Summary
BadgerLink provides access to multiple newspaper resources with historic and current U.S. newspapers available in them. This title list shows Wisconsin newspaper publications currently available in BadgerLink resources. New titles have been added to Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers and Newspapers.com Library Edition in recent weeks.
BadgerLink provides access to multiple newspaper resources with historic and current U.S. newspapers.
Wisconsin Newspapers
We often get questions as to which Wisconsin newspapers are available and what years of coverage are available online. While BadgerLink doesn’t provide access to all Wisconsin newspapers, this title list shows currently available titles in order by Wisconsin city, along with the years of coverage, and a link to the BadgerLink resource where the title is located. Upon clicking the link in column G, the resource homepage will open (some users will be prompted to log in through the BadgerLink website first).
Each newspaper resource looks a little different, but has similar steps to searching for and within a newspaper title. This training video illustrates how to locate the newspaper and search to find articles and obituaries in each resource.
Expanded Coverage
Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers has recently added 41 titles to the current coverage available in this resource. Most of these titles are commonly referred to as shoppers, advertisers, and buying guides. See the full list of titles available in this resource.
Also recently added: The Waunakee Tribune and The Lodi Enterprise & Poynette Press merged to form the new publication, Waunakee’s The Tribune Enterprise. Coverage begins 2/14/2025.* The Herald-Independent and McFarland Thistle, The Lake Mills Leader, and the Cambridge News & Deerfield Independent merged to form Lake Mills’ The Leader Independent. Coverage begins 2/13/2025.*
*60 day embargo in effect so newspaper pages will begin to appear for searching in mid-April 2025.
Newspapers.com Library Edition World Collection has also added historical coverage of titles to BadgerLink’s subscription of this resource. Wisconsin titles include:
- Slinger’s Der Botschafter (1897–1917)
- The Hartford Times (1894–1929)
- Hartford’s The Home League (1860–1864)
- The Milwaukee Sentinel (1860–1864)
To read the full list of other states' and countries' newspapers recently added, see this article in the Newspapers.com blog, Fishwrap.
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BadgerLink is made possible through a combination of both state funds appropriated through the biennial budget, and Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grants to States funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
