BadgerLink Stories
Here's what BadgerLink users are saying about the resources.
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…
I am a librarian at a law firm and I can use BadgerLink in so many ways!
There is a wealth of knowledge that includes news stories, both current and historical, as well as medical, business and industry-specific articles. The search functionality in many BadgerLink resources is quite similar to that of the subscription-based legal database services. This means that searches can often can be fine-tuned in order to produce the most relevant results,…
Ten minutes ago I hung up the phone with someone who was hoping to look at an issue of the Daily Jefferson County Union newspaper from 2012. She was assuming she would have to scroll through microfilm in the library and was thrilled when I explained that she could view that issue online from her computer through the …
Last night I got a phone call from someone looking for a 10-year-old Wall Street Journal article. I talked him through pulling it up in U.S. Newsstream. Before he signed off, he said, "I'm so impressed!"
I've been in Adult Services (formerly Reference) at La Crosse Public Library a little over 30 years. I love newspaper databases! Besides finding that elusive article that someone remembers reading a few years ago, I can look up…
Renee Laird-Adelon was a library media specialist at Vincent High School in Milwaukee Public Schools and was a member of the BadgerLink Advisory Group from 2019 through 2021.
What’s a typical day pre-pandemic like at Vincent High School? How has that changed during pandemic?
The library at Vincent High School was Grand Central Station before the pandemic, and Renee was its…