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Information Tool Box (research databases)
The Information Tool Box is your portal to online research.  Here you will find magazines and newspaper articles, encyclopedias, organization directory, and more.
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Ask a Librarian
Reference service available online. 
Librarians' Choice 
Web sites reviewed and selected by librarians.

Ready Reference
Your convenient place to find the tools you need to locate a person, an award winner, calculate the current interest of a home, and more.

Government Information 
Links to frequently requested government organizations.
Online Books (netLibrary)
Online Books allows library users access to over 5000 books that can be viewed on the computer. An instructional video is provided to assist you in creating your account in the library.  http://lepton.wils.wisc.edu/wplcnetlibrary
WISCAT
If you cannot find it in the Library's catalog, use WISCAT.  WISCAT is a catalog of holdings in libraries from 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. 
The La Crosse Tribune Index
includes abstracts of worthy articles since September 1990 are available online. We also have clipping files on these topics since 1976 available at the main Library only.
The La Crosse Area Organization Directory
After clicking on this link, select "Clubs and organizations KW" from the drop-down box, enter the words you'd like to search, then scroll to the far right and click the "Go" button. If you'd like to add your organization, contact the Archives at: archives@lacrosse.lib.wi.us.
Internet Search Engines
Links to popular search engines including searching for images, government search engines, kid-friendly search engines, and invisible web search engines.
La Crosse Area Libraries
Trying to find the item locally and the public library does not own the item; check here to see what's available at UW-L's Murphy Library, Viterbo's Todd Wehr Library, and Western Wisconsin Technical College Library.
Badgerlink
Offers a number of resources to Wisconsin residents.

 


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