Research Guides-- State & Local:
Wisconsin
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Center on Wisconsin Strategy
http://www.cows.org
The site provides economic data and analysis of the state’s economic performance
and living standards. The State of Working Wisconsin, Wisconsin Job Watch,
Sustaining Wisconsin Education and other research reports are also found
on the site.
Wisconsin.gov: The
State of Wisconsin
http://www.wisconsin.gov/
Starting point to guide you to the many resources available from Wisconsin state
agencies, departments and other governmental branches. It also provides links
to information resources at the University of Wisconsin campuses, as well as
sources from other states and the federal government.
Legislative
Reference Bureau.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/index.html
Serves the Legislature and the public by providing non-partisan legal, research
and library services. Wisconsin Blue Book -- LRB Publications -- Index and Acts
-- Legal Services -- Reference and Research -- Theobald Legislative Library.
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
System
http://www.uwsa.edu/
Provides a central, access point on the World Wide Web to all the two and four
year campuses within the University of Wisconsin System as well as Wisconsin
Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television.
WisBar: State Bar of Wisconsin
: resources for Wisconsin attorneys and the public.
http://www.wisbar.org
Includes Bar information, current issues and archives of Wisconsin Lawyer Magazine,
and legal resources for attorneys and the public. Partial listing of legal resources
: WI caselaw -- WI statutes -- WI acts - WI administrative code -- WI Constitution
-- Court rules.
Wisconsin
Administrative Code
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/index.html
The state of Wisconsin regulations.
Wisconsin
Electronic Reader
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/WIReader/Contents.html
Stories, essays, letters, poems, biographies, journals and tidbits from Wisconsin
history. Many first hand accounts - profusely illustrated.
Wisconsin
State Statutes.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/stats.html
The laws for the state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin.com: Your
Wisconsin Internet Portal
http://www.wisconsin.com
Wisconsin.com is a Wisconsin-based internet portal to web sites about many aspects
of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Department
of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
http://datcp.state.wi.us
Consumer product, agricultural, food safety-related and business information
on everything from Wisconsin cheese industry to the Alice in Dairyland pagent,
Gypsy moths, and aquacultural farming in Wisconsin. Useful for industry professionals,
consumers, and farmers.
Wisconsin Department
of Revenue
http://www.dor.state.wi.us/
The department advises on tax policy and administers the state's tax laws and
lottery to fund state and local government operations. You can find state tax
publications and forms here as well.
Wisconsin Department
of Tourism
http://www.travelwisconsin.com
Tourism information, directories, schedules and facts for the entire state of
Wisconsin including: Activities & attractions -- Lodging & meetings
-- Travel guide -- Calendar of events -- More choices -- Seasonal focus -- Weekly
feature -- Links -- Order free publications.
Wisconsin Department
of Workforce Development
http://www.dwd.state.wi.us
A comprehensive resource of information about the agency and its programs. The
focus of the department is on connecting people with employment opportunities
and on administering the state employment laws. Program links include: Find
a job on Jobnet -- Partnership for Full Employmnet -- W-2 Welfare Intiative
-- Welfare to Work -- Child Support -- Information & Services for Youth
-- Wisconsin Job Centers -- Wisconsin Business Resource Network.
Wisconsin
Historical Images
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/
Contains a broad range of images selected from the Wisconsin Historical Society
Visual Materials collection. The site currently holds 250 images with more to
be added monthly.
Wisconsin Housing and Economic
Development Authority
http://www.wheda.com
The serves Wisconsin residents and communities by working with others to provide
creative financing resources and information to stimulate and preserve affordable
housing, small business, and agribusiness. On this site you will find New Low-Cost
Rural Mortgages, Federally Assisted Housing Inventory, WHEDA's Target Area Maps
for single-family homebuyers, Affordable Housing Tax Credit, Projects by County,
Multifamily Products Downloads, Who's Your Regional WHEDA Rep?
Wisconsin
Local History & Biography Articles
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba
On this Wisconsin Historical Society website you will find thousands of historical
newspaper articles on Wisconsin people and communities. More articles will be
added at regular intervals through the end of this year.
Wisconsin Policy Research
Institute, Inc.
The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute is a not-for-profit institute
established to study public-policy issues affecting the state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Technical
College System
http://www.witechcolleges.com/
Getting started -- Basic information -- Career majors -- College listings -
Financial information -- Student services -- Distance learning -- Explore other
options - Business and industry services -- Online information and application
forms.
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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.
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. Useable from your home computer by entering
your OneCard ID Number.
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. Useable from your home computer.
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Capital
Times
Daily afternoon newspaper in the City of Madison.
Isthmus
Arts and entertainment newsweekly in the city of Madison.
Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Daily newspaper from Milwaukee WI.
Wisconsin
Economic Indicators
Published by the WI Dept. of Workforce Development. Offers monthly statistics
on the economic situation of the state.
Wisconsin
Lawyer
Official monthly publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin
Natural Resources
Features articles and news on the state's environment, land, and aquatic
resources. Published by the Dept. of Natural Resources.
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.
Wisconsin
Woman
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For a complete listing of Wisconsin resources, 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.
Birds of Wisconsin.
598.09775 G875 1998
By Owen J. Gromme ; with an introduction by Samuel D. Robbins, Jr.
Black settlers in rural Wisconsin.
977.5 C78 1994
By Zachary Cooper.
County parks of Wisconsin: 600 parks you can visit featuring 25 favorites.
917.7504 B433
By Jeannette & Chet Bell.
Driftless stories: outdoors in southwest Wisconsin.
799.09775 M919
By John Motoviloff.
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School in Wisconsin: an architectural touring
guide.
720.9775 V83 1998
By Kristin Visser.
The great Peshtigo fire : an eyewitness account.
977.533 P452
By Peter Pernin.
Haunted Wisconsin.
133.109775 N843 2001
By Michael Norman and Beth Scott.
Indian mounds of Wisconsin.
977.501 B619
By Robert A. Birmingham and Leslie E. Eisenberg.
Indian nations of Wisconsin: histories of endurance and renewal.
977.500497 L827
By Patty Loew.
New pioneers in the heartland : Hmong life in Wisconsin.
977.529 K81
By Jo Ann Koltyk.
Oddball Wisconsin: a guide to some really strange places.
917.7504 P748
By Jerome Pohlen.
On Wisconsin! : the history of Badger athletics from 1896-1998.
796.043 K83
By Don Kopriva, Jim Mott.
Stalag Wisconsin: inside WWII prisoner-of-war camps.
940.542775 C875
By Betty Cowley.
State of Wisconsin blue book.
REFERENCE 328.775 W81
The manual describing the function and structure of WI state government.
Wetland restoration handbook for Wisconsin landowners.
577.68 T468
By Alice L. Thompson and Charles S. Luthin.
Winter trails Wisconsin : the best cross-country ski & snowshoe trails.
796.932 V217
By Phil Van Valkenberg.
Wisconsin: a history.
977.5 N45 1989
By Robert C. Nesbit.
Wisconsin atlas & gazetteer : detailed topographic maps, back roads, outdoor
recreation.
REFERENCE 912.775 W811 1998
DeLorme Publishing Company.
Wisconsin biographical dictionary.
REFERENCE 920.0775 W811
Wisconsin curiosities: quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat
stuff.
977.5 F312
Michael Feldman and Diana Cook.
Wisconsin : off the beaten path.
917.7504 H666
By Martin and Daniel Hintz.
Wisconsin's past and present: a historical atlas.
REFERENCE 977.5 W811
The Wisconsin Cartographers' Guild.
Wisconsin then and now: the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Rephotography Project.
977.5 B868
Workers and unions in Wisconsin : a labor history anthology.
331.8809775 H758
By Darryl Holter.
Wisconsin folklore.
398.09775 W811
Edited by James P. Leary.
Wisconsin state parks : a complete outdoor recreation guide to campers, hikers,
anglers, boaters and nature lovers.
QUICKPICK917.75 B154
By Bill Bailey.
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