Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin/Library
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Online resources
Online newspaper articles
- Badgerlink: Research databases, such as NewspaperARCHIVE.com, for those with Wisconsin library cards or IP addresses.
- Historic newspaper articles from the Wisconsin Historical Society
Online books
- Wisconsin Blue Book: Contains contemporary facts and figures for cities, politicians, elections and other assorted info
- Recent Wisconsin Blue Books (1995–present) from the Wisconsin Legislative Bureau
- Old Blue Books (1853–2004) from the UW Libraries
- Dictionary of Wisconsin History from the Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin County Histories from the Wisconsin Historical Society
Online legal resources
- Legislative Reference Bureau of the Wisconsin State Legislature
- Statutes (Codified); Recent Wisconsin acts (uncodified); Administrative Code; Archive (of statutes, acts, constitution)
- State case law: Supreme Court opinions; Court of Appeals opinions; Circuit court case search
- Wisconsin federal case law: Opinions from the Western District of Wisconsin
Online magazines
Online photograph collections
Online public records
- Municipal and county records (Incorporations, annexations, charter statutes, plat maps) from the Secretary of State of Wisconsin
- Corporate records from the Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions
- Vital records index (pre-1907) from the Wisconsin Historical Society
Online map collections
- Assorted maps of counties, airports, railroads, et al. from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- Zip code finder
- Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey includes geological maps as well as summaries of geological formation.
Websites
- Wisconsin State Parks from the Wisconsin DNR
- WisconsinHighways.org: information on interstate, federal and state highways in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin County Association's list of counties, with map. Links to county websites
- Websites for Wisconsin's municipalities from Wisconsin.gov
- Miss Pronouncer: A radio announcer's website of recordings saying locations in Wisconsin accurately.
- Graves in Wisconsin, from Find a Grave
- List of Wisconsin cities, villages, towns and unincorporated places from the Wisconsin State Vital Records Office
- Information on Wisconsin geographic names from the Geographic Names Information System
- U.S. Post Office
- Research portal for the Wisconsin Historical Society
- Wisconsin Land Survey Field Notes from the state-wide survey of 1833 to 1866. They are sketchy and hard-to-read, but very early.
Wikipedia resources
Books
| Wisconsin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Author | Covers | Held by | Publisher | ISBN |
| Country Towns of Wisconsin | 1999 | Ann Hattes | Spring Green, Elroy/Reedsburg, New Glarus, Lake Geneva/Delavan, Elkhart Lake/Road America, Koher, Washington Island, Lac du Flambeau, Hurley/Montreal, Trempealeau/Galesville, Alma/Fountain City, Pepin/Laura Ingalls Wilder house | Royalbroil | Country Roads Press | 1-56626-148-1 |
Other
| Item | Owner |
|---|---|
| 1970, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978-79, 1993-94, and more Wisconsin Department of Transportation official maps | Royalbroil |
| Item 2 | Owner 2 |