjects.	Home Use

Magazine Articles
LexisNexis® Library Express LexisNexis® Library Express provides full-text access to full-text to over 6,000 unique news, and business articles	Home Use for OPL Only Legal Search Only Available at the Library
Magazine Articles Find magazine articles on almost any subject in 15 EbscoHost databases. Many articles are in full-text and ready for you to print!	Home Use
Masterfile Premier Full-text articles from over 1,880 general interest and current events magazines.	Home Use
Academic Search Premier Full-text articles from over 1,560 journals covering academic and school-related subjects.	Home Use
Kids Search Designed especially for youth in grades K-5, magazines & newspaper articles, biographies, primary source material and photos on various subjects.	Home Use
MAS Online Plus Full-text articles from 300 general interest and current events magazines.	Home Use
Middle Search Plus Full-text articles for more than 150 popular, middle school magazines, thousands of biographies, historical essays, student pamphlets and primary source documents.	Home Use
Searchasaurus Search Searchasaurus for kids magazine articles, fun facts, an animal encyclopedia, and a general encyclopedia.	Home Use
Student Research Center Designed especially for youth in grades 6-12, magazines & newspaper articles, reference works, country reports, photos, maps & flags on various subjects.	Home Use
Humanities International Complete Humanities International Complete provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index.	Home Use

Newspaper Articles
The Oshkosh Northwestern Indexing and full-text articles of The Oshkosh Northwestern from 2005 - current.	Home Use for OPL Only.
LexisNexis® Library Express LexisNexis® Library Express provides full-text access to full-text to over 6,000 unique news, business, and legal sources.	Home Use for OPL Only Legal Search Only Available in Library
Newspaper Source Plus Includes 1,570 full-text newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts, videos and podcasts.	Home Use
NewspaperArchive.com Full- text of historic newspapers from 500 cities. Includes Oshkosh Northwestern; 1881 - 1975 (some years & months not available) and additional Oshkosh newspapers dating as far back as 1849 with sporadic coverage.	Home Use

Library Catalogs
Oshkosh Library Catalog Search for books, books on tape or cd, DVDs & videos, music and more...
Your Account Renew items and see what you have on reserve.
University of Wisconsin ~ Oshkosh Polk Library Catalog
Badgercat: Basic or Advanced Search Search BadgerCat to find the materials you need - in nearly 500 Wisconsin libraries or more than 80 countries around the world.
Worldcat: Basic or Advanced Search Search Worldcat to find materials owned by more than 9,000 worldwide member libraries.

Espanol/Spanish Resources
Compartimientos/diarios en texto completo Encuentre los artculos adentro sobre 5000 compartimientos y diarios.	Disponible desde su casa
NetLibrary Practico para la preparacin, despus del trabajo de referencia de las horas. El mas provechoso si se establece una cuenta asque el usuario puede crear un estante, bookmarks y notas.	Disponible desde su casa
WorldCat Catalogo de los materiales posedos por mas de 9.000 bibliotecas mundiales del miembro.	Disponible desde su casa

E-Books
NetLibrary ~ Electronic Books Check out Oshkosh Public Library's E-book collection at netLibrary.com. An E-book is an electronic version of a printed book. E-books can be viewed online from any computer connected to the Internet.	Home Use
Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Reference sources include: Countries and Their Cultures Encyclopedia of Science and Religion Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans Social Trends and Indicators USA Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever Writers Directory 2005	Home Use for OPL Only

Database access from Home

Oshkosh Public Library and the Winnefox Library System have made it possible for you to access these library resources from home or work! To access some of these databases you will need to have your library card number handy.

Databases may be accessed from home by logging in with library card number and PIN number (last four digits of your phone number). Select databases are limited to Oshkosh Public Library cardholders only. "Home Use for OPL Only" indicates an Oshkosh Public Library card number is needed to access the database.

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Home Use - Indicates the database is accessible from home 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! All products are available to use within the library.
Home Use for OPL Only - Indicates an Oshkosh Public Library card number is needed to access the database.

WLS indicates the database is funded by the Winnefox Library System, a federated public library system serving libraries in Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Waushara and Winnebago counties. To access some of these databases from home you may need to create a free account using a sign-up form.

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