BadgerLink Stories

“For many of our [WiLS] members, the resources provided through BadgerLink serve as the core of their database offerings and they supplement this with resources through WiLS.”

I work with Academic, Public and K12 libraries throughout Wisconsin helping librarians and media specialists add resources to support the needs of their students, patrons, faculty and staff. In my reference interviews, I always ask how our members are incorporating and promoting BadgerLink resources. For many of our members, the resources provided through…

"BadgerLink prepares our students to be college and career ready."

We find EBSCO in BadgerLink to be the best resource for the high level of journals that we need to prepare our students to be ready for college and their careers.

Writing a research paper that follows APA guidelines includes a literature review. EBSCO has the high-quality journal articles that provide the in-depth research that allows the learners to analyze the articles and synthesize the information to…

"BadgerLink supports the academic curriculum on our campus."

As a result of MATC's recent M3 partnership with Milwaukee Public Schools and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the very nature of a technical college, the demographics of our student population are becoming even more diverse. BadgerLink is an invaluable resource that serves our students at every level.

We introduce and promote BadgerLink resources, so no matter what their skill levels, students acquire life-long…

"I've spent many hours on BadgerLink looking up history and genealogy."

I found out about this website when I went to my local university's archives to find out history about the home that I live in. I've spent many many hours on BadgerLink in the last few months looking up history and genealogy. So far my favorite resources are HeritageQuest Online and Access NewspaperARCHIVE. I actually just shared a link to Facebook to spread the word and let people know how great it is! So happy I…

"BadgerLink is not just for students."

I am so impressed with what's available in BadgerLink that I cannot express it in words.

I have always found the access to newspapers valuable as a librarian in the business world. I use Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers and Business Source Premier for a lot of my research. But every time I go back to the BadgerLink website, I find…