ONLINE RESOURCES

Reader’s Advisory & Digital Library

NoveList Plus

Find recommendations for books, authors, or series you might like. A resource for both fiction and non-fiction recommendations.

Meet Libby

eBooks and eAudiobooks free with your library card!

OverDrive

Browse, borrow, and enjoy titles from the Wisconsin Digital Library on your computer or smart devices.

WISCAT

Not finding what you want? Expand your search to include all of Wisconsin with WISCAT.

Genealogy, History & Newspapers

Ancestry Library Edition

Start searching billions of records and discover your family’s story. Use this resource in the library with the public computers or your laptop, tablet or smart device.

Echo

Explore Wisconsin’s history through the ECHO Project, and view a growing collection of images from the past.

Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers

Wisconsin Newspapers Digital Research Site is a service of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association that provides access to 235 daily and weekly Wisconsin newspapers both historical and current.

Newspapers.com

Historical newspapers archive from the 1700s-2000s containing thousands of well-known regional, state, and small local newspapers in the United States and other countries.

Resources & Lifelong Learning

Reference USA

The #1 source of information on businesses and people for small business owners, marketing professionals, researchers and job seekers. Reference USA helps users create marketing plans, conduct competitive analysis, raise funds and locate people. Available from home to anyone in the Winding Rivers Library System with a library card.

Consumer Reports

Testing results for a wide variety of products and comprehensive reviews wide variety of products and comprehensive reviews

CreativeBug

Creativebug inspires you to create and then teaches you how! Enjoy unlimited access to over 1,000 online art and craft classes, plus patterns, templates, and recipes. Topics include art & design, sewing, quilting, paper, knitting, crochet, food & home, jewelry, holiday & party, and classes for kids.

Gale Courses

Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. These courses are free of charge to Winding Rivers Library System patrons.