Free Online Resources
Article Databases (Popular and Research Literature)
- BadgerLink Licensed databases (many with full-text) for Wisconsin residents–a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Supplies access to databases such as Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, ERIC, and more. How to access by location (in Wisconsin).
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- EurekAlert! (science news)
- Google Scholar Search for article citations, documents, working papers.
- Journal TOCs (Table of Contents service)
- Public Library of Science
Extension Information
- EDEN: Extension Disaster Education Network
- Journal of Extension (peer-reviewed e-journal)
- the Learning Store, (University of Wisconsin Extension Publications)
Government Information
- Data.gov (open data products; browse by topic or search)
- Google Patents Search
- GPO (U.S. Government Publishing Office) (Searchable, full-text US Budget, CFR, Federal Register, etc.)
- Congress.gov (Current legislative activities, contact information)
- USA.gov (Official Web portal)
Library Catalogs & Digital Collections
- Google Books (Search the full-text of copyrighted and public domain books for excerpts and to identify books to borrow from your local public library)
- Library of Congress
- UW Digital Collections
- WorldCat (catalog to library collections nationally, some internationally)
Reference Resources
Resources by Topic
Agriculture, Life Sciences, Natural Resources
- AgEcon Search Full-text library of agricultural and applied economics scholarly literature.
- AgData Commons (beta), USDA
- AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Collaborative)
- Agricola (National Agriculture Library Catalog) 1970- (see PubAg, below)
- Agris FAO, Agricultural sciences & technology.
- Animal Diversity Web
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Core Historical Literature of Agriculture, Mann Library, Cornell University
- National Wildlife Health Center, USGS
- Plant Information Online, University of Minnesota Libraries
- Plants Database, NRCS
- PubAg, National Agricultural Library, USDA
- Scientific Manuscript Database (USDA, Agricultural Research Service)
- SORA (ornithological literature)
- Social Sciences in Forestry, UMN Forestry Databases
- TOXNET (toxicology, environmental health)
- Trail Planning, Construction and Maintenance, UMN Forestry Databases
- Treesearch, US Forest Service Research Publications
- Tropical Forest Conservation & Development, UMN Forestry Databases
- Urban Forestry, UMN Forestry Databases
Education, Human Ecology, Social Sciences
- ERIC Education Resources Information Center. Also see BadgerLink licensed edition.
- Hearth (Home Economics Archive), Mann Library, Cornell University
- OER Commons (digital library, network)
- Open Textbook Library
Energy
- Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Publication & Product Library US Dept of Energy
- SciTech Connect, OSTI, US Dept of Energy
Medicine, Public Health
- Medline Plus (Health information–a service of the National Library of Medicine and NIH)
- PubMed National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) medical literature database (some full-text)
