Research Guides-- State & Local:
Madison and Dane County
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City of Madison,
Wisconsin
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us
The central, official location to access all departments, agencies, services,
committees, and task forces of the city of Madison.
Dane County
http://www.co.dane.wi.us
Official county government access to departments, commissions, offices, local
forms and publications, Dane County Code of Ordinances, and schedules for the
Expo Center.
Dane County Regional
Planning Commission
http://www.danecorpc.org
The mission of the Commission is planning. Through its plans, it provides a
comprehensive, a long-range and an area wide perspective to governmental decision
making in the region. The Commission's plans are advisory and are implemented
through actions taken by other units. It works closely with town, village, city,
county and state agencies as a means of sharing technical resources and to help
achieve coordinated plans and development. It provides information, helps local
units with their planning and coordinates programs in the region. Publishes
the Report on Regional Trends. The trends report provides a report of growth
and development in Dane County in short, a one-stop summary of useful information
about growth in the county and its local units of government.
Chazen Museum of Art
(formerly Elvehjem)
http://chazen.wisc.edu/
UW's art museum online. The Chazen Museum of Art is one of the nation's leading
university art museums with a reputation for exceptions exhibitions, insightful
educational programs, and arts activities for all ages. Founded in 1970 to conserve,
study, and display the art collections of the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
the Elvehjem features eleven galleries for the presentation of the permanent
collection and temporary exhibitions, the Mayer Print Center, and Museum Shop
as well as lecture halls, auditoria, and the Kohler Art Library.
Greater
Madison Chamber of Commerce
http://www.greatermadisonchamber.com
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce is 2500 strong. From Oscar Mayer to
Lynn's Family Day Care we represent a diverse group of businesses and their
interests.
Greater Madison
Convention & Visitor's Bureau
http://www.visitmadison.com
This is your on-line guide to the Madison area's many treasures. For help in
planning a memorable meeting or vacation in the Madison area, just call on the
friendly experts at the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Mad
about Madison
http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/recTourism.html
Things to do and places to go in Madison, WI.
Madison Area Technical
College
http://www.madison.tec.wi.us/
Madison Area Technical College (MATC) is the technical and community college
for the greater Madison area. It is dedicated to providing accessible, high
quality instruction and technical experience to meet the needs of its students,
community and area employers.
Madison Museum of Contemporary
Art (MMOCA) -formerly Madison Art Center
http://www.mmoca.org/
View selections from recent exhibitions, learn more about educational programs
sponsored MMOCA or browse the gallery shop.
Madison Business Internet
Guide
http://www.madbiz.com/
Provided by Associated Business Consultants, this page currently provides links
to over 1300 Madison-area businesses and organizations on the web, and is searchable
by name or keyword.
Madison
Media
http://www.cityofmadison.com/media.html
Directory of television, newspaper, magazine, and radio WWW pages for the City
of Madison and Dane County.
Madison
Public Library
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/
Search the MPL materials catalog, discover communities events, use periodical
databases, and more.
Madison.com
http://www.madison.com
Madison.com is operated by Madison Newspapers Inc., publishers of the Wisconsin
State Journal, The Capital Times, Agri-View, Madison Business First, and Apartment
Showcase. Choose "Apartment Rental" from right-hand side menu to select
an apartment listed in the recent classifieds.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens
http://www.olbrich.org/
On the shores of Lake Monona, a tropical conservatory year-round and 14 acres
of outdoor display gardens including a sunken garden, perennial garden, rose
garden, rock garden, herb garden, and wildflower garden. The website offers
a virtual walk in the Gardens, class and concert information, gardening articles
and resources, and history of the Gardens and more.
Overture Foundation
http://overturecenter.com/
The Overture Foundation was created in 1996 by W. Jerome (Jerry) Frautschi,
who serves as its Chairman. Mr. Frautschi created the Foundation with the primary
purpose of supporting the arts and culture in Madison and Dane County. The development
of the Overture Project will be the Foundation's major focus. Learn more about
the Overture Project, the design architect, and the current state of planning
for this major arts initiative.
South Central
Wisconsin's Multiple Listing Service
http://www.wisconsinhomes.com
Searchable access to some of the same information that real estate agents use
at this easy-to-navigate site featuring homes for sale that are registered with
real estate agents. The South Central Wisconsin MLS serves Dane, Sauk and Columbia
Counties as well as portions of Dodge, Iowa, Jefferson, Rock, Green, LaFayette,
Grant, Crawford, Richland, Vernon, Juneau, Adams, and Marquette Counties.
State and Local
Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
A directory of links to government resources on the Internet, from national
to state to local.
State Historical Society
of Wisconsin
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org
Charged with collecting, advancing, and disseminating knowledge of Wisconsin
and of the trans-Allegheny West. The Society serves as the archives of the State
of Wisconsin; it collects books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, relics, newspapers,
and audio and graphic materials as they relate to North America; it maintains
a museum, library, and research facility in Madison as well as a statewide system
of historic sites, school services, area research centers, and affiliated local
societies; it administers a broad program of historic preservation; and publishes
a wide variety of historical materials, both scholarly and popular.
University of Wisconsin
- Madison Libraries
http://www.library.wisc.edu
Search the UW materials catalog, discover electronic journals, multimedia collections,
request services and initiate inter-library loan requests from this major research
library. Databases and services are often limited to members of the UW-Madison
community.
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Available by clicking on the title of the database below. Access from home
or work is available for these databases, please read the instructions for Off
Campus Users.
Business
& Company Resource Center
The Integrated GBR Database contains detailed information on 448,000
U.S. and international companies, thorough histories and chronologies of major
companies, and in-depth coverage of over 1,000 major U.S. and global industries
including full-text essays, rankings, market shares, trade and professional
associations, and statistical analyses.
General
Reference Center Gold
Use this general interest/business database to search magazines, newspapers,
and reference books for information on business, industry, current events, the
arts, science, entertainment, etc.
Statistical
Universe
Statistical Universe contains abstracting and indexing data for more
than 5,000 federal statistical publications per year from 1973 to the present
contained in ASI (American Statistics Index). Statistical Universe also contains
the full text of more than 800 U.S. government statistical publications from
1995 to 1997, including the Statistical Abstract of the United States. Starting
in 1998, monthly updates add up to 650 full-text statistical publications each
year. In addition there are many links to full-text documents on government
Web sites (verified daily). Information and tables are frequently available
in a variety of formats, including GIF, XLS, CSV, and PDF.
Proquest
Online Newspapers
Selected Wisconsin newspapers including the Wisconsin State Journal and
The Capital Times, plus The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune
and other national newspapers.
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- Click on the title of the periodical to see what issues are available at
MATC libraries.
Use your browser's "Back" button to return to this page.
Capital
Times
Daily afternoon newspaper in the City of Madison.
Isthmus
Arts and entertainment newsweekly in the city of Madison.
Wisconsin
Economic Indicators
Published by the WI Dept. of Workforce Development. Offers monthly statistics
by county on the economic situation of the state.
Wisconsin
Trails
Profiles the people, life and culture of the Wisconsin spirit and way
of life.
Wisconsin
State Journal
Morning daily newspaper in the City of Madison.
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Click on a title to see if it is available
in the library; a new window will open when you click a title.
Madison
musical legends.
CD220253
Haggar Audio Productions.
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For a complete listing of resources on the Madison and Dane County, please
consult the online
library catalog.
Click on a title to see if it is available
in the library; a new window will open when you click a title.
Best canoe trails of southern Wisconsin.
797.12209775 D912
By Michael E. Duncanson.
Capital city courage : a history of the Madison Fire
628.925 C24
Department, 1856-1991.
Code of ordinances, Dane County, Wisconsin.
REFERENCE 340.09775 D17
Also available online at http://www.co.dane.wi.us/ord/dcord.htm
A Common joy: outdoor art in Madison.
730 H96
By Frances W. Hurst.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Madison : eight decades of artistic and Social interaction.
720.92 W94S
Editor, Paul E. Sprague ; catalogue essays by Diane Filipowicz ... [et al.]
Greater Madison, meeting the 21st century : a contemporary portrait.
977.5 M69
By Doug Moe.
The insider's guide to Madison.
917.7583 C187 Quickpick
By Genie Campbell and Shari Hamilton.
Land atlas & plat book, Dane County, Wisconsin, 1999.
REFERENCE 912.77583 L253 1999
Madison general ordinances.
REFERENCE 340.09775 M18
Also available from the City of Madison's web
page http://www.ci.madison.wi.us/ccc.html
The municipal year book.
REFERENCE 352 M966
The authoritative source book of urban data and developments. Published annually.
Quality policing: the Madison experience.
363.20977583 C856
By David C. Couper and Sabine H. Lobitz.
On Wisconsin! : the history of Badger athletics from 1896-1998.
796.043 K83
By Don Kopriva and Jim Mott.
The people's stories of South Madison.
305.8960730775 P419
Compiled and edited by David Giffey.
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