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Wisconsin Newsstand (Proquest)
Locate newspaper articles from 12 Wisconsin newspapers including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in full-text.
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Government Sites
Wisconsin.gov
Official Wisconsin home page with links to state agencies and departments. Includes Tourism and Legislature.
Office of the Governor
Visit Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle's office.
The Wisconsin Legislature
Basic information about your state-level representatives. Ability to find out who your representatives are by your address.
Wisconsin State Budget
Links to information on the Wisconsin State Budget.
Wisconsin 2000 Census
Wisconsin 2000 census statistics by state and city.
Wisconsin Vital Statistics
Find death, birth, marriage and divorce statistics available from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
Wisconsin Health Statistics
Online Wisconsin health statistics available from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services covering a variety of health related topics including common charges for medical procedures, information about health care providers, family health surveys and more.
WisStat
Demographic data for the state. Can be searched by subject, keyword, data source, and year range. From the Applied Population Laboratory of Univ. of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin No Call List
Wisconsin's No Call List - signing up identifies you as someone who does not wish to receive telemarketing calls. It's free and available for residential telephone customers in Wisconsin. Your number will remain on the List for two years. Adding your residential phone number to the List will help reduce (but not eliminate) telemarketing calls to your home.
Sustaining Wisconsin
The Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) is conducting a statewide grassroots public education campaign on major issues of concern such as jobs, economy, environment, families, community, children, education and government.
Wisconsin Tax Forms
Wisconsin Tax Forms and Publications available to print using Adobe Acrobat software.
Business Sites
Small Business Development Center
Local organization offers management counseling, training, and education for small business owners and managers in Winnebago, Outagamie, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Waushara, Marquette, Sheboygan counties.
Business Development Loan Fund
Advocap, Inc. provides micro loans not to exceed $15,000 to small businesses. This is a pilot program under the rules of the Small Business Administration. Preference is given to low income persons starting business or to businesses that pledge to hire low income persons in jobs created in Winnebago, Fond du Lac, and Green Lake counties.
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce Members
Lists links to the official web sites of over 200 Oshkosh businesses. Provided by the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce.
Wisconsin Businesses, 1848-1945
Index of defunct Wisconsin corporations, incorporated between the years 1848-1945.
Wisconsin Department of Commerce
Wisconsin government resource for starting and operating a business in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Small Business Association
Wisconsin SBA office is responsible for the delivery of SBA's many programs and services to the 72 counties of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Business Resource Network
Links to business websites on various issues including environment, taxes, health & safety, human resources, building codes and more.
WisconsinMade.com
Over 600 products produced by Wisconsin artisans.
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News Sites
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee's online newspaper with access to previous four years of news articles and obituaries.
Madison.com
Madison's online newspapers, The Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times, with access to previous five years of news articles.
Wisconsin Public Radio
Program schedules, information and news from the State of Wisconsin's public radio network.
Wisconsin Public Television
Schedules and program information for the State of Wisconsin's public television network.
FightingBob.com
New Progressive Wisconsin Magazine designed in the memory of Wisconsin Leader Robert La Follette.
WISinfo
An official site of Thomson Newspapers, publisher of eight of Wisconsin's newspapers, covering the cities of Oshkosh, Appleton, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Marshfield, Sheboygan, Stevens Point, and Wisconsin Rapids. Articles and news are available on this site.
Wisconsin TV Stations
Wisconsin TV Stations listed by Network.
Travel & Tourism Sites
Portal Wisconsin
Discover Wisconsin arts, culture, and history.
Wisconsin Department of Tourism - Travel Wisconsin
Plan a Wisconsin getaway...find attractions, accommodations, events, free travel guides and more.
Classic Wisconsin
Travel, history, and culture in America's Dairyland!
Escape to Wisconsin
Escape to the top 29 destinations in Wisconsin at the official website of the Wisconsin Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus.
Explore Wisconsin
Find the best places to shop, sleep, play and more throughout Wisconsin's 72 counties.
Wisconsin Pronunciation Guide
Tackle Wisconsin's tough to pronounce place names & surnames with this audio pronunciation guide and learn a few interesting facts about Wisconsin.
Lake Finder
Find Wisconsin lakes by county with maps to print out.
Wisconline
Calendars of events, attractions, weather, and maps.
Wisconsin Chambers of Commerce
An A - Z directory of Wisconsin Chambers of Commerce with telephone numbers and links to websites.
Wisconsin State Parks
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' directory of Wisconsin State Parks.
WisDot Work Zones and Detour Information
Plan your trip around road construction work zones and detours in Wisconsin and other states.
WisTravel.com
Wisconsin online travel resource and publisher of the Wisconsin Travel Guide. Free coupons available to print.
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History & Vital Records
Wisconsin Heritage Online
Photographs, books, postcards, and newspapers about Wisconsin's history, culture and people. Digital collections are from museums, libraries and historical societies.
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Links to various UW digital collections on Belgian-American Research, Ecology and Natural Resources and the Wisconsin Pioneer Experience.
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Wisconsin State Historical Society is a wonderful resource for genealogical and historical materials.
Wisconsin Vital Records Services
Information on requesting vital records - birth, death, marriage and divorce.
Wisconsin Vital Statistics
Find death, birth, marriage and divorce statistics available from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
Wisconsin Electronic Reader
"Stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals, and tidbits from Wisconsin history. Many firsthand accounts, profusely illustrated." A cooperative project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, funded in part by the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Commission.
Wisconsin Genealogy Index
Search through over 10,000 obituaries, personal sketches, and biographies of Wisconsin people. Writeup on individual is not online, but can be purchased or located at a local library.
Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles
Digital images of historical and biographical articles that have been preserved in scrapbooks at the Wisconsin Historical Society in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Wisconsin Historical Images
Historical images collected by the Wisconsin Historical Society from the 19th and 20th centuries. Images are primarily photographs but there are also several paintings and posters.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Obituaries 1999 - present
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel online access to previous years of news articles, obituaries from 1999 - present and classifieds.
Wisconsin: Celebrating People, Place and Past
Wealth of web sites on Wisconsin topics; land, government, people, work, and recreation.
Wisconsin History Day by Day
Lists Wisconsin historical events and provides links to related web sites, and suggested readings. Also has a "Wisconsin Chronology" and biographical info on Wisconsin's governors.
Libraries, Bookstores & more
Badgercat: Basic or Advanced Search
Search BadgerCat to find the materials available in nearly 500 Wisconsin libraries.
Wisconsin Public Libraries & Library System Websites
Links to over 230 public libraries and public library systems in the state with websites and library catalog access.
BadgerLink
BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Division for Libraries and Community Learning, providing links to over 100 library WWW sites, access to the WISCAT, the Reference and Loan VHS list, and other reference resources.
BadgerBooks
This on-line bookstore has information on over 3,000 books about Wisconsin, or by Wisconsin authors.
University of Wisconsin Press
Online list of books available from the University of Wisconsin Press.
WISCAT
The on-line database of materials held by Wisconsin libraries, many of which are available through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Provided by the Wisconsin Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning.
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