Reference
& e-Resources
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Books, Newspaper Articles and
Magazines Research Databases
- Ebsco
Research Databases - Rice Lake Public Library patrons now
have access to a wide variety of databases online. Online databases
are computerized collections of information, indexed for easy
retrieval.Have a question? Answers you can trust, now available any
time night or day! Some are subject specific while others contain a wide
variety of information. Some provide abstracts or full text and some
just provide a citation to an article from a periodical or other
printed source. The information in databases is generally not
available free on the Internet and is usually more reliable and
authoritative since it has been produced or selected and edited by
people with relevant subject expertise.
- Auto
Repair Reference Center - Maintenance and service information
about your car or truck.
- NoveList
- With over 125,000 fiction titles in the database, 90,000
full text reviews, over 36,000 subject headings and a complete
spectrum of searching options, NoveList gives you both the flexibility
and power you need to address even your most discriminating readers'
questions. Use the product's "Find a Favorite Author" or
"Find A Favorite Title" feature to locate a list of John
Grisham's titles, and then use one of these titles to find more than
200 legal thrillers for your John Grisham fans. The product also uses
natural language searching to search the product's full-text reviews
to find "fast-paced thrillers" or books that make good
"read aloud" titles for a day-care center.
- NetLibrary
(must be signup with your local library to use, please see a librarian)
- provides access to your library’s eContent collection. eContent is
the digital version of books, journals, and database content. You can
access your library’s eContent 24 hours a days, seven days a week.
- Thomas
Register - the most comprehensive resource for industrial
information, products, services, CAD drawings, and more…
Search Engines
- Google
- an easy-to-use interface, advanced search technology, and a
comprehensive array of search tools for accessing online information.
Users are able to search for and find content in many different
languages; access stock quotes, maps, and news headlines; get phone
book listings for every city in the United States; retrieve
information from more than 35 million non-HTML documents; and access
the world's largest archive of Usenet messages, more than 700 million,
stemming from 1981.
- Yahoo
- One of the most popular Web portals listing 14 basic subjects
pointing to thousands of other Web sites.
Genealogy
- Heritage
Quest Online (Library Bar Code Required)
- Genealogy & Local History Collection of 25,000+
family and local history books, every word searchable. These titles
have been digitized from ProQuest's microfilm collection, Genealogy
& Local History, which assembles genealogies, local histories,
primary source materials, and genealogical and local history serials
including material from all 50 states and Canada. Also online:
Complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930. PERSI™ - The PERiodical
Source Index is a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500
genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French
(Canada) since 1800. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant
Application Files. Freedman's Bank Records. And more...!
- Ancestry
Library Edition (must be within the library to use) - contains
approximately 4000 databases, including U.S. federal census images and
indexes, United Kingdom census images and indexes from 1871 to 1901,
immigration records and passenger lists (original images for major
U.S. ports), and birth/marriage/death records with a monthly update of
the Social Security Death Index.
Children's Sites
- Yahooligans
- a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for kids. Each
site has been carefully checked by an experienced educator to ensure
the content and links are appropriate for kids aged 7-12. In addition
to our directory, we also have a number of fun features, including
Yahooligans! Games, Sports and News pages, Yahooligans! Movies, a
Reference section, Parents' and Teachers' Guides, a Cool page, and
lots more.
- Ask
Jeeves for Kids - the fastest and easiest way to find
answers to questions. Ask Jeeves for Kids allows you to ask a question
in plain English and, after interacting with you to confirm the
question, Ask Jeeves for Kids takes you to one and only one web site
that answers your question.
- Alfy
- ALFY, the largest web portal for kids, was developed so
that for the first time ever 3-9 year olds could safely and easily
experience everything the cyber world has to offer. ALFY is a fun,
accessible, educational center stocked with interactive stories,
games, crafts, activities, and much more. Designed with the guidance
of an Advisory Board of world-leading psychologists and educators,
ALFY is revolutionizing the way kids learn and play online.
Wisconsin Government Sites &
Information
- Wisconsin
Court System - public access to the records of the Wisconsin
circuit courts for counties using the Consolidated Court Automation
Programs (CCAP) Case Management system. These records are open to
public view under Wisconsin's Open Records law, sections 19.31-19.39,
Wisconsin Statutes.
- Wisconsin
Government - the Wisconsin Citizen's Portal that provides
interactive government services online to help meet the needs of the
businesses and the people of Wisconsin. Wisconsin.gov provides a
variety of online support tools, which enable you to quickly and
accurately locate answers to your questions.
- Self-representation
(pro se) Divorce or legal separation (WI Court System) -
This site provides a guide to divorce and legal separation in
Wisconsin and takes you through a series of questions, filling in the
forms necessary to start or finalize such an action. There is also
information about whether you should try to proceed without an
attorney and answers to questions you may have about the process.
Note: Information on this page is intended to help individuals without
an attorney seek a divorce or legal separation in a Wisconsin court.
This information is provided as a service and convenience by the
Wisconsin Court System and is not intended to provide legal advice.
- Wisconsin Historical Society, Dictionary
of Wisconsin - This Dictionary explains more than 8,000 terms
(people, places, things, and events) used in writings about Wisconsin
history.
- Wisconsin
Current Job Opportunities Bulletin - The
official State of Wisconsin Job Opportunities Bulletin.
- Wisconsin
Libraries - a portal listing of over 550 Websites divided
into the five topical pages shown above. Some areas, like Reference
Sites, will be of general interest while other sections are more
targeted at the library community. This resource list was first posted
in May 1994, making it one of the more established listings.
- Wisconsin
Department of Revenue - for state tax forms, publications
and help with financial matters.
- Internal
Revenue Service - for federal tax forms, publications and help
with tax matters.
- Xcel
Energy Rates & Rules for Wisconsin - This information is
linked here to fulfill the PSC's request to have copies of the 'rates
and rules applicable to the locality' in PSC 113.0501.