Repair information for cars and trucks starting model year 1954. Includes wiring diagrams.
Resources
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AutomotiveTop
Information on buying and selling cars, new car prices and reviews, used car values, insurance quotes and comparisons, loan calculators and recall reports.
Recalls on consumer products, motor vehicles, boats, food, medicine, cosmetics and environmental products. View recent recalls, search for a specific recall and sign up to receive recall e-mails.
Information on driver licensing and vehicle registration, road conditions, transportation projects and more.
BadgerLinkTop
Access to information resources, newspapers and magazines for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's public, school, academic and special libraries and internet service providers. A project of the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning.
BiographiesTop
Full text for about 1,700 general reference publications dating as far back as 1975, covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 150,000-plus primary source documents, as well as 400,000-plus photos, maps and flags.
For grades 6-12, search by keyword or topic.
Business & InvestmentsTop
Premier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles and 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives and much more!
Review a Wisconsin business or charity. Complaints can be filed against companies, and companies can respond to complaints.
Full text for more than 2,300 journals, including 1,000-plus peer-reviewed titles. Full text back to 1886 and searchable cited references back to 1998. Coverage in all disciplines of business.
For homework and after-hours reference work. By establishing an account, the user can create a bookshelf, bookmarks and notes.
Whether you're starting or growing a business, IGNITE! Business Success is here to open the doors to an extensive network of entrepreneur resources and assistance to help you take that next step, no matter how far you are in the process.
Comprehensive full text coverage for more than 80 regional business publications covering U.S. metro and rural areas.
Information and advice on 1,700 stocks, more than 90 industries, the stock market, and the economy.
Careers & EmploymentTop
Premier Reference and Marketing Database including 30 million business profiles and 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives and much more!
Links to job openings, tips on résumé writing and interviewing and other resources for job seekers in east-central Wisconsin.
Connects job seekers and employers in Wisconsin.
Learn technology skills at your own pace by watching these video tutorials on popular software and computer basics.
Community & Area InformationTop
Consumer InformationTop
Ratings and recommendations of brand-name consumer products and services. Search issues from January 1991 to the present.
Product testing and consumer advisory. Products tested range from major purchases (automobiles and appliances) to everyday items (food and cleaning products). Search issues from January 1999 to the present.
Credit reports from three major credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Free to Wisconsin residents.
Review a Wisconsin business or charity. Complaints can be filed against companies, and companies can respond to complaints.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a U. S. Government agency that makes sure banks, lenders, and other financial companies treat you fairly.
Publications on child safety (toys, furniture), carbon monoxide, household products, poisons and electrical safety.
ConsumerSearch product-review editors pick the best electronics, appliances and services by comparing professional product reviews with consumer reviews.
Articles on consumer interests and education. Search issues from June 1990 to the present.
Downloadable BooksTop
For homework and after-hours reference work. By establishing an account, the user can create a bookshelf, bookmarks and notes.
Free e-books, audiobooks and more for checkout through Wisconsin's Digital Library. Check out e-books for up to 21 days. Check out and place holds on up to 10 items each. Library account required.
Education & Homework HelpTop
More than a million records and links to more than 300,000 full-text documents.
Higher education financial aid guide from the U.S. government.
Multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. PDF files to 1975 or later available for more than 100 journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Access to information resources, newspapers and magazines for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's public, school, academic and special libraries and internet service providers. A project of the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning.
Easy-to-read encyclopedia articles and age-appropriate reference and learning materials for preschool and elementary school children.
Encyclopedias and related materials (dictionaries, thesauri, illustrations, maps, biographies). Includes educational activities, exercises and study guides.
Activity-centered learning environment for pre-K through 2nd grade covering letters, words, numbers, time, sound, geography and more. Supports classroom curriculum and helps students build technology skills.
Grade-level-appropriate reference articles, journals and magazines, best websites, multimedia and curriculum content.
For homework and after-hours reference work. By establishing an account, the user can create a bookshelf, bookmarks and notes.
Streaming and downloadable videos for K-12 students and teachers.
Topics cover all levels of education and educational specialties. Provides indexing and abstracts for more than 1,800 journals, full text for more than 1,000 journals and full text for more than 100 books, monographs and conference papers.
Bibliographic records covering topics on educational administration, including leadership, management, research and other areas of key relevance to education as a discipline. Index contains 60,000 records, which are selected from the most important sources.
Guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, including the history of European exploration and portrayals of Native Americans. Covers range of subjects, from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.
LearningExpress Library is an EBSCO resource provided by BadgerLink to all Wisconsin residents. The Career Center includes information, e-books, tests and tutorials on over 20 career fields and occupational exams. LearningExpress Library includes seven different centers, providing different types of content to different user groups:
- Adult Learning Center
- Career Center
- College Center
- College Preparation Center
- High School Equivalency Center
- Recursos para Hispanohablantes (Resources for Spanish Speakers)
- School Center
Full text for more than 500 popular high school magazines. Also 300-plus full text reference books, 84,000-plus biographies, 100,000-plus primary source documents and more than 440,000 photos, maps and flags, color PDFs and expanded full text for key magazines back to 1975.
Full text for more than 140 popular middle school magazines. Articles assigned reading levels. Also 84,000-plus biographies, 100,000-plus primary source documents and more than 440,000 photos, maps and flags.
Free courses from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Free online courses from the world's leading universities. Yale, MIT, Stanford, Harvard and many others are sharing lectures and videos with lifelong learners from all around.
Full text for nearly 70 popular magazines for elementary school research. Articles are assigned reading level indicators;
full text information dates back to 1990.
The most comprehensive collection of full text education journals includes more than 500 quality education journals, 300-plus peer-reviewed titles and 200-plus educational reports.
For grades 6-12, search by keyword or topic.
Entertainment & SportsTop
Check out songs related to composers and writers with Wisconsin roots. More than 48,000 references to songs contained in nearly 2,000 books, and growing.
Royalty-free music and sound effects for K-12 school use.
Foreign LanguageTop
Information on the tests, registration, test sites and procedures.
Research-based and experience-driven, Transparent Language Online is a language-learning program that provides an effective, fun, and engaging experience for language learners of all levels. Combining top-of-the-line courses with lots of great, supplemental resources for over 80 languages, Transparent Language Online is the ultimate language-learning system.
GovernmentTop
Biographies and photos of Wisconsin legislators, the state Constitution, information about the different branches of government and state statistics and symbols.
This website (WCCA) provides access to certain public records of the circuit courts of Wisconsin. The information displayed is an exact copy of the case information entered into the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) case management system by court staff in the counties where the case files are located. The court record summaries viewed here are all public records under Wisconsin open records law.
Health & MedicalTop
Full text articles nearly 200 international and often peer-reviewed journals and reports on complementary, holisitic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. Includes hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
Full text on all areas of health and wellness – from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine – covering topics such as aging, cancer, diabetes, drugs and alcohol, fitness, nutrition and dietetics, men’s and women's health and children's health.
Full text from nearly 80 consumer health magazines on topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health.
Nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Nearly 1,500 medication and natural product Patient Advisory Leaflets in easy-to-follow question-and-answer format. Includes 600 Spanish language leaflets on commonly used medications.
Information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences and more from the National Library of Medicine.
Extensive information from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health on more than 700 topics covering conditions, diseases and wellness.
Health information for consumers and professionals from a leading medical research center.
World's largest biomedical library provides information on all of its major programs, including medical research, medical history, biotechnology and HIV/AIDS resources. Includes medical information for consumers and professionals, including access to databases, fact sheets and newsletters, toxicology and environmental health information.
HistoryTop
Fond du Lac Public Library's monthly History at Home programs focus on local and state history. Most are video recorded and made available online.
NOTE: During the library's new carpet installation, microfilm readers will not be available from Feb. 8, 2018, to March 5, 2018. For questions, contact the Reference Desk at (920) 322-3930 or [email protected].
On the 2nd floor of the FDL Public Library, this collection of more than 2,600 items is composed of materials related to the history of the City of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County and nearby areas.
Guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, including the history of European exploration and portrayals of Native Americans. Covers range of subjects, from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.
Dedicated to preserving our history for future generations.
Full text from more than 2,500 reference books, encyclopedias, nonfiction books and nearly 170 leading history periodicals. With hundreds of thousands of historical documents, biographies, photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
Full text for about 1,700 general reference publications dating as far back as 1975, covering virtually every subject area of general interest. Also contains full text for nearly 500 reference books and 150,000-plus primary source documents, as well as 400,000-plus photos, maps and flags.
More than 78,000 historically important cultural places, including almost 3,000 National Historical Landmarks.
Full text of some historic newspapers worldwide. Includes selective coverage of Fond du Lac newspapers from 1846 to 1977.
Collaborative, statewide digital resource for teachers, students, genealogists and history buffs.
American social and cultural history, online photography exhibit and current museum exhibits.
For grades 6-12, search by keyword or topic.
Unique historical and cultural collections of digitized letters, diaries, reminiscences, speeches, photographs, oral history tapes, manuscripts and maps.
History at HomeTop
Fond du Lac Public Library's monthly History at Home programs focus on local and state history. Most are video recorded and made available online.
Library CatalogTop
Literature & Book AwardsTop
Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world.
Spectrum of information from antiquity to present day from more than 1,000 books and monographs, literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals and unique sources. Also information on the most-studied authors and their works.
Poems, short stories, essays, speeches and plays from nearly a million full-text documents, literary excerpts and citations.
Find new fiction authors and suggested titles. Browse theme-oriented book lists and awards lists. With links to related sites.
Fiction database for K-8. Enhanced subject access for more than 60,000 age-appropriate fiction books. Full-text reviews from sources such as School Library Journal and Booklist.
Multimedia resources about fiction and nonfiction books for K-12. Video of authors and illustrators, thousands of book guides with activities for library and classroom and hundreds of audio excerpts of book readings.
Local History & GenealogyTop
Fond du Lac Public Library's monthly History at Home programs focus on local and state history. Most are video recorded and made available online.
NOTE: During the library's new carpet installation, microfilm readers will not be available from Feb. 8, 2018, to March 5, 2018. For questions, contact the Reference Desk at (920) 322-3930 or [email protected].
On the 2nd floor of the FDL Public Library, this collection of more than 2,600 items is composed of materials related to the history of the City of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County and nearby areas.
U.S. Census information, passenger lists, birth, death, marriage and military records, family and local history collections and more. Available for use only inside the Fond du Lac Public Library.
Links to each of the Area Research Centers in Wisconsin and their holdings.
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System National Park Service’s database of more than six million Civil War soldiers and sailors.
Nearly 300,000 links related to genealogy, organized by category. Continually updated and expanded.
Early Fond du Lac People and Places is a collection of 13 Fond du Lac historical books that have been digitized and made available online. This project was made possible by Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants.
Comprehensive genealogy resource from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Information about "Where everybody who was anybody is buried." Searchable by name, location, birth dates/death dates and "claim to fame." Includes photos.
Full-text index for the Fond du Lac Reporter
NOTE: During the library's new carpet installation, microfilm readers will not be available from Feb. 8, 2018, to March 5, 2018. For questions, contact the Reference Desk at (920) 322-3930 or [email protected].
Indexed citations of many of the obituaries, funeral notices, marriages and milestone anniversaries published in the Fond du Lac newspapers.
Numerous resources, including the Wisconsin Name Index, Pre-1907 Vital Records Index and Wisconsin Local History and Biography articles.
More than two million images of land patent records from 1820-1908.
U.S. Census information, family and place histories, Revolutionary War information and Periodical Source Index. Available for use inside the Fond du Lac Public Library and remotely to FDLPL cardholders.
A collection of historical essays written by students at Marian College under the supervision of Clarence B. Davis. Reproduced with the permission of the editor.
Directory of genealogy links for the United States and a worldwide surname index.
A vital records index for genealogists.
Links to death indexes, searchable by state and county.
Now supported by Ancestry.com, this free genealogy resource includes search engines, databases, family trees, mailing lists and message boards. The site also hosts other volunteer projects.
Database from FamilySearch.org a name index to deaths recorded by the Social Security Administration beginning in 1962.
A book of historical essays written by students at Marian College under the supervision of Clarence B. Davis. This book is reproduced with the permission of the editor.
Resources for the genealogist from U.S. National Archives, which oversees the management of all federal records.
Links to state genealogy websites and helpful information for researchers such as caring for, repairing and preserving old documents, books and photographs.
How to obtain birth, death, marriage and divorce records from each state.
Wisconsin history, current museum exhibits and historic Wisconsin places
Volunteers compiling historical and genealogical information relating to Wisconsin.
Newspapers & MagazinesTop
Access to information resources, newspapers and magazines for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's public, school, academic and special libraries and internet service providers. A project of the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning.
Full-text index for the Fond du Lac Reporter
More than 1,500 full-text newspapers, providing more than 27 million full-text articles. Also features more than 500,000 TV and radio news transcripts, videos and podcasts.
Full text of some historic newspapers worldwide. Includes selective coverage of Fond du Lac newspapers from 1846 to 1977.
Cover-to-cover access to 235 of Wisconsin Newspaper Association's daily and weekly member newspapers from April 2005 to present (with a two-month embargo period).
Resources for Book LoversTop
Find new fiction authors and suggested titles. Browse theme-oriented book lists and awards lists. With links to related sites.
WisconsinTop
Access to information resources, newspapers and magazines for Wisconsin residents in cooperation with the state's public, school, academic and special libraries and internet service providers. A project of the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology and Community Learning.
Full-text index for the Fond du Lac Reporter
NOTE: During the library's new carpet installation, microfilm readers will not be available from Feb. 8, 2018, to March 5, 2018. For questions, contact the Reference Desk at (920) 322-3930 or [email protected].
Indexed citations of many of the obituaries, funeral notices, marriages and milestone anniversaries published in the Fond du Lac newspapers.
Check out songs related to composers and writers with Wisconsin roots. More than 48,000 references to songs contained in nearly 2,000 books, and growing.
Royalty-free music and sound effects for K-12 school use.
Biographies and photos of Wisconsin legislators, the state Constitution, information about the different branches of government and state statistics and symbols.
This website (WCCA) provides access to certain public records of the circuit courts of Wisconsin. The information displayed is an exact copy of the case information entered into the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) case management system by court staff in the counties where the case files are located. The court record summaries viewed here are all public records under Wisconsin open records law.
Wisconsin history, current museum exhibits and historic Wisconsin places
Cover-to-cover access to 235 of Wisconsin Newspaper Association's daily and weekly member newspapers from April 2005 to present (with a two-month embargo period).
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