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BadgerLink Databases workshop

Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Time: 9:30 am - Noon
Location: Berlin PL (map & driving directions)
Presenter: David Sleasman, Librarian Supervisor, Resource Sharing Technology, Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library (DPI)

David Sleasman will show & tell what's new about the BadgerLink databases available through your library’s Research Tools web page. We'll look at several of the resources and cover what each offers to your library's customers. Bring your questions and comments!

Have a laptop computer?  Bring it along so you can do hands-on searches during the workshop.  We'll also have a few laptops available for you to search the databases along with David.

Here are some BadgerLink databases available to your customers through your library’s Research Tools web page that David will cover:

  • Auto Repair Reference Center
  • Business Source Premier
  • Consumer Health Complete
  • Consumer Reports and Consumer Reports Buying Guide
  • Encyclopædia Britannica
  • Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  • Health Source
  • HeritageQuest
  • History Reference Center
  • Kids Search
  • Lexi-Pals Drug Guide
  • Literary Reference Center
  • LitFinder
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Novelist K-8
  • Science Reference Center
  • Student Research Center

BadgerLink is a project of the Department of Public Instruction’s Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning (DLTCL) for the citizens of Wisconsin.  Funding is provided through the Public Service Commission Universal Service Fund.

Continuing education contact hours: 2.5
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