Individual libraries may have additional databases available to their customers, so check those websites if you need additional assistance or information.
The following resources can be accessed from:
- Within any of the subscribing libraries.
- Check with the subscribing library for remote access information. Remote access may be restricted to patrons with a valid library card who have designated a subscribing library as their home library.
* indicates access to this resource was made possible by funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the CARES ACT.
Access Video On Demand (connect through subscribing library)
Access Video On Demand offers an expansive, collection of thousands of high-quality videos from around the world. Their videos include Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody Award-winning documentaries, how-to programs, top-quality performances spanning the arts, biographies of history-makers past and present, and a variety of TV shows and movies.
Subscribing Library: Kilbourn Public Library (Wisconsin Dells)
Access Video On Demand - Just For Kids (connect through subscribing library)
Just for Kids gives children and their parents a thoroughly kid-safe, advertisement-free media platform they can freely explore and enjoy. It has the educational videos children want to watch, like Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, The Berenstain Bears, Franklin, and thousands more. It also has songs, games, and other interactives that are sure to entertain, educate, and inspire young children.
Subscribing Library: Kilbourn Public Library (Wisconsin Dells)
Ancestry Library (available in-library only)
Genealogy information, including census data, passenger lists, and more.
Subscribing Libraries: Adams County, Albany, Amherst, Arpin, Baraboo, Belleville, Black Earth, Brodhead, Cambria, Cambridge, Columbus, Cross Plains, Deerfield, DeForest, Fitchburg, LaValle, Lodi, Madison, Marshall, Marshfield, Mazomanie, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Monroe, Monticello, Mount Horeb, Nekoosa, New Glarus, North Freedom, Oregon, Pardeeville, Pittsville, Plain, Portage, Poynette, Prairie du Sac, Reedsburg, Rio, Rock Springs, Rome, Sauk City, Spring Green, Portage County, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, Vesper, Waunakee, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Rapids, Wyocena
AtoZdatabases (connect through subscribing libraries)
Search millions of business and resident listings in the United States with this powerful, easy-to-use directory. Download records in Excel or other formats for easy business marketing or personal address lists.
Subscribing Libraries: Mazomanie Free Library, Middleton Public Library, Portage County Public Library (Stevens Point), Reedsburg Public Library
AtoZ Food America (connect through subscribing libraries)
The world's largest database of American food, culture, and recipes. With thousands of recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources, Food America brings United States cuisines to you!
Subscribing Libraries: Black Earth Public Library, E.D. Locke Public Library (McFarland), Oregon Public Library, Sun Prairie Public Library
AtoZ The USA (connect through subscribing library)
The world's largest database of essential information about the USA and the states.
Subscribing Library: Mazomanie Free Library
AtoZ World Culture (connect through subscribing library)
Information about world history, cultures, languages, foods, religions, and much more. There are 174 Country Culture Guides covering more than 60 topics each.
Subscribing Library: Mazomanie Free Library
AtoZ World Food (connect through subscribing libraries)
The world's largest collection of international recipes and global food culture. With thousands of global recipes, hundreds of fascinating culture and ingredient articles, and essential culinary resources, AtoZ World Food brings international cuisines to you!
Subscribing Libraries: Oregon Public Library, Sun Prairie Public Library
AtoZ World Travel (connect through subscribing libraries)
A comprehensive travel resource with information about points of interest, security, transportation, food and recipes, culture, language, and more.
Subscribing Libraries: Black Earth Public Library, E.D. Locke Public Library (McFarland), Monticello Public Library
Chilton Library
Automotive repair information for popular and specialty vehicles of the past 30-50 years.
Subscribing Libraries: Black Earth, Cambridge, Cross Plains
CLIO III (connect through subscribing library)
Electronic bookshelf of more than 1,370 state and county history books.
Subscribing Library: Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library (available in-library only)
Comics Plus - Children's Library (connect through subscribing libraries)
Digital comics for K-3/Ages 5-7. Digital access on desktop, mobile, or tablet. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for offline reading, with unlimited, simultaneous checkouts.
Subscribing Libraries: DeForest Area Public Library, Madison Public Library
Comics Plus - Teen Library (connect through subscribing library)
Digital comics for Gr 6-8/Ages 11-14. Digital access on desktop, mobile, or tablet. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for offline reading, with unlimited, simultaneous checkouts.
Subscribing Libraries: DeForest Area Public Library
Comics Plus - Full Library (connect through subscribing libraries)
Thousands of digital comics available. Digital access on desktop, mobile, or tablet. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for offline reading, with unlimited, simultaneous checkouts.
Subscribing Libraries: DeForest Area Public Library, Fitchburg Public Library, Madison Public Library
Consumer Reports (connect through subscribing libraries)
Product reviews and ratings on cars, appliances, electronics and more from Consumer Reports.
Subscribing Libraries: Baraboo, Belleville, Black Earth, Cambridge, Columbus, Cross Plains, Fitchburg, Madison, Marshall, Marshfield, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Monroe, Mount Horeb, New Glarus, Oregon, Prairie du Sac, Randolph, Reedsburg, Rio, Rome, Sauk City, Spring Green, Portage County (Stevens Point), Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, Waunakee, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Rapids
Core Collections (connect through subscribing library)
The Collections include books that are published or distributed in the United States and Canada and in print when the current H.W. Wilson Core Collection volume went to press. Original paperback editions and paperback reprints of some essential titles unavailable in hardcover are included. The following Core Collection products are available: Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction, Graphic Novels Core Collection, Fiction Core Collection, and Children's Core Collection.
Subscribing Library: Madison Public Library
Creativebug (connect through subscribing libraries)
Crafting website that gives you unlimited access to thousands of online art and craft classes.
Subscribing Libraries: Adams County Library, Cambridge Community Library*, Columbus Public Library, E.D. Locke Public Library (McFarland), McMillan Memorial Library (Wisconsin Rapids), Middleton Public Library, Monona Public Library*, Oregon Public Library, Rio Community Library*, Lester Public Library of Rome, Stoughton Public Library, Verona Public Library
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 (connect through subscribing library)
Property and land-use maps of everyday life from 1867-1970. Large scale map views of 12,000+ U.S. towns and cities.
Subscribing Library: Monroe Public Library
Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library Online Genealogy Index (Access is not restricted.)
Index to vital records as printed in Marshfield newspapers.
Flipster
A selection of digital magazines.
Subscribing Libraries: Madison, Middleton
Fold3 Library Edition (connect through subscribing library)
Access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.
Subscribing Library: Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library
Gale Directory Library (Available to all SCLS library card-holders)
The Gale Directory Library offers a wide range of data searching, filtering, and exporting options for users to tailor results and put them to practical use.
Subscribing Library: Madison Public Library
Gale eBooks (Available to all SCLS library card-holders)
Eleven titles of popular multi-volume reference sets: Encyclopedia of Education; Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia; Dictionary of American History; Encyclopedia of Food and Culture; Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law; Reference Guide to World Literature; Encyclopedia of Science and Religion; Space Sciences; Encyclopedia of Aging; Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Business Plans Handbook (Vols. 1-34).
Access Provided by: Madison Public Library
Gale Peterson's Test and Career Prep (connect through subscribing libraries)
Gale Peterson's Test and Career Prep offers diverse test prep resources, college planning solutions, career exploration and assessment tools, job searches, and more. The test prep resources will help users prepare for a variety of standardized exams, including college entry exams like the SAT and ACT, and vocational exams in industries like law enforcement, journeyman, cosmetology, as well as U.S. citizenship.
Subscribing Libraries: Madison Public Library, McMillan Memorial Library (Wisconsin Rapids)
Hoopla
Hoopla is an easy-to-use digital media service that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, phone – and even your TV! There is never a waiting list; titles can be streamed immediately or downloaded.
Subscribing Libraries: Black Earth Public Library, DeForest Area Public Library, Mount Horeb Public Library, North Freedom Public Library, Reedsburg Public Library, George Culver Community Library (Sauk City), Kilbourn Public Library (Wisconsin Dells)
Infobase Learning Cloud (connect through subscribing library)
Infobase Learning Cloud offers more than 1,700 courses, including 100,000 videos across 50+ topics. Educators can earn professional development credit, utilize their own content, and assess learning. It offers a complete outcome-based learning framework where users can create, manage, distribute, assess, credential, and now advance through their careers.
Subscribing Library: Kilbourn Public Library (Wisconsin Dells)
Kanopy (connect through subscribing libraries)
Stream thousands of ad-free films and series on your TV, mobile phone, tablet and online.
Subscribing Libraries: Black Earth Public Library, DeForest Area Public Library, Madison Public Library, E. D. Locke Public Library (McFarland), Monona Public Library, Oregon Public Library, Ruth Culver Community Library (Prairie du Sac), George Culver Community Library (Sauk City), Stoughton Public Library, Sun Prairie Public Library, Waunakee Public Library
Literature Resource Center
Information about authors and their works (from Gale).
Subscribing Libraries: Brodhead, Cambridge, Cross Plains, Deerfield, LaValle
LOTE4Kids (connect through subscribing library)
LOTE4Kids is a database that allows kids to enjoy the magic of books in Languages Other Than English (LOTE) both in the library and at home.
Subscribing Library: DeForest Area Public Library
Magill's Medical Guide (connect through subscribing library)
Magill’s Medical Guide is an authoritative reference source that helps bridge the gap between medical encyclopedias for professionals and popular self-help guides. It is a compendium of medical information suitable for student research as well as use by general readers, including patients and caregivers.
Subscribing Library: Madison Public Library
Mango (connect through subscribing libraries)
An online language-learning system for help learning languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and Russian and more.
Subscribing Libraries: Middleton Public Library, Waunakee Public Library
Morningstar Investment Research Center (connect through subscribing libraries)
Financial information on over 30,000 stocks, mutual funds and ETFs.
Subscribing Libraries: Madison Public Library, E.D. Locke Public Library (McFarland), Middleton Public Library, Oregon Public Library, Sun Prairie Public Library, Verona Public Library
NewsBank (connect through subscribing library)
Electronic editions of Wisconsin State Journal, The Capital Times, and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Subscribing Library: Middleton Public Library
NewspaperARCHIVE (connect through subscribing libraries)
Searchable Wisconsin newspaper pages, dating as far back as the 1700s.
Subscribing Libraries: Madison Public Library, E.D. Locke Public Library (McFarland), Waunakee Public Library
Newspapers.com (connect through subscribing library)
Online access to over 16,700 newspapers from the 1700s – 2000s.
Subscribing Library: Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library
New York Times Digital (connect through subscribing libraries)
Online access to all current New York Times articles.
Subscribing Libraries: Madison Public Library, E.D. Locke Public Library (McFarland), Monroe Public Library
NoveList Plus, NoveList Plus Mobile
Book reviews, annotations, etc., for over 250,000 fiction and nonfiction titles.
Subscribing Libraries: Arpin, Belleville, Black Earth, Brodhead, Cambridge, Cross Plains, Dane County Library Service, Deerfield, Fitchburg, LaValle, McFarland, Middleton, Monroe, Monticello, North Freedom, Oregon, Plain, Portage, Prairie du Sac, Reedsburg, Rock Springs, Sauk City, Spring Green, Portage County, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, Waunakee, Wisconsin Rapids
O’Reilly for Public Libraries (Formerly Safari Books Online, connect through subscribing library)
Access to 50K+ titles (including O’Reilly books in early release), 30K+ hours of video, case studies from top companies, learning paths, expert playlists, and more—with nearly 1,000 topics to explore in technology and business.
Subscribing Library: Madison Public Library
PressReader (connect through subscribing library)
Access to more than 7,000 of the world’s top newspapers and magazines as soon as they’re available on shelves.
Subscribing Library: Madison Public Library
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Wisconsin Collection (connect through subscribing library)
A database of historical Wisconsin newspapers in downloadable PDF format.
Subscribing Library: McMillan Memorial Library (Wisconsin Rapids)
Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA Business)
A premier source of information on businesses and people for small business owners, marketing professionals, researchers and job seekers.
Subscribing Libraries: Belleville, Cross Plains, Fitchburg, Madison, McFarland, New Glarus, Oregon, Prairie du Sac, Spring Green, Sun Prairie, Verona
Transparent Language Online
Transparent Language Online is a language-learning system including over 70 languages.
Subscribing Libraries: Adams County, Albany, Belleville, Black Earth, Brodhead, Cambria, Cambridge, Columbus, Cross Plains, Deerfield, DeForest, Fitchburg, Lodi, Madison, Marshall, Mazomanie, McFarland, Monona, Monroe, Monticello, New Glarus, Oregon, Plain, Portage County, Prairie du Sac, Reedsburg, Rock Springs, Spring Green, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Rapids, Wyocena
TumbleBooks Library (connect through subscribing libraries)
A collection of TumbleBooks (animated, talking picture books) with fiction, non-fiction and foreign language titles, Read-Alongs (chapter books with sentence highlighting and narration but no animation), Ebooks which may be viewed online, and Tumble Puzzles & Games.
Subscribing Libraries: Belleville Public Library, Sun Prairie Public Library
Value Line (connect through subscribing library)
Stock reports and rankings, as well as news, commentary, and investment planning tools.
Subscribing Library: Madison Public Library
Washington Post (connect through subscribing libraries)
Online access to all current Washington Post articles.
Subscribing Libraries: Madison Public Library, E.D. Locke Public Library (McFarland)
Weiss Financial Ratings (connect through subscribing library)
Weiss Financial Ratings provides financial education guides as well as ratings for insurance and banking institutions. Users can take advantage of tools to compare and decide between supplemental Medicare insurance plans, banks, credit unions, and insurance companies.
Subscribing Library: Madison Public Library