Research Tools

• Access to Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Health and Business resources and more. Visit InfoSoup for a further listing of research tools available from your library.
  
• Federal Tax Forms
• Wisconsin Tax Forms
• Wisconsin State Legislature
• Post-Crescent Online *
• Biographies Resource Center *
• Newspapers (Proquest) *
• EBSCO Magazines *
• QuickRef (APL)

* Resources marked with a asterisk (*) require a library card number and PIN to access from outside the library. If you don't have a PIN, create one by going to the InfoSoup My Account page and follow the instructions for first time users.

Genealogy & Local History

HeritageQuest and Ancestry Library Edition are two powerful subscription only family history research tools, now available at your library!

• HeritageQuest *
• Ancestry Library Edition (in library use only)
• US Genweb - Outagamie County
• Index to Outagamie County Plat Maps (APL)
• Local History Page (APL)

Career & Test Preparation

Learning Express Test Preparation *- This is an online collection of the most common academic and career practice tests, including GED, SAT, ACT, Firefighter, Law Enforcement, Nursing, Military, and much more. School age and adult Skills Improvement sections are also available for reading, writing, and math.

First time users: You will need to create a username and password the first time you use Learning Express.

Job & Career Resources - Links to local and national job centers, employment listings, & resume help.

AskAway

Got a question? Now you can ask a librarian 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. AskAway is a chat service staffed by a consortium of reference librarians throughout the state, nation, and world. So the next time you need help finding an answer, try AskAway.

Local Links

• Black Creek Census Data
• Outagamie County Home Page
• Seymour Community School District

Green links

• Power Initiative - Promoting our Wisconsin Energy Resources
• Focus on Energy - works with eligible Wisconsin residents and businesses to install cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy projects
• Wisconsin Environment - a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization
  Earthday Network - everyday for everybody
• WEI (Wisconsin Environmental Initiative) - working to improve Wisconsin's environment and economy
  The Grist - Environmental news and commentary
• The Daily Green - The consumers guide to the green revolution
• Home Grown Wisconsin - sustainable growers serving fine restaurants
• Wisconsin Organics - wide variety of milk, cheese and butter products that come from organic dairy farms
• MOSES (Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Services) - serves farmers striving to produce high-quality, healthful food using organic & sustainable techniques
• Organic Food Stores - an easy way to find organic stores and organic food stores in your area
• USPA (U.S. Environment Protection Agency) - Environmental responsibility is everyone’s responsibility
• TreeHugger - a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information
• Plant Information Online - University of MN

Web Sites of interest

• C-Span American Writers is an archive of writers featured on C-Span.
• Arts Journal Arts Journal is a digest of some of the best arts and cultural journalism in the English-speaking world. Each day the site features links to stories culled from more than 200 English-language newspapers, magazines, and publications featuring writing about arts, literature, and culture.
• Ice Cube Project The IceCube is an underground telescope being built in Antarctica to study neutrinos. UW Madison is one of the leaders of the Ice Cube project at UW Madison.
  
• Campus Compact is a national coalition of nearly 1,100 college and university presidents — representing some 6 million students — dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service-learning in higher education.
• American Environics is committed to bringing cutting edge social science tools to inform social change strategies with the goal of creating a politics that grows self-expression and fulfillment values in the culture. Our core values are imagination, innovation, audacity, and integrity.
  
• Climate Counts