Subscription Databases with Remote Access Alphabetically Arranged
All of the sites listed on this page are subscription databases, meaning that the Brookfield Public Library,
Bridges Library System or State of Wisconsin has paid for you to access the site.
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Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
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Literature Criticism Online
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Auto Repair Reference Center
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Mergent Archives
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BadgerLink
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Mergent Online
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Newsbank
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Morningstar
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National Geographic Magazine Digital
Archive 1888-Present – People,
Animals, and the World
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Biography in Context
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Book Index with Reviews
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Britannica Online - Elementary
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Britannica Online – Middle School
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NetAdvantage
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Britannica Online – High School
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Newspaper Archive
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Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW Newsbank
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Newspaper Source Plus
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Business Source Premier
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Novelist K-8
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Consumer Health Complete
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Novelist Plus
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Consumer Reports Online
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OneClickdigital - eAudioBooks
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Dictionary of Literary Biography
Complete Online
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OverDrive - eAudioVisual Materials
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EBSCO eBooks
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Points of View Reference Center
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EBSCOhost
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Reference USA
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Explora for Everyone
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Rosetta Stone
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Salem Press, The Reference Shelf &
Grey House Publishing Resources
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Exlpora for Elementary School
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Explora for Middle & High School
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Science Reference Center
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Flipster
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Scribner Writers Series
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Gale Courses
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Something About the Author Online
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Gale Literary Sources
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Teaching Books.net
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Gale’s Virtual Reference Library
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Today’s Science
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Heritage Quest Online
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Twayne's Authors Series
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History Reference Center
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Waukesha Freeman - Newsbank
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Issues and Controversies
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Weiss Ratings Consumer Guides
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JobNow
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WISCAT
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Learning Express Library
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World Book Kids
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Literary Reference Center Plus
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World News Digest
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LitFinder
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Zinio
Subscription Database
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Home User
Auto Repair Reference Center for the
Home User
BadgerLink for the Home User
Biography in Context for the Home
User
Site Description & Login Information
The Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site
allows access 235 daily and weekly Wisconsin
newspapers. Content is available from April 2005
through 90 days ago. Includes Waukesha Freeman,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Kettle Moraine Index,
Lake Country Reporter, Sussex Sun, Oconomowoc
Focus, Mukwonago Chief, Brookfield News, Elm
Grove Elm Leaves, Menomonee Falls News, Muskego
Sun, New Berlin Citizen, Oconomowoc Enterprise,
Palmyra Enterprise. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Auto Repair Reference Center contains information
on most major manufacturers of domestic and
imported vehicles, with repair information for most
vintage makes starting as far back as 1945.
Database content includes more than 33,800
vehicles, drawings and step-by-step photographs,
technical service bulletins & recalls, enhanced wiring
diagrams, specifications & maintenance schedules,
Labor Time Guide & Estimator. Provided by
BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
BadgerLink is a project of the Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction (DPI), Division for Libraries,
Technology, and Community Learning. BadgerLink
provides access to a large volume of full-text
information. Users can search approximately 20,000
full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, reference
materials and other specialized information sources.
BadgerLink is accessible in the Library and
from home. Access the site by selecting the
Brookfield Public Library from the drop down
menu and entering your library barcode
number.
Biography in Context delivers outstanding research
support with nearly a million biographical entries
spanning history and geography. Just like all the new
revolutionary In Context products, it’s a curriculumaligned resource that offers media-rich content in
context that's updated daily to meet the needs of
today’s user. The included Lives & Perspectives
Collection supports high-school curricula and
university coursework by providing multidisciplinary
content on notable figures and the societal forces
that have shaped their lives.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Book Index with Reviews for the Home
User
Britannica Online – Elementary for the
Home User
Britannica Online – Middle School for
the Home User
Britannica Online – High School for the
Home User
Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW – Newsbank
for the Home User
Book Index with Reviews (BIR) is a comprehensive
database that provides information on over 3.8
million book titles in a wide range of formats,
including large print, books on tape, etc. Fiction and
non-fiction titles are included in the database, in all
genres. BIR contains over 800,000 full text
searchable reviews from the sources such as: Library
Journal, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly,
CHOICE, and others.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Britannica Online – Elementary - Level-appropriate
reference articles, journals and magazines, the
Web's Best Sites, multimedia, and curriculum
content. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Britannica Online – Middle School - Level-appropriate
reference articles, journals and magazines, the
Web's Best Sites, multimedia, and curriculum
content. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Britannica Online – High School - Level-appropriate
reference articles, journals and magazines, the
Web's Best Sites, multimedia, and curriculum
content. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Brookfield-Elm Grove NOW - Newsbank provides
electronic editions of record for valuable local news,
including companies, politics, sports, industries,
cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid
ads are excluded.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering: 1900 and your
library barcode number no spaces. Example:
1900CAFE##########
Newsbank’s Enhanced Interface Video
Business Source Premier for the Home
User
Business Source Premier provides comprehensive
coverage in all disciplines of business, including
marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting,
banking, finance, etc. Additional full text, nonjournal content includes market research reports,
industry reports, country reports, company profiles
and SWOT analyses. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Consumer Health Complete for the
Home User
Consumer Health Complete provides content
covering all areas of health and wellness from
mainstream medicine to the many perspectives of
complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.
This full text database covers topics such as aging,
cancer, diabetes, drugs & alcohol, fitness, nutrition &
dietetics, children's health, men & women's health,
etc. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Product reviews and Ratings on cars, appliances,
electronics and more from Consumer Reports.
Provided by Bridges Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Consumer Reports Online for the Home
User
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Complete Online for the Home User
EBSCO eBooks for the Home User
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete
Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and
critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the
world's most influential literary figures from all eras
and genres. This literature resource includes the DLB
main series, the DLB Documentary Series, and the
DLB Yearbook Series - all delivered in an easy-to-use
24/7 online format that matches the exact look and
feel of the print originals.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Formerly called netLibrary, this is an electronic book
collection of nonfiction titles. Titles can be checkedout and downloaded, and read on your computer
when you are not connected to the Internet, or can
be transferred to your Adobe Digital Editionscompatible eBook Reader device. Netlibrary is now
EBSCO eBook collection includes downloadable audio
and eBook titles. Access the site from home by
entering your library barcode number (this is your
library ID). Provided by BadgerLink.
To access downloadable materials you must
create a free EBSCOHost account either in the
Library or from home. Files can be transferred
to a variety of portable devices.
Downloading Help
EBSCOhost for the Home User
EBSCOHost is a powerful online reference system
that offers a variety of proprietary full text databases
and popular databases from leading information
providers. The comprehensive databases range from
general reference collections to specially designed,
subject-specific databases for public, academic,
medical, corporate and school libraries. Provided by
BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Explora for Everyone for Home User
Magazines, journals, newspapers, images and
reference resources covering education, health,
business, science, history and general areas of
interest. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Explora for Elementary Schools for
Home User
Explora for Middle & High Schools for
Home User
Flipster for the Home User
Gale Courses for the Home User
Flipster is a digital magazine service that enables
users to read issues at a computer or download
them via an app to an iPad or Android device.
Provided by Bridges Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Every Waukesha County and Jefferson County library
cardholder has access to Gale Courses which
contains hundreds of instructor-led online courses
covering everything from health and wellness to
creative writing, computer programming, GED test
preparation and much more. Gale Courses are
developed by expert instructors, many of whom are
currently working at universities around the country.
These classes usually cost $99, but will be offered to
Waukesha County residents for free!
Provided by Bridges Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Browse Classes
How to Sign-up for Classes
Gale Directory Library for the Home
User
The Gale Directory Library hosts a variety of
directory products that particular libraries can
choose from. Use it to search, sort and export
information from both current directory editions as
well as prior editions that are maintained as
searchable backfiles. Multiple directories can be
cross-searched or users can mine individual
directories for the particular kinds of data they
contain, such as financial information for companies,
circulation figures for publications, and much more.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Gale Literary Sources (formerly called Artemis Literary
Sources) integrates full-text literary content with metadata
and subject indexing and provides workflow tools to
analyze information. You can research authors and their
works, literary movements and genres. Search across your
library's Literature databases to find full text of literary
works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews,
biographical information and overviews. ONLINE
Gale Literary Sources for the Home
User
RESOURCES AND SERIES THAT CAN BE CROSSSEARCHED ON GALE LITERARY SOURCES:
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Literature Resource
Center, Twentieth Century Literary Criticism, LitFinder,
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism, Twaynes,
Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Scribners, Classical &
Medieval Literature Criticism, Shakespearean Literature
Criticism, Gale Virtual Library titles, Children's Literature
Review, Drama Criticism, Something about the Author,
Poetry Criticism, Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Short
Story Criticism.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Gale PowerSearch for the Home User
Gale's Virtual Reference Library for the
Home User
Heritage Quest Online for the Home
User
Gale PowerSearch is a search platform unlike any
other, providing libraries with a sophisticated yet
simple solution for managing a wealth of periodical,
reference, multimedia and primary source
information.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
With electronic reference books from Gale and their
publishing partners, researchers can instantly access
eBooks. These trusted, authoritative reference works
are available 24/7 through our state-of-the-art Gale
Virtual Reference Library platform, providing an
unprecedented combination of functionality and
features.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Library resource for census data, family records, and
local histories. This collection assembles every
extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local
histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate
records, birth, marriage and death records,
genealogical and local history serials, and
more. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
History Reference Center for the Home
User
Issues and Controversies for the Home
User
JobNow for the Home User
Learning Express Library for the Home
User
History Reference Center offers full text from
reference books, encyclopedias, periodicals, and
non-fiction books. Also includes historical
documents; biographies of historical figures;
historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours
of historical video. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Issues and Controversies helps researchers
understand the crucial issues we face today,
exploring more than 800 hot topics in business,
politics, government, education, and popular culture.
Updated weekly, with links to a 12-year back-file,
Issues and Controversies offers in-depth articles
made to inspire thought-provoking debates. This
database is great for research papers and debate
prep.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
JobNow provides free career preparation assistance
to help you land the job of your dreams. The service
offers live interview coaching, resume assistance,
career guidance, and an Adult Learning Center.
Provided by Bridges Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
LearningExpress Library’s job & career help center
provides interactive components that take a user
through every step of the career process – from
figuring out what career to pursue, to mastering the
hiring process, to success on the job. Features
include: Interactive diagnostics – patron enter their
own information to arrive at career decisions and to
create personal employment tools, such as contact
lists, resumes, and cover letters. Export
functionality – patron save and retain their own
answers and responses to be used on resumes and
cover letters, in interview scenarios, and in the
workplace. Ability to save and print checklists and
samples for future use and reference. An array of
models that show possible answers to free-response
area, based on patron chosen setting, experience
level, and work situation. Sample formats and
detailed examples of business letters, resumes,
action plans, e-mails, proposals, reports, and more.
Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Literary Reference Center Plus for the
Home User
LitFinder for the Home User
Literature Criticism Online for the
Home User
Literary Reference Center contains full text of plot
summaries, synopses and work overviews,
articles/essays of literary criticism, author
biographies, literary journals, book reviews, classic
and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary
short stories, author interviews, and much more.
Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
LitFinder is primary literature content, including
citations and full text of hundreds of thousands of
poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays.
Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Literature Criticism Online currently contains all the
volumes of Contemporary Literary Criticism® saving
the library valuable shelf space! Now, hundreds of
volumes are digitized and ready to read 24/7 online.
It's all designed to raise the level of research while
providing around-the-clock remote access that
today's researchers demand.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Mergent Archives is an online database featuring a
vast, indexed collection of corporate and industry
related documents. The database contains hundreds
of thousands of reports covering over 100 countries
and industries. Mergent Archives uses a reliable and
easy to navigate system designed to meet your
historical research needs.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering: 1900 and your
library barcode number no spaces. Example:
1900CAFE##########
In 1900, John Moody published Moody's® Manual of
Industrial and Miscellaneous Securities, the first
guide to U.S. public companies. With its U.S.
Company Data, Mergent continues to extend that
tradition for high-quality, in-depth company
information to the Internet. U.S. Company Data
provides a fully searchable database of 15,000 U.S.
public companies (active and inactive) listed on the
NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ exchanges. Each company
report incorporates up-to-the-minute news items.
Mergent Online subscribers will have access to Wall
Street consensus earnings estimates on all
companies in the database followed by at least one
Wall Street analyst. Mergent's company files also
provide access to EDGAR® filings dating back to
1993 and updated daily.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering: 1900 and your
library barcode number no spaces. Example:
1900CAFE##########
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Newsbank for the Home User
Morningstar for the Home User
National Geographic Magazine Digital
Archive 1888-Present – People,
Animals, and the World for the Home
User
NetAdvantage for the Home User
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - Newsbank provides
electronic editions of record for valuable local news,
including companies, politics, sports, industries,
cultural activities, and people in the community. Paid
ads are excluded.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering: 1900 and your
library barcode number no spaces. Example:
1900CAFE##########
Use Morningstar Investment Research Center to find
stocks or mutual funds, research current or
prospective holdings.Provided by Bridges Library
System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
National Geographic Magazine Digital Archive 1888Present. Including, People, Animals, and the World:
featuring a great range of National Geographic
content: National Geographic Traveler Magazine
2010-present, 200 Books, 600 Standalone Images
that are downloadable, 325 Videos, and 655 Maps /
Atlases. All available on the cross-searchable, single
platform called National Geographic Virtual Library
Accessible in the Library and from home with
your library barcode number.
NetAdvantage is a comprehensive source of business
and investment information that offers online access
to Standard & Poor's research-related products such
as industry surveys, stock reports, corporation
records, The Outlook, mutual fund reports and more.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site from home by entering:
username: BrookfieldPL1 (case sensitive) and
the password is your library barcode number.
Millions of searchable historical newspaper pages
from the 1700s. PDF format of original content.
Provided by BadgerLink. Accessible in the Library
and from home. Access the site by entering
your library barcode number.
Newspaper Archive for the Home User
Newspaper Source Plus includes 1,570 full-text
newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text
articles. In addition, the database features more
than 583,100 television and radio news transcripts,
videos & podcasts. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Newspaper Source Plus for the Home
User
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
NoveList K-8 contains enhanced subject access for
over 60,000 fiction titles aimed at the K-8
population. Provided by BadgerLink. Accessible in
the Library and from home. Access the site by
entering your library barcode number.
NoveList K-8 for the Home User
Novelist Plus for the Home User
OneClickdigital - eAudioBooks for the
Home User
NoveListPlus includes over 200,000 fiction and
readable nonfiction titles, plus feature content
including lists of award-winning books, Book
Discussion Guides, BookTalks, Recommended Reads
and more. Provided by Bridges Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
OneClickdigital includes downloadable audio versions
of best-sellers, book club favorites, award-winning
authors, etc. Titles can be accessed, checked out,
and renewed through the catalog or on the Internet
at
http://brookfieldwi.oneclickdigital.com/Home
/Featured.aspx
The Brookfield Public Library collection currently
consists of about 5,400 titles with new titles added
monthly.
To access OneClickdigital, you must create a
free OneClickdigital account in the Library.
After you create your account, you can access
OneClickdigital from home or any other
Internet computer. Files can be transferred to
a variety of portable devices.
OverDrive is collection of downloadable eaudiobooks,
eBooks, eMusic and eVideo that are compatible with
a variety of devices including the Kindle, iPad, Nook,
iPods, a variety of MP3 players and more! Provided
by Bridges Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number and PIN.
(Note: A PIN will be used with your library
barcode number when accessing your account
in Overdrive. Your pin/password is the same
one you use to login to your Café account. If
you have not changed this through the online
catalog, it is either your birthdate mm/dd/yyyy
OverDrive - eAudioVisual Materials for
the Home User
OR the last four digits of your phone number.
Please ask for assistance at the Adult
Reference Desk.)
Click here to see if your portable device is
compatible.
Points of View Reference Center for the
Home User
Reference USA for the Home User
The Points of View Reference Center is an interface
intended for public, academic, and high school
libraries. It is designed to assist researchers in
understanding the full scope of controversial
subjects. High school and undergraduate students
can use Points of View as a guide to debate,
developing arguments, writing position papers, and
for development of critical thinking skills. Each Points
of View Essay includes a series of questions and
additional material to generate further thought. Also
included are thousands of supporting articles from
the world’s top political and societal publications.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
ReferenceUSA is an Internet-based reference service
from the Library Division of infoUSA. The site was
designed for use as a reference tool in libraries and
is continually enhanced based upon suggestions
from librarians and library patrons. The
ReferenceUSA database contains, in module format,
detailed information on more than 13 million U.S.
businesses; 120 million U.S. households; 683,000
U.S. health care providers; 1 million Canadian
businesses; and 11 million Canadian residents.
Provided by Bridges Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Rosetta Stone for the Home User
Add a foreign language to your skill set with Rosetta
Stone. This resource includes 30 languages to meet
a range of cultural interests. Learning is structured
around core lessons to build reading, writing,
speaking, and listening skills and also includes
focused activities to refine grammar, vocabulary,
pronunciation, and more. Provided by Bridges
Library System.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Rosetta Stone - Mobile Application How-To Instructions
Rosetta Stone - How To Change Course Settings Once A
Patron Is In The Learning
Rosetta Stone - How To Calibrate Microphone
Salem Press, The Reference Shelf & Grey House
Publishing platform provides access to various
subscriptions on health, history, literature, science,
and careers.
Salem Press, The Reference Shelf &
Grey House Publishing Resources
Salem Press, The Reference Shelf & Grey House
Publishing Resources
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering: B and your library
barcode number no spaces. Example:
BCAFE##########
Science Reference Center for the Home
User
Scribners Writers Series Online
Science Reference Center contains full text for
hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books,
periodicals, and other sources. Provided by
BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Scribner Writers Series includes 15-20 page signed
essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary
genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print
series.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by selecting the Brookfield
Public Library from the drop down menu and
entering your library barcode number.
Something About the Author Online for
the Home User
Teaching Books.net for the Home User
Today's Science for the Home User
Twayne's Authors Series for the Home
User
Waukesha Freeman - Newsbank for the
Home User
Something About the Author Online provides firsttime comprehensive online access to all volumes
ever printed in Gale's™ acclaimed and longstanding Something About the Author series, which
examines the lives and works of authors and
illustrators for children and young adults and is the
preeminent source on authors and literature for
young people. Content is delivered in an easy-to-use
24/7 online format that matches the exact look and
feel of the print originals.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by selecting the Brookfield
Public Library from the drop down menu and
entering your library barcode number.
In-studio movies of authors and illustrators, audio
excerpts of book readings, guides to thousands of
titles and multimedia resources on children’s and
young adult literature. Provided by BadgerLink.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Today’s Science bridges the gap between the science
that students learn in the classroom and the
discoveries pushing the boundaries of science today.
Updated weekly and containing thousands of links to
a 15-year back-file, Today’s Science explains
important developments in biology, chemistry, the
environment, space, physics, and technology.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Twayne World, US, and English Authors each
contains the full text of 200 frequently used Twayne
Literary Masters books on individual World, US, or
English authors, for a total of 600 individual full-text
titles.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Waukesha Freeman - Newsbank provides electronic
editions of record for valuable local news, including
companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural
activities, and people in the community. Paid ads are
excluded.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering: 1900 and your
library barcode number no spaces. Example:
1900CAFE##########
Weiss Ratings Consumer Guides for the
Home User
Weiss Ratings Consumer Guides: Nine How-To
Guides that will Help You Plan For & Select the Right
Insurance and Financial Products
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering: B and your library
barcode number no spaces. Example:
BCAFE##########
WISCAT is the Statewide bibliographic database for
Wisconsin libraries.
WISCAT for the Home User
World Book Kids is the premier online resource
developed especially for young users. The site has
been optimized for tablets and features image-based
navigation, easy-to-read articles, thousands of
images and videos as well as a wealth of engaging
games, science projects, and activities.
World Book Kids for the Home User
World Book Kids features:

A variety of simple search and browse
navigation options

Thousands of easy-to-read articles with
embedded multimedia

Engaging images, illustrations, videos, maps,
and animations

More than 50 challenging games across five
subject areas

A tool for exploring and comparing animals
and places

An Important People feature to help students
search and browse through thousands of
biographies

A collection of age-appropriate science
projects and activities

An atlas, interactive maps, and outline maps
and flags

Teacher resources
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
World News Digest brings together and enhances
nearly seven decades of news from the renowned
Facts On File World News Digest in print. This
archival record of domestic and international news is
updated weekly and contains more than 1 million
internal hyperlinks and convenient new features such
as tabbed search results. It covers all major political,
social, and economic events since November 1940.
World News Digest for the Home User
This publication of record is unrivaled for its depth,
breadth, and accuracy.
Accessible in the Library and from home.
Access the site by entering your library
barcode number.
Check out the best thing in digital magazines - Zinio
for Libraries.
Zinio for the Home User
With Zinio for Libraries you may preview the entire
library collection, checkout what you want - as much
as you want, and keep the magazine issues in your
personal reading list for as long as you want - no
return or check-back in required. View the
magazines online on your PC/Mac or download for
offline viewing with handy mobile apps.
You need to create two log-in accounts to take full
advantage of Zinio for libraries. The first account
enables the permanent checkout of the magazine
issue from the Brookfield Public Library collection
from Recorded Books (this account must be created
at the Brookfield Public Library). The second account
enables a personal Zinio.com reading account
populated with your personal library of checked out
magazines for streaming or downloaded/offline
reading.
To access your personal Zinio account, you
must first create an account in the Library.
After you create your account, you can access
Zinio from home or any other Internet
computer. If you already created a Zinio
account in the library, you can your same log-in
to access your account.
Zinio for Libraries Overview Video (8 minutes)
Note:
If you have trouble accessing any site listed as being provided by the Bridges Library System from home, please use the
webpage at
If you have trouble accessing any site listed from a business please contact your I.T. Department for assistance. Your
I.T. Department may need to make changes to your firewall settings.