The Wauwatosa Public Library subscribes to a number of online resources to help you with your research, educational, and entertainment needs. Additional resources are available through Badgerlink, which contains licensed trustworthy content not available from free search engines.
Please note: To use the following databases outside of the library, you may need a library card. Additionally, some databases may only be available to Wauwatosa residents.
Creativebug
Creativebug offers 1,000+ arts and crafts video classes taught by recognized design expert and artists. For use in the Library and by remote access for Wauwatosa residents.
Business Source Premier
The industry’s most widely used business research database, Business Source Premier features full text and searchable cited references for top journals covering a variety of business disciplines.
Value Line
With accurate and insightful investment research on companies, industries, markets and economies Value Line gives you the power to evaluate investments with confidence using sophisticated tools. For use in the Library and by remote access for Wauwatosa residents.
Reference Solutions
Reference Solutions (formerly Reference USA) helps users of all kinds search for jobs, research U.S. businesses, create marketing and small business plans, locate specific people and more. Need help getting started? Check out this brief overview on Reference Solutions.
For help navigating Reference Solutions, check out their helpful webinars.
Please note: If unable to access Reference Solutions remotely using Google Chrome, please try using a different internet browser. The most recent version of Chrome has been known to cause access issues. For additional information, visit the Reference Solutions help page.
Udemy Business
Udemy is an online learning platform for adults who want to improve work-related skills or further develop a personal interest. Users can search through more than 4,000 continuously updated, on-demand video courses across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more. All courses are taught by world-class instructors and offer a tailor-made learning experience for those who want to learn new technologies and skills to stay competitive in a changing workforce.
Consumer Reports
Access ratings, reviews, recommendations, and buying advice for thousands of products and services, enabling consumers to make better purchasing decisions. For use in the Library and by remote access for Wauwatosa residents.
Consumer Health Complete
Consumer Health Complete provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information. Consumers can search and browse within medical encyclopedias, popular reference books, and magazine articles.
Brainfuse JobNow
JobNow provides live, online help with your job search in addition to informative, easy-to-use, and free Internet resources for job seekers; including resume assistance, Microsoft Office support, and job coaching.
Salem Press Career Resources
Salem Press Career Resources provides a wide range of information on career opportunities to give job-seekers a true inside look at their career options in a wide range of in-demand fields.
Udemy Business
Udemy is an online learning platform for adults who want to improve work-related skills or further develop a personal interest. Users can search through more than 4,000 continuously updated, on-demand video courses across 75 categories in business, technology, design, and more. All courses are taught by world-class instructors and offer a tailor-made learning experience for those who want to learn new technologies and skills to stay competitive in a changing workforce.
Black Life in America
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. This collection offers “suggested searches” to guide students to pertinent topics from social justice, politics, arts, literature, key people, etc.
HeritageHub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members, including original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.
Ancestry Library Edition
Available for in-library use only, Ancestry Library Edition provides access to family history research materials like census, military, and immigration records.
HeritageHub
Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today. HeritageHub helps you easily identify relatives, uncover new information and potentially unknown family members, including original obituary images. Access is available 24/7.
HeritageQuest Online
Offers an essential collection of materials for genealogists, HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of family history materials dating back to the late 1700s.
Brainfuse
Receive personalized tutoring, expert online writing assistance, and help sharpen studying skills from Brainfuse, one of the nation’s leading online tutoring providers.
Transparent Language
Transparent Languages provides an effective and engaging way for individuals to learn a foreign language. Intended for all levels of learners to build listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills in a foreign language.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
OED Online, the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary, is widely regarded as the accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation from across the English-speaking world.
MasterFile Complete
Offers full-text access to more than 2,300 magazines and journals covering topics such as business, health, education, personal fitness, and personal finance among others. This database features over 73,000 full text primary source documents and videos from the Associated Press.
Milwaukee Business Journal
The Milwaukee Business Journal is where you’ll find the latest breaking business news, updated throughout the day, this week’s top business stories from the Milwaukee area, and other popular features.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Access full-text articles of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from 1990 to the present in an easy-to-use, mobile friendly interface that allows saving, emailing, and sharing articles. For use in the Library and by remote access for Wauwatosa residents.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Historical and Current
Research Milwaukee history through the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Historical and Current Collection with coverage from 1884 through today. Find full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device. For use in the Library and by remote access for Wauwatosa residents.
Newspapers.com Library Edition World Collection
Contains thousands of news articles dating back to the 1700s from thousands of well-known regional, state, and small newspapers from the US and other countries.
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers
Access to full-text articles from more than 250 Wisconsin newspapers from 2005 to 90 days ago, including 13 historical Wisconsin newspapers from the 1800 and 1900s. Editions are provided in searchable PDF format.
Wauwatosa NOW
Search full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from archived issues of Wauwatosa Now (August 2009-August 2017). This resource is available remotely 24/7 on any device.
West NOW
Search full-text articles of West Now, including Wauwatosa news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of West Now (August 2017 – Present). This resource is available remotely 24/7 on any device.