Books & Literature

BadgerLink

A collection of databases for magazines, journals and newspapers, the WISCAT database, and web links to Wisconsin libraries, government sites, reference information, children's sites and educational resources, maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. BadgerLink is available to anyone who lives in the state of Wisconsin. If you asked for a user name and password to access a database, see this website for more information and alternative methods of access: http://www.badgerlink.net/faq.html

Books In Print
Home use is available for La Crosse residents

Search for books, audiobooks and videos by subject or author, or browse forthcoming books, book award lists, author biographies and bestseller lists.

Contemporary Authors
Home use is available for La Crosse residents

"Contemporary Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors. Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study."

Digital Audio Books
Home use ONLY, not available in the library

Digital books are the digital versions of books and can be used on a variety of devices such as PCs, laptops, and supported PDAs. This site offers digital audio books in the OverDrive Media Console™ format. Help is available for your Digital Audio Books.

Fiction Connection
Home use is available for La Crosse residents

A tool that uses subject links in topic, genre, setting, character, location and timeframe to help you find fiction.

LitFinder
Home use is available for Wisconsin residents

Use LitFinder to find stories, plays, poems, essays and speeches.

Novelist
Home use is available for La Crosse residents

Includes a number of tools to help you find just the right book to read. If you are experiencing problems at home try this alternative link for EbscoHost.

netLibrary offers the reader over 5000 books that can be viewed on the computer.  The text of the books is searchable as well, giving them value as a reference resource.  First time users will need to create an account on the Net Library page.     

Teaching Books
Home use is available for Wisconsin residents

Access is free but the database does require registration. Watch short video clips on authors and illustrators of books for children, listen to audio clips, find bibliographies and discussion guides.

WISCAT
A catalog of holdings in libraries all over the state of Wisconsin.  Use WISCAT to find out if a particular library owns a book or to identify a title to order through Interlibrary Loan.

WorldCat
Home use is available for La Crosse residents

WorldCat is a library catalog showing what's owned by major libraries around the world.

WorldCat (Use this version for a simpler, cleaner design)

WorldCat is a library catalog showing what's owned by major libraries around the world.

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